Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/11/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, August 11, 2022

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (40-57, 9th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (49-48, 5th in KBO) on Thursday, August 11, 2022.

The Tigers have accrued 180 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 77 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging % of .401 and have been rung up 673 times, while drawing a walk on 379 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.1 runs/g, which ranks them 2nd in baseball. They have recorded 468 runs batted in and 928 base knocks on the year, while their batting average is at .273. They have accounted for 498 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .352.

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Socrates Brito is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. In his professional baseball career, Brito has hit 110 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 658 runs. His slugging percentage is .431 and he has racked up 2,262 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped into the batters box 5,731 times and has delivered a base knock 1,479 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,165 times and has walked on 394 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .332 on-base %. Brito is sitting with a batting avereage of .282 for his baseball career, with 787 runs scored and an OPS of .763.

The Tigers have stolen 47 bases and have been thrown out 30 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 39.0%. The Kia Tigers have accumulated 2,600 putouts on the year, as well as 955 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .980 which is 4th in Korean baseball and have a total of 70 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.07 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.39. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 80 home runs and also 451 runs (5th in the league). Kia has given up 861 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 396 earned runs. The Tigers have an ERA of 4.11 this year (6th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 707 hitters.

Samsung has a total of 61 home runs on the year to go along with 407 RBIs. They have put up 155 doubles, while getting a free base 302 times and putting up 432 runs. The Samsung Lions have earned a team OBP of .327 and a team batting average of .263 this year. The Lions hold a team slugging percentage of .368 and they are scoring 4.36 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have struck out on 717 occasions (5th in the league) and are sitting with 910 hits.

Min-ho Kang is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. For the 6,649 at-bats in his pro career, Kang has a batting average of .274 with 1,822 base hits. He has homered 295 times, as well as 3,056 total bases and also a .460 slugging %. Kang has drawn a walk 706 times while fanning on 1,391 occasions. He has amassed 842 runs in addition to having 1,063 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .353 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .813.

The Samsung Lions have twisted 78 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (8th in the league). The Lions have recorded 974 assists, 83 errors and have accumulated 2,672 putouts this season. Of their 58 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 35 times and been caught 23 times (39.7% caught stealing rate).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.464 and have a FIP of 5.05 as a pitching staff so far this season. They are sitting at 2nd in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 943. The Samsung pitching staff have allowed 500 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.40 (435 earned runs allowed). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.89 (682 strikeouts vs 360 bases on balls). They have given up 90 HR's and they relinquish 5.05 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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