NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/29/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: KBS N Sports
Kun Woo Park and the NC Dinos (55-49, 4th in KBO) travel to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (52-50, 5th in KBO).
NC has a slugging rate of .392 and have been rung up 759 times, while drawing a walk on 380 occasions. They have earned 480 RBI's in addition to 990 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is .272. The Dinos have hit 167 two-baggers as a team and have hit 75 balls out of the park. They have earned 510 runs scored and hold an OBP of .349. As a team, the NC Dinos are notching 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 3rd in baseball.
Kun Woo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Park has hit .325 for his career, in addition to 689 runs scored and an OPS of .877. He has fanned 581 times and has gotten a free base on 366 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .391 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Park has hit 107 baseballs out of the park while driving in 598 runs. His career slugging percentage is .486 and he has totaled 1,890 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 4,396 times and got on base with a base hit 1,265 times.
The Dinos have stolen 74 bases and have been caught 31 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.5%. The NC Dinos have 2,848 putouts on the campaign, as well as 999 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .976 which puts them in 9th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 102 double plays.
The Dinos have compiled a team earned run average of 3.73 so far this season (2nd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 814 batters. NC has surrendered 849 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 393 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.02 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.32. Dinos pitchers have conceded 73 home runs and 449 runs in total (10th in the league).
The Kia Tigers have accumulated an OBP of .341 as well as a batting average of .270 for the season. They have struck out on 710 occasions (9th in baseball) and have a total of 965 base hits. Kia has a total of 70 HRs this season in addition to 477 RBIs. The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .384 and they are recording 4.92 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have 161 two-baggers, while getting a free base 365 times and scoring 512 runs.
Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Choi has recorded a walk 1,068 times while going down on strikes on 1,308 attempts. He has tallied 1,216 runs in addition to having earned 1,531 RBIs. His OBP is .402 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .934. He has homered 371 times, in addition to having 3,927 bases in total and a .532 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 7,383 at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has accumulated a batting average of .311 and has racked up 2,299 hits.
Of their 93 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 72 times and been caught 21 times (22.6% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 99 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 945 assists, 78 errors and have earned 2,758 putouts on the campaign.
The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.424 in addition to having a FIP of 4.49 as a staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.75 (734 strikeouts against 420 walks). They are sitting at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 889. They have given up 60 long balls and they allow 4.49 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff have given up 459 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.00 (408 earned runs given up).
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia
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