Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/23/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (61-48, 3rd in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (53-53, 5th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.

As a team, the Kia Tigers are recording 5.1 runs per game, which is 2nd in KBO. They have notched a total of 548 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .352. The Tigers have tallied 191 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 85 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 515 RBI's in addition to 1,013 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is .273. Kia owns a slugging percentage of .401 and have struck out 730 times, while being walked on 416 occasions.

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Dae In Hwang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Hwang has hit 30 balls out of the park while knocking in 143 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 944 times and has delivered a hit 213 times. Hwang has compiled an average at the plate of .251 for his time in baseball, with 78 scored runs and an OPS of .720. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .406 in addition to racking up 345 bases. He has fanned 194 times and has walked on 72 at-bats, contributing to a .314 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have stolen 48 bags and have been caught 32 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 40.0%. The Kia Tigers have a total of 2,847 putouts this season, in addition to 1,042 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which is 5th in the league and have a total of 74 double plays.

The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 4.20 over the course of the season (6th in the league), and the staff has rung up 786 batters. Kia has allowed 946 base knocks (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 443 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.04 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.40. Tigers pitchers have given up 94 home runs and also 505 total runs (5th in KBO).

Kiwoom is sitting with 75 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 432 runs batted in. They have put up 156 doubles, while getting a free base 413 times and scoring 467 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have a team OBP of .332 and a batting average of .249 for the season. The Heroes have a slugging percentage of .362 and they are scoring 4.21 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have struck out on 797 instances (4th in KBO) and have tallied 949 base hits.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In the 2,293 official at-bats in his professional career, Kim has hit .289 with 663 base knocks. He has gone deep 19 times, with 866 total bases and also a .378 slugging percentage. Kim has tallied a free base 214 times while striking out on 471 plate appearances. He has accounted for 388 runs and has 246 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .349 and he holds a career OPS of .727.

The Kiwoom Heroes have twisted 98 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in the league). The Heroes have accrued 1,192 assists, 89 errors and have a tally of 3,001 putouts so far this season. Of their 96 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 64 times and been caught 32 times (33.3% caught stealing rate).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 460 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.70 (411 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 78 home runs and they allow 4.14 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.288 with a FIP of 4.14 as a staff this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.15 (783 strikeouts vs 364 bases on balls). They sit at 7th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 924.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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