Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/13/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (2-6, 9th in KBO) travel to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, April 13, 2023, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (2-4, 7th in KBO).

Hanwha has a slugging rate of .355 and have struck out 76 times, while drawing a walk on 36 occasions. They have 32 RBI's and 66 base knocks on the season, and their batting average sits at .234. The Eagles have hit 17 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 5 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 35 runs while having a team OBP of .321. As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 4.4 runs/g, which ranks them 6th in KBO.

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Eun-won Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For his professional baseball career, Jung has hit 29 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 195 runs. His slugging percentage is .366 and he has a total of 752 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 2,399 times and has delivered a hit 546 times. He has fanned 411 times and earned a walk on 304 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .361 on-base %. Jung has a batting average of .266 for his baseball career, with 299 scored runs and an OPS of .727.

The Hanwha Eagles have 221 putouts on the year, as well as 77 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .977 which has them sitting 5th in the league and they have turned 7 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 3 bases and have been thrown out 2 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 40.0%.

The Eagles are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.43 this year (7th in the league), and they have struck out 52 hitters. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 6 home runs and 39 runs in total (3rd in the league). Hanwha has surrendered 74 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 36 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41.

Kia has hit 4 long balls for the year as well as 21 runs batted in. They hit 5 two-baggers, while walking 26 times as well as putting up 24 runs. The Kia Tigers are sitting with a team OBP of .349 in addition to a batting average of .266 for the year. The Tigers have a team SLG% of .350 and they are recording 4.00 runs per contest (7th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 47 occasions (7th in baseball) and are sitting with 54 base hits.

Sun Bin Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Kim has drawn a walk 516 times while fanning on 465 plate appearances. He has recorded 650 runs and notched 516 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .374 and he holds a career OPS of .751. He has hit the long ball 32 times, as well as 1,716 bases in total and also a .377 slugging percentage. During the 4,555 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has an average at the plate of .301 and has racked up 1,373 hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 7 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .957 (10th in KBO). The Tigers have 61 assists, 10 errors and have amassed 162 putouts on the campaign. Of their 12 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 9 times and been caught 3 times (25.0% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.444 with a FIP of 4.50 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.29 (40 strikeouts against 31 bases on balls). They rank 10th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 47. They have given up 8 home runs and they allow 4.50 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Kia pitching staff have allowed 27 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.00 (24 earned runs relinquished).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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