SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, May 11, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Sun Bin Kim and the Kia Tigers (14-12, 4th in KBO) host the SSG Landers (20-11, 1st in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

As a squad, the SSG Landers are recording 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 6th in the league. They have racked up 137 runs and have an on-base percentage of .332. The Landers have hit 47 doubles as a squad and have hit 26 balls out of the park. They have accrued 125 runs batted in and 265 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average comes in at .255. SSG is slugging .377 and have struck out 216 times, while taking a walk on 114 occasions.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. Park has a batting average of .282 in his time in baseball, in addition to 145 runs scored and an OPS of .728. He has gone down on strikes 204 times and earned a walk on 148 occasions, contributing to a .365 on-base %. In his career, Park has slapped 10 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 118 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .363 and he has accumulated 419 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 1,330 times and has come through with a hit 326 times.

The Landers have stolen 17 bags and have been thrown out 11 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 39.3%. The SSG Landers have a tally of 829 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 308 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .975 which has them ranked 7th in KBO and have accumulated 28 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.82 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.40. Landers pitchers have surrendered 19 home runs in addition to 118 runs in total (8th in KBO). SSG has surrendered 259 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 101 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.29 so far this year (3rd in baseball), and they have rung up 231 batters.

The Kia Tigers hold an OBP of .335 as well as a team batting average of .259 so far this year. They have been rung up on 205 occasions (6th in baseball) and have recorded 227 base knocks. Kia has recorded 13 HRs on the year as well as 97 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .343 and they earn 4.23 runs per contest (7th in baseball). They have notched 30 doubles, while getting a free base 95 times and scoring 110 runs.

Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim has drawn a free base 527 times while going down on strikes on 467 chances. His on-base percentage is .374 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .751. In the 4,617 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .301 and has racked up 1,392 base hits. He has tallied 656 runs in addition to having 523 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 32 times, with 1,738 bases in total and a .376 slugging %.

The Kia Tigers have twisted 27 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in the league). The Tigers have 233 assists, 17 errors and are sitting with 697 putouts so far this season. Out of their 28 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 20 times and been caught 8 times (28.6% caught stealing rate).

The Kia pitching staff have given up 99 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.64 (94 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 14 dingers and they allow 3.84 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.426 with a FIP of 3.84 as a unit on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.62 (194 strikeouts vs 120 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 211.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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