SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 10/1/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Sun Bin Kim and the Kia Tigers (66-70, 5th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (86-48, 1st in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday, October 1, 2022.

As a squad, the SSG Landers are notching 5.1 runs per outing, which has them at 1st in KBO. They have earned 702 runs while holding a team OBP of .339. The Landers have hit 234 doubles as a squad and have hit 133 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 665 runs batted in and 1,200 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is .256. SSG has a slugging % of .399 and have been called out on strikes 1,027 times, while drawing a walk on 518 occasions.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. For his career, Park has hit 8 balls over the fence while driving in 108 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 1,181 times and got on base with a base hit 292 times. Park has earned a batting average of .284 in his time in baseball, with 129 runs scored and an OPS of .727. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .363 and he has a total of 373 bases. He has gone down on strikes 192 times and earned a walk on 127 at-bats, which has contributed to a .364 on-base %.

The SSG Landers have accumulated 3,748 putouts this season, as well as 1,392 assists and 101 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which ranks 3rd in the league and have a total of 132 double plays. The Landers have stolen 102 bags and have been thrown out 30 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 22.7%.

The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.85 on the campaign (4th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 985 batters. SSG has allowed 1,170 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 535 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.23 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.29. Landers pitchers have yielded 127 home runs and 593 total runs (8th in the league).

The Kia Tigers have tallied an OBP of .348 as well as a team batting average of .271 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 944 instances (7th in KBO) and have totaled 1,289 base hits. Kia is sitting with 106 long balls on the season and 640 RBIs. The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .396 and they score 4.97 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have 236 doubles, while taking a walk 521 times as well as putting up 681 runs.

Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. During the 4,529 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .302 and has racked up 1,367 base hits. He has gone deep 32 times, with 1,708 total bases and a .377 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a free base 513 times while going down on strikes on 461 tries. He has accumulated 648 runs and has 512 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .374 and he has a career OPS of .751.

Of their 103 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 63 times and been caught 40 times (38.8% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 106 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (4th in KBO). The Tigers have accrued 1,320 assists, 104 errors and have earned 3,650 putouts this season.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.421 with a FIP of 4.82 as a team on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.97 (992 strikeouts vs 503 bases on balls). They are sitting at 5th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,225. They have conceded 116 long balls and they yield 4.82 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Kia pitching staff have allowed 651 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 4.23 (571 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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