Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/4/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, August 4, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Chi Hong An and the Hanwha Eagles (44-53, 8th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (60-41, 1st in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Sunday, August 4, 2024.

Kia is slugging .459 and have been called out on strikes 669 times, while drawing a walk on 408 occasions. They have amassed 590 runs batted in as well as 1,094 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average is .297. The Tigers have accrued 195 two-baggers as a team and have hit 122 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 624 runs and have an on-base percentage of .370. As a team, the Kia Tigers are putting up 6.1 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in the league.

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Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. In his career, Kim has slapped 38 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 145 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he came to bat 1,088 times and has delivered with a hit 294 times. Kim has recorded a batting average of .307 for his career, in addition to 209 runs scored and an OPS of .886. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .510 in addition to having tallied 489 bases. He has been struck out 201 times and earned a walk on 104 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .376 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have swiped 83 bags and have been thrown out 24 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 22.4%. The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 2,768 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,038 assists and 104 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .973 which puts them in 10th in the league and they have turned 101 double plays.

The Tigers have an ERA of 4.53 this year (1st in KBO), and the staff has struck out 788 batters. Kia has conceded 988 hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 464 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.94 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.51. Tigers pitchers have allowed 103 home runs in addition to 563 runs in total (3rd in the league).

The Hanwha Eagles have tallied a team OBP of .351 and a team batting average of .273 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 736 occasions (8th in KBO) and have totaled 947 base knocks. Hanwha has hit 88 home runs on the season and 499 runs batted in. The Eagles hold a team SLG% of .404 and they score 5.37 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have hit 160 doubles, while walking 366 times as well as scoring 532 runs.

Chi Hong An is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Ahn has drawn a walk 590 times while being called out on strikes on 907 occasions. His on-base rate is .363 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .799. In the 6,047 at-bats in his professional career, Ahn has hit .298 with 1,799 base hits. He has accounted for 887 runs and notched 895 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 150 times, as well as 2,639 total bases and also a .436 slugging %.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 94 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (4th in the league). The Eagles have 928 assists, 73 errors and have a tally of 2,632 putouts so far this season. Of their 117 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 87 times and been caught 30 times (25.6% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.545 and have a FIP of 5.48 as a team this year. They are sitting at 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 988. The Hanwha pitching staff have given up 534 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 4.96 (483 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 (758 strikeouts vs 367 walks). They have relinquished 84 dingers and they relinquish 5.48 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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