LG Twins vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/22/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, August 22, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: LG (-160) Kia (+132)

Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (53-53, 5th in KBO) play the LG Twins (68-43, 1st in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Friday, August 22, 2025. The Tigers open this matchup at +132 while the Twins are coming in at -160. The total opens at 9.

The Twins have tallied 164 doubles as a team and have knocked 106 balls out of the park. LG owns a slugging percentage of .406 and have been rung up 776 times, while being walked on 492 occasions. As a unit, the LG Twins are earning 5.3 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 1st in KBO. They have accumulated 561 runs batted in and 1,041 hits on the year, while their team batting average is .272. They have accounted for 603 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .360.

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Hyun Soo Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for LG. For his career, Kim has drilled 267 balls out of the park while driving in 1,544 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .469 and he has totaled 4,002 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 9,866 times and has come through with a base hit 2,648 times. He has struck out 1,055 times and earned a walk on 1,126 occasions, contributing to a .391 OBP. Kim has accumulated a batting average of .310 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,300 scored runs and an OPS of .860.

The Twins have swiped 72 bags and have been thrown out 15 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 17.2%. The LG Twins have a total of 3,010 putouts on the year, as well as 1,117 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .984 which has them sitting 1st in the league and have a total of 113 double plays.

The Twins hold a team earned run average of 3.68 over the course of the season (3rd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 833 hitters. LG has surrendered 934 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 410 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.16 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.32. Twins pitchers have conceded 69 long balls in addition to 437 runs in total (8th in baseball).

Kia has hit 107 home runs for the year in addition to 492 RBIs. The have tallied 192 doubles, while walking 417 times as well as putting up 529 runs. The Kia Tigers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .338 and a team batting average of .260 for the year. The Tigers hold a team SLG% of .401 and they average 4.81 runs per game (4th in the league). They have been rung up on 889 occasions (3rd in baseball) and are sitting with 987 base hits.

Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park has recorded a walk 324 times while striking out on 517 chances. His on-base percentage sits at .325 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .653. For the 3,450 at-bats in his pro career, Park has hit .263 with 908 base hits. He has tallied 496 runs and has 340 runs batted in. He has gone deep 21 times, as well as 1,132 total bases and a .328 slugging %.

Out of their 121 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 89 times and been caught 32 times (26.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 99 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have 1,096 assists, 95 errors and have accumulated 2,922 putouts so far this season.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.403 and have a FIP of 4.83 as a staff on the year. They are currently ranked 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 984. The Kia pitching staff have given up 523 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.33 (469 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.11 (807 strikeouts vs 383 walks). They have yielded 73 HR's and they surrender 4.83 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (+132)

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