Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 4/26/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-120) KT (-113)

Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (8-11, 7th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (9-10, 6th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The odds on this game have the Tigers coming in at -120 and the Wiz are at -113. The over/under has been set at 6.5.

Kia has a slugging % of .354 and have struck out 138 times, while getting the free base on 73 occasions. They have tallied 77 runs batted in and 158 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate comes in at .248. The Tigers have accumulated 38 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 8 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 82 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .333. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are notching 4.3 runs per game, which is 2nd in the league.

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Dae In Hwang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his pro baseball career, Hwang has drilled 21 balls out of the park while knocking in 82 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 599 times and has reached base with a hit 138 times. Hwang has hit .256 for his baseball career, with 52 scored runs and an OPS of .736. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .420 and he has a total of 227 bases. He has struck out 132 times and has gotten a free base on 44 occasions, contributing to a .316 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have stolen 8 bases and have been thrown out 4 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 33.3%. The Kia Tigers have accumulated 498 putouts on the year, in addition to 173 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .963 which ranks 10th in KBO and have a total of 9 double plays.

The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.14 for the year (5th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 142 batters. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 10 home runs and 78 runs (5th in KBO). Kia has allowed 146 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 58 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.29 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.25.

KT has recorded 12 home runs for the year in addition to 66 RBIs. They have hit 17 doubles, while taking a walk 62 times and scoring 71 runs. The KT Wiz have earned an OBP of .324 and a team batting average of .247 for the year. The Wiz have a team slugging percentage of .336 and they earn 3.74 runs per outing (6th in baseball). They have been rung up on 166 instances (2nd in KBO) and have notched a total of 157 hits.

Jae-gyun Hwang is a hitter who should impact this game for KT. Hwang has drawn a walk 587 times while fanning on 1,195 occasions. He has recorded 953 runs and has 930 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .354 and he also has a career OPS of 3.973. He has homered 197 times, as well as 2,858 bases in total and also a .453 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 6,304 official at-bats in his professional career, Hwang has hit .292 in addition to having 1,839 hits.

In their 16 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 11 times and been caught 5 times (31.3% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have turned 13 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in KBO). The Wiz have racked up 180 assists, 14 errors and have a total of 507 putouts this season.

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.148 and have a FIP of 3.73 as a unit on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 4.24 (144 strikeouts vs 34 free passes). They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 160. They have surrendered 9 dingers and they relinquish 3.73 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The KT pitching staff have surrendered 70 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.20 (60 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (-120)

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