Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/4/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (41-42, 6th in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (37-46, 8th in KBO) on Friday, August 4, 2023.

The Eagles have accumulated 125 doubles as a squad and have hit 58 balls out of the stadium. Hanwha has a slugging percentage of .344 and have been called out on strikes 720 times, while drawing a walk on 343 occasions. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which has them at 9th in KBO. They have 340 RBI's as well as 711 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average is .240. They have earned a total of 365 runs while holding a team OBP of .327.

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Eun Seong Chae is a hitter who should impact this game for Hanwha. For his career, Chae has hit 107 balls out of the park while knocking in 646 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .443 and he has racked up 1,622 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 4,116 times and has reached base with a hit 1,084 times. He has fanned 683 times and has gotten a free base on 270 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .357 OBP. Chae has recorded a batting average of .296 in his time in baseball, in addition to 485 runs scored and an OPS of .800.

The Eagles have swiped 47 bags and have been caught 36 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 43.4%. The Hanwha Eagles have notched a total of 2,357 putouts thus far, in addition to 852 assists and 61 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .981 which has them sitting 5th in the league and have earned 77 double plays.

The Eagles have compiled a team ERA of 4.02 this season (5th in the league), and they have rung up 653 batters. Hanwha has allowed 745 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 351 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.05 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.35. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 57 home runs and 385 total runs (7th in the league).

Kia has a total of 59 home runs for the season and 360 runs batted in. They have notched 122 doubles, while taking a walk 287 times as well as putting up 386 runs. The Kia Tigers hold an on-base percentage of .333 and a batting average of .262 for the year. The Tigers have a team SLG% of .374 and they have an average of 4.60 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have been rung up on 588 instances (7th in baseball) and have 750 base hits.

Socrates Brito is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Brito has drawn a free base 439 times while fanning on 1,240 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .333 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .766. For the 5,757 at-bats in his professional career, Brito has recorded a batting average of .282 in addition to 1,623 hits. He has tallied 864 runs and also has 741 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 129 times, as well as 2,492 total bases and a .433 slugging %.

The Kia Tigers have twisted 84 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in the league). The Tigers have 746 assists, 52 errors and have a total of 2,225 putouts so far this year. Of their 71 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 55 times and been caught 16 times (22.5% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.418 with a FIP of 4.28 as a squad on the year. They come in at 10th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 697. The Kia pitching staff have conceded 353 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.86 (318 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.70 (601 strikeouts against 354 walks). They have yielded 45 dingers and they yield 4.28 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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