Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/6/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers
Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea
TV: SPOTV
Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (45-28, 2nd in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (30-38, 9th in KBO) on Thursday, July 6, 2023.
The Tigers have hit 95 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 43 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging rate of .359 and have been called out on strikes 512 times, while drawing a walk on 238 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are compiling 4.3 runs/g, which has them sitting at 6th in KBO. They have 274 runs batted in in addition to 603 base knocks so far this year, while their batting average is sitting at .257. They have notched a total of 295 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .330.
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Chan-Ho Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Park has accrued an average at the plate of .246 for his career, in addition to 308 runs scored and an OPS of .609. He has gone down on strikes 401 times and earned a walk on 203 at-bats, which has contributed to a .306 OBP. In his career, Park has drilled 11 baseballs over the fence while driving in 221 runs. His slugging percentage is .303 and he has accumulated 709 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 2,605 times and has delivered a hit 574 times.
The Tigers have stolen 53 bases and have been thrown out 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 19.7%. The Kia Tigers have amassed 1,826 putouts for the season, as well as 623 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which has them ranked 3rd in KBO and have earned 74 double plays.
The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.00 for the season (6th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 489 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 37 home runs and also 301 total runs (9th in KBO). Kia has allowed 577 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 270 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.57 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.46.
The Landers hold a slugging % of .400 and they are scoring 4.76 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have recorded 113 doubles, while walking 268 times as well as putting up 352 runs. SSG has 74 home runs so far this season as well as 334 RBIs. They have been rung up on 509 occasions (7th in the league) and have tallied 655 hits. The SSG Landers are sitting with an on-base percentage of .337 as well as a team batting average of .260 so far this year.
Seong Han Park is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. Park has earned a free base 167 times while going down on strikes on 222 chances. He has scored 166 runs and also has 136 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .363 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .727. He has hit a home run 13 times, with 477 bases in total and a .364 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 1,312 official at-bats in his career, Park has recorded a batting average of .282 in addition to having 370 base hits.
The SSG Landers have turned 70 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (7th in Korean baseball). The Landers have racked up 758 assists, 57 errors and have accumulated 1,987 putouts on the season. In their 86 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 59 times and been caught 27 times (31.4% caught stealing rate).
The Landers have a WHIP of 1.457 and have a FIP of 4.25 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They have a ranking of 5th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 648. The SSG pitching staff have conceded 313 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.85 (283 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.64 (521 strikeouts vs 317 bases on balls). They have given up 49 homers and they allow 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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