Kia Tigers vs LG Twins Prediction, 4/28/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs LG Twins

Date: Friday, April 28, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hyun Soo Kim and the LG Twins (14-8, 2nd in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (8-11, 7th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, April 28, 2023.

Kia owns a slugging percentage of .330 and have been rung up 152 times, while drawing a walk on 63 occasions. They have amassed 61 RBI's and 160 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is .252. The Tigers have tallied 21 doubles as a team and have smacked 8 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 66 runs while holding a team OBP of .326. As a team, the Kia Tigers are earning 3.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball.

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Chan-Ho Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park has recorded a batting average of .241 in his time in baseball, with 287 runs scored and an OPS of .601. He has been struck out 378 times and has been walked on 190 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .302 on-base percentage. In his pro baseball career, Park has hit 10 balls out of the park while knocking in 199 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .299 in addition to earning 645 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 2,408 times and has delivered with a base hit 521 times.

The Tigers have stolen 14 bags and have been thrown out 6 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 30.0%. The Kia Tigers are sitting with 502 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 175 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding rate is at .978 which puts them in 4th in Korean baseball and they have turned 18 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.52 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.42. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 14 long balls and also 76 runs in total (10th in baseball). Kia has conceded 145 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 71 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 3.82 on the season (6th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 141 hitters.

The Twins hold a team SLG% of .411 and they earn 5.77 runs per contest (1st in KBO). They have put up 44 doubles, while taking a walk 109 times as well as recording 127 runs. LG has accumulated 11 home runs on the year in addition to 119 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 116 occasions (10th in the league) and have earned 216 base hits. The LG Twins have an OBP of .383 as well as a batting average of .293 over the course of the season.

Hyun Soo Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for LG. Kim has earned a walk 58 times while fanning on 97 attempts. His on-base percentage sits at .351 and he has earned a career OPS of .719. In the 517 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has earned a batting average of .273 with 141 base knocks. He has tallied 56 runs in addition to having 36 RBIs. He has hit it out of the park 7 times, with 190 bases in total and also a .368 slugging percentage.

In their 27 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 20 times and been caught 7 times (25.9% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have turned 17 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .972 (9th in KBO). The Twins have racked up 207 assists, 23 errors and have notched a total of 591 putouts so far this year.

The LG pitching staff have conceded 98 runs this season while having a team ERA of 3.29 (72 earned runs conceded). They have given up 7 homers and they allow 4.48 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.376 in addition to having a FIP of 4.48 as a staff so far this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.80 (146 strikeouts vs 81 free passes). They sit at 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 190.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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