Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/20/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-196) Hanwha (+162)

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Yonathan Perlaza and the Hanwha Eagles (48-54, 6th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (57-48, 4th in KBO) on Thursday, August 20, 2026. The line on this game has the Tigers coming in at -196 and the Eagles are at +162. The total is set at 9.

Kia owns a slugging percentage of .439 and have struck out 848 times, while taking a walk on 382 occasions. They have 547 RBI's as well as 1,000 base knocks this year, while their batting average sits at .272. The Tigers have compiled 185 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 136 balls out of the park. They have racked up 571 runs scored while having a team OBP of .345. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.3 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in the league.

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Sung Bum Na is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his pro baseball career, Na has hit 305 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,170 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 6,818 times and has notched a base hit 1,878 times. Na has an average at the plate of .311 for his time in baseball, with 1,099 runs scored and an OPS of .915. He has earned a slugging percentage of .534 in addition to earning 3,231 bases. He has struck out 1,525 times and earned a walk on 580 occasions, contributing to a .381 on-base %.

The Tigers have stolen 91 bases and have been caught 17 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 15.7%. The Kia Tigers have earned 2,843 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 987 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which is 6th in the league and they have turned 90 double plays.

The Tigers hold a team ERA of 4.41 for the season (3rd in the league), and they have struck out 761 hitters. Kia has relinquished 943 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 464 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.88 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.42. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 104 home runs and also 514 total runs (7th in the league).

The Eagles hold a slugging percentage of .431 and they are recording 5.76 runs per game (1st in KBO). They hit 168 doubles, while walking 409 times and scoring 605 runs. Hanwha has accounted for 127 home runs this year and 568 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 849 occasions (3rd in the league) and have earned 1,021 hits. The Hanwha Eagles have tallied an OBP of .354 and a batting average of .275 for the season.

Yonathan Perlaza is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Perlaza has drawn a free base 488 times while going down on strikes on 898 attempts. He has scored 634 runs in addition to having earned 578 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .364 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .833. He has hit a home run 133 times, as well as 1,689 total bases and also a .469 slugging percentage. In the 3,605 at-bats in his baseball career, Perlaza has hit .277 with 1,000 base hits.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 109 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (9th in the league). The Eagles have recorded 1,032 assists, 80 errors and have notched a total of 2,798 putouts over the course of the season. In their 68 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 44 times and been caught 24 times (35.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Hanwha pitching staff have given up 564 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 4.83 (500 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 96 dingers and they concede 5.44 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.525 and have a FIP of 5.44 as a unit so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.88 (769 strikeouts against 409 free passes). They are sitting at 4th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,013.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (-196)

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