Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/4/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2022
Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea
TV: SBS Sports
Sun Bin Kim and the Kia Tigers (30-22, 3rd in KBO) head to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Saturday, June 4, 2022, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (23-29, 8th in KBO).
The Tigers have tallied 96 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 45 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging rate of .411 and have been called out on strikes 357 times, while drawing a walk on 203 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.4 runs per outing, which puts them at 1st in KBO. They have tallied 258 runs batted in and 489 base knocks this season, while their average at the plate is .273. They are sitting with 278 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .355.
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Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim has a batting average of .304 for his baseball career, with 625 runs scored and an OPS of .756. He has struck out 436 times and has gotten a free base on 480 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .376 OBP. In his career, Kim has hit 30 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 472 runs. His slugging percentage is .380 and he has a total of 1,608 bases. For his career, he came to bat 4,890 times and has come through with a base hit 1,283 times.
The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 1,377 putouts this year, in addition to 486 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .975 which has them sitting 8th in KBO and have 33 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 23 bases and have been gunned down 18 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 43.9%.
The Tigers have a team earned run average of 3.75 this season (6th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 382 hitters. Tigers pitchers have conceded 39 home runs and 234 runs in total (4th in KBO). Kia has surrendered 449 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 191 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.48 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.31.
The Wiz have a slugging percentage of .348 and they score 3.98 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have 64 doubles, while walking 195 times as well as scoring 207 runs. KT has a total of 34 home runs for the season to go along with 187 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 430 instances (2nd in KBO) and have recorded 436 hits. The KT Wiz have compiled an OBP of .328 in addition to a batting average of .248 on the campaign.
ByungHo Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. During the 5,025 official at-bats in his professional career, Park has an average at the plate of .271 with 1,363 hits. He has gone deep 366 times, in addition to having 2,713 total bases and also a .540 slugging percentage. Park has recorded a free base 724 times while striking out on 1,512 occasions. He is sitting with 907 runs in addition to having earned 1,072 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .373 and he has a lifetime OPS of .873.
The KT Wiz have turned 45 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Wiz have racked up 508 assists, 37 errors and have earned a total of 1,391 putouts for the season. Out of their 46 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 34 times and been caught 12 times (26.1% caught stealing percentage).
The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.220 with a FIP of 4.08 as a staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 3.44 (406 strikeouts vs 118 walks). They are sitting at 7th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 447. They have surrendered 32 HR's and they relinquish 4.08 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The KT pitching staff have allowed 210 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.58 (184 earned runs conceded).
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia
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