Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/18/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Zach Reks and the Lotte Giants (5-6, 6th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (3-7, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

Kia is slugging .309 and have been called out on strikes 82 times, while drawing a walk on 36 occasions. They have accumulated 26 runs batted in as well as 83 hits this year, and their average at the plate sits at .246. The Tigers have accrued 9 doubles as a squad and have smacked 4 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 30 runs while holding a team OBP of .319. As a team, the Kia Tigers are notching 3.0 runs per outing, which ranks them 10th in KBO.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. In his career, Park has hit 10 baseballs out of the park while driving in 199 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped into the batters box 2,383 times and came through with a base base hit 517 times. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .242 for his baseball career, in addition to 285 scored runs and an OPS of .603. His slugging percentage is .300 in addition to earning 641 bases. He has fanned 375 times and has gotten a free base on 189 occasions, contributing to a .303 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers are sitting with 264 putouts on the campaign, as well as 90 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .973 which puts them in 6th in the league and they have twisted 8 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 9 bases and have been caught 4 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 30.8%.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.50 on the year (7th in the league), and the staff has struck out 71 hitters. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 9 long balls in addition to 47 total runs (8th in the league). Kia has allowed 80 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 44 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.39 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.49.

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .357 and they are earning 5.45 runs per game (3rd in KBO). They have recorded 13 doubles, while taking a walk 42 times and putting up 60 runs. Lotte has accounted for 4 home runs for the year as well as 56 runs batted in. They have struck out on 68 instances (10th in KBO) and have tallied 104 hits. The Lotte Giants are sitting with an on-base percentage of .350 in addition to a team batting average of .275 this year.

Zach Reks is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For the 44 official at-bats in his baseball career, Reks has accrued an average at the plate of .205 with 9 base knocks. He has homered 0 times, with 10 total bases and also a .227 slugging percentage. Reks has tallied a walk 0 times while striking out on 17 plate appearances. He has scored 5 runs and also has 3 RBIs. His on-base rate is .205 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .432.

Out of their 17 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 13 times and been caught 4 times (23.5% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have twisted 6 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (5th in KBO). The Giants have racked up 100 assists, 9 errors and have accounted for 289 putouts for the season.

The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 70 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 6.18 (66 earned runs allowed). They have conceded 10 homers and they allow 6.54 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.727 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.54 as a pitching staff this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.47 (81 strikeouts vs 55 walks). They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 111.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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