Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Si Hwan Roh and the Hanwha Eagles (1-6, 10th in KBO) head to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (2-3, 6th in KBO).

Hanwha has a slugging rate of .333 and have struck out 67 times, while taking a walk on 32 occasions. They have compiled 28 RBI's and 57 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate is at .232. The Eagles have accrued 14 doubles as a team and have knocked 3 balls out of the park. They have earned 30 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .319. As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which puts them at 6th in baseball.

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Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Noh has a batting average of .254 for his career in baseball, with 183 scored runs and an OPS of .737. He has gone down on strikes 398 times and has walked on 168 occasions, which contributes in part to a .339 on-base percentage. In his career, Noh has drilled 38 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 202 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .398 and he has totaled 545 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 1,561 times and has delivered with a base hit 347 times.

The Hanwha Eagles have notched a total of 191 putouts thus far, as well as 68 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .974 which has them sitting 6th in KBO and have 5 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 3 bags and have been caught 2 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 40.0%.

The Eagles are sitting with a team ERA of 4.56 on the campaign (7th in the league), and their staff has rung up 43 hitters. Eagles pitchers have conceded 5 home runs and also 35 total runs (3rd in KBO). Hanwha has given up 64 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 32 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.59 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.44.

The Kia Tigers have an OBP of .359 as well as a batting average of .267 on the season. They have been rung up on 38 occasions (7th in baseball) and have accounted for 44 base hits. Kia has recorded 3 home runs this season to go along with 17 runs batted in. The Tigers have a team slugging % of .352 and they earn 4.00 runs per contest (7th in KBO). They have recorded 5 doubles, while taking a walk 24 times as well as putting up 20 runs.

Chan-Ho Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For the 2,119 at-bats in his professional career, Park has compiled an average at the plate of .243 and has racked up 514 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 10 times, in addition to having 638 total bases and a .301 slugging percentage. Park has drawn a walk 187 times while being called out on strikes on 373 attempts. He has amassed 284 runs and racked up 199 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .304 and he has a lifetime OPS of .605.

Out of their 10 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 7 times and been caught 3 times (30.0% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 7 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .953 (10th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 50 assists, 9 errors and are sitting with 132 putouts on the campaign.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.477 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.50 as a staff on the year. They have a ranking of 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 38. The Kia pitching staff have allowed 22 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.89 (19 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.15 (31 strikeouts vs 27 walks). They have allowed 6 long balls and they yield 4.50 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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