Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/5/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers

Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KBS2

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (30-38, 9th in KBO) are headed to Incheon SSG Landers Field on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, where they'll meet the SSG Landers (45-28, 2nd in KBO).

Kia has a slugging percentage of .359 and have been rung up 512 times, while drawing a walk on 238 occasions. They have earned 274 RBI's and 603 base knocks this year, and their team batting average sits at .257. The Tigers have earned 95 doubles as a team and have hit 43 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 295 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .330. As a team, the Kia Tigers are putting up 4.3 runs per outing, which puts them at 6th in the league.

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Socrates Brito is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Brito has an average at the plate of .282 in his time in baseball, in addition to 853 scored runs and an OPS of .766. He has been struck out 1,236 times and has taken a walk on 436 at-bats, which has contributed to a .333 OBP. In his career, Brito has slapped 127 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 731 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .433 in addition to having tallied 2,467 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 6,231 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,608 times.

The Kia Tigers have accumulated 1,826 putouts so far this season, in addition to 623 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which is 3rd in Korean baseball and have earned 74 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 53 bags and have been caught 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 19.7%.

The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 4.00 on the year (6th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 489 hitters. Tigers pitchers have given up 37 long balls and also 301 runs in total (9th in baseball). Kia has conceded 577 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) and also 270 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.57 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.46.

The Landers hold a team SLG% of .400 and they average 4.76 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They hit 113 doubles, while getting a free base 268 times as well as earning 352 runs. SSG has knocked in 74 home runs for the year in addition to 334 RBIs. They have struck out on 509 instances (6th in KBO) and have recorded 655 base hits. The SSG Landers have a team OBP of .337 in addition to a batting average of .260 for the season.

Jeong Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. Choi has drawn a free base 955 times while fanning on 1,616 tries. He has recorded 1,338 runs in addition to having 1,425 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .391 and he holds a career OPS of .919. He has gone deep 448 times, with 3,815 bases in total and also a .528 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 7,219 official at-bats in his professional career, Choi has an average at the plate of .288 in addition to 2,076 base knocks.

The SSG Landers have turned 70 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (7th in the league). The Landers have recorded 758 assists, 57 errors and have amassed 1,987 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 86 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 59 times and been caught 27 times (31.4% caught stealing rate).

The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.457 with a FIP of 4.25 as a squad on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.64 (521 strikeouts against 317 bases on balls). They are sitting at 5th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 648. They have conceded 49 homers and they yield 4.25 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 313 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.85 (283 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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