LG Twins vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/2/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MBC

Odds/Point Spread: LG (-140) Kia (+111)

Eui Lee Lee and the Kia Tigers (58-75 last year, 9th in KBO) host the LG Twins (72-57 last season, 3rd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Twins priced at -140 and the Tigers are at +111. The total has been set at 7.5. The men taking the mound will be Casey Kelly and Eui Lee Lee.

As a team, the LG Twins scored 4.6 runs per game, which had them at 8th in KBO. They had 652 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .342. The Twins earned 208 doubles as a squad and smacked 109 baseballs out of the park. They accounted for 619 runs batted in and 1,185 hits for the previous season, and their batting average was at .251. LG had a slugging % of .369 and were called out on strikes 919 times, while drawing a walk on 586 occasions.

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Chang-ki Hong is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Hong has recorded a batting average of .306 for his career in baseball, with 223 runs scored and an OPS of .854. He has been struck out 239 times and earned a walk on 226 at-bats, contributing to a .436 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Hong has hit 12 baseballs out of the park while driving in 112 runs. His slugging percentage is .418 and he has a total of 458 bases. For his career, he stepped up to bat 1,364 times and came through with a base base hit 336 times.

The LG Twins earned 3,817 putouts over the course of the prior season, as well as 1,480 assists and 91 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .983 which was 3rd in the league and had 147 double plays. The Twins stole 98 bags and were gunned down 40 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate was 29.0%.

The Twins finished with a team ERA of 3.57 over the course of last year (1st in the league), and the staff rung up 1,062 hitters. LG gave up 1,117 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 501 earned runs. They accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.96 and the pitching staff held a WHIP of 1.31. Twins pitchers yielded 79 home runs in addition to 557 runs in total (10th in KBO).

Kelly (89-87 career record) holds a FIP of 4.44 and he has faced 6,147 opposing hitters in baseball. He has given up 1,481 base hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 412 walks. His earned run average is 3.85 (617 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.312. Kelly has thrown 1,442 innings and has totaled 1,109 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Tigers held a slugging % of .336 and they were recording 3.97 runs per contest (10th in baseball). They hit 183 doubles, while walking 595 times and putting up 567 runs. Kia was sitting with 65 long balls for the prior year as well as 545 runs batted in. They were rung up on 914 occasions (9th in baseball) and were sitting with 1,193 base hits. The Kia Tigers compiled a team OBP of .338 and a batting average of .249 over the course of the prior season.

Seon-bin Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Kim has drawn a free base 451 times while fanning on 416 occasions. He has compiled 599 runs and has 455 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .374 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .754. He has hit the long ball 29 times, with 1,538 total bases and also a .380 slugging percentage. For the 4,044 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .303 and has racked up 1,227 base hits.

Of their 135 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 92 times and were caught 43 times (31.9% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers turned 140 double plays and accounted for a fielding rate of .979 (6th in the league). The Tigers accrued 1,365 assists, 110 errors and had a total of 3,807 putouts for the prior year.

The Kia pitching staff yielded 746 runs last season while having a team ERA of 4.89 (684 earned runs conceded). They allowed 133 long balls and they conceded 5.33 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Tigers finished with a team WHIP of 1.500 with a FIP of 5.33 as a team last year. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.54 (946 strikeouts vs 616 walks). They ranked 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,274.

Thus far in his career, Lee has allowed 69 base hits while accumulating 93 strikeouts in 94 innings. Lee (4-5 career mark) has earned a 3.61 ERA while giving up 6.6 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 38 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.320 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.66 and he has gone up against 404 hitters thus far in his career.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (+111)

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