Kia Tigers vs LG Twins Prediction, 4/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs LG Twins

Date: Friday, April 26, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (13-12, 6th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (18-7, 1st in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, April 26, 2024.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are compiling 5.8 runs per game, which has them at 1st in baseball. They have notched a total of 145 runs scored and hold an OBP of .369. The Tigers have accounted for 51 doubles as a squad and have knocked 28 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 138 RBI's in addition to 250 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is .289. Kia has a slugging percentage of .452 and have struck out 149 times, while drawing a walk on 105 occasions.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his pro baseball career, Choi has drilled 376 balls out of the park while driving in 1,562 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 8,841 times and has come through with a base hit 2,346 times. Choi has hit .311 for his career in baseball, with 1,238 runs scored and an OPS of .932. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .531 and he has accumulated 4,005 bases. He has fanned 1,336 times and has gotten a free base on 1,090 occasions, contributing to a .401 OBP.

The Kia Tigers are sitting with 671 putouts on the campaign, as well as 244 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .967 which has them ranked 10th in the league and have accumulated 20 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 20 bases and have been thrown out 4 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 16.7%.

The Tigers have an earned run average of 3.51 for the year (1st in KBO), and they have struck out 216 batters. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 21 home runs and 114 total runs (9th in KBO). Kia has yielded 219 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 87 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.16 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.43.

LG has accumulated 18 home runs for the year to go along with 143 runs batted in. They have hit 44 two-baggers, while walking 118 times as well as notching 151 runs. The LG Twins hold a team on-base percentage of .371 and a batting average of .291 for the season. The Twins hold a team SLG% of .401 and they earn 5.59 runs per outing (4th in the league). They have struck out on 188 instances (7th in the league) and have a total of 273 hits.

Chang-ki Hong is a batter who should impact this game for LG. Hong has drawn a free base 395 times while striking out on 418 occasions. He has amassed 430 runs and has 240 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .428 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .829. He has hit a home run 16 times, as well as 869 total bases and also a .401 slugging percentage. During the 2,166 at-bats in his baseball career, Hong has earned a batting average of .307 in addition to having 666 hits.

The LG Twins have turned 21 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (6th in KBO). The Twins have racked up 241 assists, 20 errors and have a total of 720 putouts so far this season. Out of their 30 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 23 times and been caught 7 times (23.3% caught stealing rate).

The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.504 in addition to having a FIP of 5.14 as a pitching staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.03 (213 strikeouts against 105 bases on balls). They come in at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 256. They have given up 22 home runs and they yield 5.14 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The LG pitching staff have surrendered 137 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.54 (121 earned runs relinquished).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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