Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/2/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, July 2, 2022

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Sung Bum Na and the Kia Tigers (38-35, 4th in KBO) are headed to Incheon SSG Landers Field on Saturday, July 2, 2022, where they'll meet the SSG Landers (47-25, 1st in KBO).

The Tigers have compiled 142 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 62 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging percentage of .403 and have been rung up 496 times, while being walked on 294 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 1st in KBO. They have accumulated 350 runs batted in as well as 676 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is .266. They have tallied 372 runs scored while having a team OBP of .349.

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Sung Bum Na is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his career, Na has hit 222 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 876 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .536 in addition to racking up 2,430 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 5,093 times and has delivered a base knock 1,415 times. He has been struck out 1,132 times and has walked on 404 occasions, which contributes in part to a .380 OBP. Na has a batting average of .312 for his career, with 859 runs scored and an OPS of .916.

The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 1,962 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 710 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have 51 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 31 bags and have been thrown out 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 43.6%.

Their K/BB ratio is 2.14 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.38. Tigers pitchers have given up 59 home runs and 348 total runs (2nd in KBO). Kia has allowed 653 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 304 earned runs. The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 4.18 so far this season (8th in the league), and the staff has rung up 534 hitters.

SSG has accumulated 53 home runs this season as well as 344 runs batted in. They have 125 doubles, while walking 262 times and scoring 364 runs. The SSG Landers have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .337 as well as a team batting average of .259 on the year. The Landers have a SLG% of .380 and they average 4.85 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have struck out on 580 instances (3rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 662 hits.

Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. During the 1,213 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has hit .272 in addition to having 330 hits. He has hit the long ball 10 times, with 443 bases in total and a .365 slugging %. Choi has tallied a free base 116 times while striking out on 197 plate appearances. He has a total of 192 runs in addition to having earned 101 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .341 and he has a career OPS of .706.

The SSG Landers have turned 75 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in KBO). The Landers have racked up 772 assists, 49 errors and have earned a total of 2,028 putouts over the course of the season. In their 77 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 57 times and been caught 20 times (26.0% caught stealing percentage).

The SSG pitching staff have conceded 295 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.70 (278 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 55 homers and they yield 3.93 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Landers have a team WHIP of 1.240 in addition to having a FIP of 3.93 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.13 (520 strikeouts vs 244 free passes). They rank 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 594.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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