Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 7/9/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Sunday, July 9, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (32-38, 8th in KBO) head to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Sunday, July 9, 2023, where they'll meet the KT Wiz (34-38, 7th in KBO).

The Tigers have hit 98 doubles as a squad and have knocked 49 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging rate of .368 and have been called out on strikes 520 times, while being walked on 251 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which ranks them 5th in the league. They have 297 runs batted in and 632 hits on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .261. They have earned 319 runs and have an on-base percentage of .335.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .246 for his career, in addition to 309 runs scored and an OPS of .609. He has fanned 401 times and has gotten a free base on 204 at-bats, contributing to a .306 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Park has drilled 11 balls out of the park while knocking in 223 runs. His career slugging percentage is .303 in addition to earning 711 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 2,616 times and has come through with a base hit 576 times.

The Kia Tigers have 1,880 putouts thus far, in addition to 635 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .982 which puts them in 2nd in the league and have a total of 76 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 53 bases and have been gunned down 13 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 19.7%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.55 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.46. Tigers pitchers have conceded 37 home runs in addition to 310 runs in total (9th in baseball). Kia has conceded 594 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 276 earned runs. The Tigers have an ERA of 3.97 this season (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 498 batters.

The KT Wiz have recorded a team OBP of .338 in addition to a batting average of .265 for the season. They have struck out on 571 occasions (3rd in the league) and have earned a total of 686 base hits. KT has accumulated 40 HRs on the year to go along with 318 runs batted in. The Wiz hold a team slugging % of .362 and they average 4.65 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have put up 116 doubles, while taking a walk 274 times as well as recording 344 runs.

Sang-soo Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Kim has recorded a walk 514 times while fanning on 795 tries. He has accumulated 788 runs in addition to having 579 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .344 and he has a career OPS of .705. He has hit a home run 56 times, with 1,924 total bases and also a .361 slugging %. In the 5,326 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .273 with 1,453 base hits.

Out of their 63 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 56 times and been caught 7 times (11.1% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have twisted 56 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (6th in the league). The Wiz have 692 assists, 53 errors and have accounted for 1,983 putouts for the year.

The Wiz are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.418 and have a FIP of 4.85 as a squad this season. They are currently ranked 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 713. The KT pitching staff have allowed 356 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.43 (325 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.25 (505 strikeouts vs 224 bases on balls). They have allowed 52 HR's and they surrender 4.85 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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