Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/28/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (38-32, 4th in KBO) head to Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (44-28, 2nd in KBO).

The Tigers have compiled 135 doubles as a unit and have smacked 60 balls out of the park. Kia is slugging .406 and have been called out on strikes 480 times, while drawing a walk on 284 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are compiling 5.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 1st in the league. They have 345 runs batted in in addition to 658 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is sitting at .269. They have tallied 366 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .352.

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Socrates Brito is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Brito has an average at the plate of .282 for his time in baseball, with 778 runs scored and an OPS of .765. He has struck out 1,159 times and has been walked on 394 occasions, contributing to a .333 OBP. In his career, Brito has slapped 110 balls out of the park while driving in 655 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .432 and he has accumulated 2,248 bases. For his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 5,685 times and got on base with a base hit 1,467 times.

The Kia Tigers are sitting with 1,890 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 688 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .979 which has them sitting 5th in the league and they have twisted 48 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 30 bases and have been thrown out 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 44.4%.

The Tigers have compiled a team ERA of 4.19 this year (8th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 506 hitters. Kia has conceded 634 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and 293 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.17 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.38. Tigers pitchers have yielded 57 home runs in addition to 337 total runs (3rd in the league).

The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for an on-base percentage of .332 and a team batting average of .250 on the season. They have been called out on strikes on 538 occasions (4th in the league) and have recorded 632 base knocks. Kiwoom has knocked in 51 home runs so far this year to go along with 300 RBIs. The Heroes hold a team slugging % of .368 and they score 4.44 runs per contest (5th in the league). The have tallied 112 two-baggers, while walking 272 times as well as scoring 324 runs.

Sung Mun Song is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. In the 1,142 at-bats in his baseball career, Song has compiled an average at the plate of .259 and has racked up 296 hits. He has hit a home run 24 times, in addition to having 444 total bases and also a .389 slugging percentage. Song has earned a walk 95 times while striking out on 199 tries. He has accrued 144 runs and also has 166 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .315 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .704.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 67 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (4th in the league). The Heroes have recorded 809 assists, 59 errors and have notched a total of 1,988 putouts over the course of the season. In their 61 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 38 times and been caught 23 times (37.7% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.258 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.83 as a staff over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.18 (522 strikeouts against 240 bases on balls). They rank 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 593. They have surrendered 39 long balls and they relinquish 3.83 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Kiwoom pitching staff have relinquished 282 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.33 (245 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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