Kia Tigers vs LG Twins Prediction, 7/14/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs LG Twins

Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Ji Hwan Oh and the LG Twins (51-31, 3rd in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (42-39, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, July 14, 2022.

As a squad, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 3rd in the league. They have tallied 406 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .347. The Tigers have recorded 151 doubles as a unit and have knocked 68 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 381 runs batted in in addition to 742 base knocks for the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .265. Kia is slugging .400 and have struck out 566 times, while drawing a walk on 323 occasions.

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Sung Bum Na is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his career, Na has drilled 223 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 881 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 5,129 times and also came through with a base knock 1,424 times. Na has a batting average of .312 for his time in baseball, in addition to 864 scored runs and an OPS of .915. He has earned a slugging percentage of .535 and he has totaled 2,445 bases. He has struck out 1,139 times and has gotten a free base on 408 occasions, which has contributed to a .380 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have stolen 38 bases and have been caught 26 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 40.6%. The Kia Tigers are sitting with 2,171 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 779 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .979 which has them sitting 5th in the league and have a total of 58 double plays.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.14 on the year (7th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 598 batters. Tigers pitchers have yielded 67 long balls in addition to 380 total runs (4th in the league). Kia has given up 713 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 333 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.13 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.37.

The Twins hold a team SLG% of .403 and they tally 5.08 runs per outing (1st in baseball). They have hit 129 doubles, while taking a walk 281 times as well as putting up 422 runs. LG has knocked in 71 long balls on the season to go along with 396 RBIs. They have struck out on 506 occasions (10th in baseball) and have recorded 773 base hits. The LG Twins have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .345 and a batting average of .270 for the year.

Ji Hwan Oh is a hitter who should impact this game for LG. Oh has drawn a free base 639 times while fanning on 1,374 attempts. He has accrued 846 runs and also has 706 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .348 and he holds a career OPS of .759. He has homered 134 times, with 2,189 total bases and also a .411 slugging percentage. For the 5,328 official at-bats in his baseball career, Oh has recorded a batting average of .264 and has racked up 1,407 base knocks.

The LG Twins have turned 78 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in KBO). The Twins have accrued 800 assists, 58 errors and have earned a total of 2,237 putouts so far this season. Out of their 84 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 70 times and been caught 14 times (16.7% caught stealing percentage).

The LG pitching staff have allowed 336 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.66 (303 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 59 home runs and they give up 4.06 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.294 in addition to having a FIP of 4.06 as a unit on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio is 2.30 (599 strikeouts against 261 walks). They are sitting at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 703.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take LG

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