SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 6/6/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (23-24, 6th in KBO) host the SSG Landers (32-18, 1st in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

SSG has a slugging % of .384 and have struck out 361 times, while drawing a walk on 181 occasions. They have amassed 217 RBI's as well as 435 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is sitting at .252. The Landers have accumulated 73 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 49 balls out of the park. They have earned 233 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .330. As a squad, the SSG Landers are scoring 4.6 runs/g, which ranks them 3rd in the league.

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Guillermo Heredia is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. In his career, Heredia has drilled 63 balls out of the park while knocking in 338 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .384 in addition to having tallied 1,264 bases. For his time in the league, he came to bat 3,812 times and got on base with a hit 869 times. He has struck out 580 times and has been walked on 352 occasions, contributing to a .348 on-base percentage. Heredia has hit .264 for his baseball career, in addition to 522 scored runs and an OPS of .733.

The SSG Landers have notched a total of 1,375 putouts thus far, as well as 526 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding rate is at .977 which has them ranked 7th in the league and have a total of 46 double plays. The Landers have swiped 37 bases and have been caught 19 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 33.9%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.74 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41. Landers pitchers have given up 30 long balls and 189 total runs (9th in the league). SSG has given up 432 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 170 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.34 on the campaign (2nd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 368 hitters.

The Kia Tigers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a team batting average of .269 this season. They have struck out on 373 occasions (5th in KBO) and have earned a total of 434 base hits. Kia has accounted for 25 home runs so far this season as well as 184 RBIs. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .362 and they are recording 4.21 runs per game (7th in the league). They have 66 doubles, while taking a walk 150 times and putting up 198 runs.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Choi has earned a walk 1,040 times while going down on strikes on 1,265 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .403 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .937. Over the course of the 7,183 official at-bats in his pro career, Choi has hit .313 in addition to 2,245 hits. He has accrued 1,185 runs and has 1,489 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 361 times, with 3,836 total bases and a .534 slugging %.

Out of their 43 chances at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 32 times and been caught 11 times (25.6% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 51 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in the league). The Tigers have accrued 425 assists, 34 errors and have notched a total of 1,244 putouts this season.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.420 and have a FIP of 4.17 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.61 (342 strikeouts vs 212 walks). They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 376. They have conceded 25 home runs and they surrender 4.17 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 192 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.65 (168 earned runs conceded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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