Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/4/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers

Date: Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Guillermo Heredia and the SSG Landers (45-28, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (30-38, 9th in KBO) on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

As a squad, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.3 runs per outing, which puts them at 6th in KBO. They have tallied 295 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .330. The Tigers have compiled 95 doubles as a team and have hit 43 balls out of the park. They have recorded 274 RBI's as well as 603 base knocks so far this year, and their average at the plate is at .257. Kia is slugging .359 and have been called out on strikes 512 times, while drawing a walk on 238 occasions.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Choi has hit 365 balls out of the park while driving in 1,502 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .533 in addition to having tallied 3,869 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 8,512 times and got on base with a hit 2,263 times. He has struck out 1,284 times and has walked on 1,051 occasions, which has contributed to a .402 on-base %. Choi has a batting average of .312 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,193 scored runs and an OPS of .935.

The Tigers have swiped 53 bags and have been thrown out 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 19.7%. The Kia Tigers have a tally of 1,826 putouts on the year, in addition to 623 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which puts them in 3rd in Korean baseball and they have twisted 74 double plays.

The Tigers have an ERA of 4.00 on the campaign (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 489 hitters. Kia has conceded 577 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 270 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.57 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.46. Tigers pitchers have given up 37 long balls in addition to 301 runs (9th in the league).

The SSG Landers have a team on-base percentage of .337 as well as a team batting average of .260 on the year. They have struck out on 509 instances (6th in baseball) and have earned a total of 655 base hits. SSG has 74 home runs for the year and 334 runs batted in. The Landers hold a slugging % of .400 and they score 4.76 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have recorded 113 two-baggers, while getting a free base 268 times and scoring 352 runs.

Guillermo Heredia is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Heredia has drawn a walk 359 times while being called out on strikes on 593 plate appearances. He has recorded 538 runs and has 355 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .351 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .740. He has hit a home run 67 times, as well as 1,316 bases in total and also a .389 slugging percentage. In the 3,383 official at-bats in his pro career, Heredia has a batting average of .267 with 903 base hits.

In their 86 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 59 times and been caught 27 times (31.4% caught stealing percentage). The SSG Landers have turned 70 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (7th in the league). The Landers have recorded 758 assists, 57 errors and have a total of 1,987 putouts during this campaign.

The Landers have a team WHIP of 1.457 with a FIP of 4.25 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 5th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 648. The SSG pitching staff have allowed 313 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 3.85 (283 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.64 (521 strikeouts against 317 walks). They have given up 49 homers and they give up 4.25 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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