KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/3/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Sung Bum Na and the Kia Tigers (56-56, 5th in KBO) play the KT Wiz (63-49, 3rd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday, September 3, 2022.

The Wiz have hit 148 doubles as a team and have knocked 94 balls out of the stadium. KT is slugging .375 and have been called out on strikes 929 times, while being walked on 422 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are earning 4.5 runs per contest, which ranks them 6th in baseball. They have recorded 475 runs batted in in addition to 989 hits this season, while their average at the plate is at .256. They have tallied 509 runs while holding a team OBP of .333.

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ByungHo Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. In his career, Park has drilled 382 balls out of the park while driving in 1,117 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .540 and he has racked up 2,827 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 6,191 times and also came through with a base hit 1,421 times. He has fanned 1,574 times and has gotten a free base on 746 occasions, contributing to a .373 on-base percentage. Park has an average at the plate of .271 for his time in baseball, with 949 runs scored and an OPS of .884.

The Wiz have stolen 60 bases and have been thrown out 18 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 23.1%. The KT Wiz have accumulated 3,064 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,140 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which has them sitting 1st in Korean baseball and have accumulated 106 double plays.

The Wiz hold a team ERA of 3.50 for the year (1st in the league), and the staff has struck out 847 batters. Wiz pitchers have conceded 69 home runs and also 443 runs (9th in the league). KT has relinquished 976 base knocks (8.6 per 9 innings) and 397 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.78 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25.

Kia has tallied 91 home runs this year and 549 runs batted in. They have recorded 205 doubles, while taking a walk 431 times and scoring 584 runs. The Kia Tigers have recorded an OBP of .351 and a batting average of .273 over the course of the season. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .403 and they average 5.17 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have struck out on 764 occasions (7th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,073 hits.

Sung Bum Na is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In the 4,696 official at-bats in his pro career, Na has hit .313 with 1,472 hits. He has gone yard 229 times, with 2,523 total bases and also a .537 slugging percentage. Na has recorded a walk 416 times while being called out on strikes on 1,168 attempts. He has accumulated 888 runs and has 911 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .381 and he has earned a career OPS of .918.

The Kia Tigers have turned 82 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 1,095 assists, 85 errors and have a tally of 3,005 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 84 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 49 times and been caught 35 times (41.7% caught stealing rate).

The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 530 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.19 (466 earned runs given up). They have given up 99 long balls and they give up 4.76 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.402 in addition to having a FIP of 4.76 as a unit on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.05 (826 strikeouts against 402 bases on balls). They come in at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,002.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT

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