KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/30/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (20-21, 6th in KBO) will take on the KT Wiz (16-26, 10th in KBO) on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

KT is slugging .357 and have struck out 344 times, while getting the free base on 157 occasions. They have 178 runs batted in and 407 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate sits at .261. The Wiz have tallied 73 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 24 balls out of the park. They have tallied 192 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .332. As a team, the KT Wiz are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 5th in the league.

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Sang-soo Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. For his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 55 baseballs over the fence while driving in 566 runs. For his career, he stepped into the batters box 5,994 times and got on base with a base knock 1,421 times. Kim has hit .272 for his time in baseball, in addition to 772 scored runs and an OPS of .703. His career slugging percentage is .360 and he has totaled 1,886 bases. He has fanned 782 times and has walked on 500 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .343 on-base percentage.

The KT Wiz have a total of 1,182 putouts for the season, as well as 414 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .980 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have a total of 38 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 39 bases and have been caught 3 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 7.1%.

The Wiz hold a team ERA of 4.55 on the campaign (9th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 300 batters. Wiz pitchers have yielded 31 home runs and 216 total runs (1st in the league). KT has allowed 439 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) and 199 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.29 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.45.

Kia is sitting with 22 home runs on the campaign as well as 157 RBIs. The have tallied 50 doubles, while getting a free base 134 times as well as putting up 171 runs. The Kia Tigers have compiled a team on-base percentage of .330 in addition to a batting average of .262 for the year. The Tigers have a SLG% of .350 and they are recording 4.17 runs per game (6th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 330 occasions (5th in baseball) and have earned a total of 367 base hits.

Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park has drawn a free base 196 times while fanning on 388 attempts. He has amassed 301 runs and also has 206 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .306 and he holds a career OPS of .608. He has homered 10 times, as well as 676 bases in total and a .302 slugging percentage. During the 2,240 official at-bats in his baseball career, Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .246 with 550 hits.

In their 39 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 29 times and been caught 10 times (25.6% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 46 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have recorded 370 assists, 28 errors and have earned 1,087 putouts on the campaign.

The Kia pitching staff have given up 163 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.53 (142 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 22 homers and they relinquish 4.05 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.408 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.05 as a pitching staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.61 (292 strikeouts against 181 free passes). They are currently ranked 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 329.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT

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