Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/15/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (63-45, 1st in KBO) head to Gocheok Sky Dome on Thursday, August 15, 2024, where they'll meet the Kiwoom Heroes (48-60, 10th in KBO).

The Tigers have hit 206 doubles as a squad and have hit 127 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging percentage of .456 and have been rung up 707 times, while being walked on 427 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.9 runs per contest, which ranks them 1st in the league. They have 617 RBI's in addition to 1,166 hits this season, while their average at the plate is .296. They have accounted for 651 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .368.

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Socrates Brito is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Brito has hit .283 for his career in baseball, with 974 scored runs and an OPS of .774. He has gone down on strikes 1,347 times and earned a walk on 496 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .335 OBP. In his career, Brito has hit 158 balls out of the park while driving in 859 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .439 in addition to having tallied 2,818 bases. For his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 7,019 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,817 times.

The Tigers have swiped 89 bases and have been thrown out 24 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 21.2%. The Kia Tigers have accounted for 2,969 putouts for the season, as well as 1,107 assists and 114 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .973 which has them sitting 10th in KBO and they have turned 103 double plays.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.50 for the season (1st in baseball), and their staff has struck out 846 batters. Kia has surrendered 1,073 base hits (9.8 per 9 innings) and also 495 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.99 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.52. Tigers pitchers have given up 109 long balls and also 603 runs in total (4th in the league).

The Kiwoom Heroes have recorded an on-base percentage of .345 in addition to a batting average of .272 on the campaign. They have struck out on 814 instances (6th in KBO) and have tallied 1,020 hits. Kiwoom has recorded 81 home runs so far this season in addition to 505 RBIs. The Heroes have a team slugging % of .390 and they score 4.89 runs per game (10th in the league). The have tallied 164 doubles, while walking 378 times and putting up 528 runs.

Sung Mun Song is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. In the 2,170 official at-bats in his career, Song has hit .271 in addition to 589 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 49 times, in addition to having 866 total bases and a .399 slugging percentage. Song has drawn a walk 208 times while fanning on 319 tries. He has accumulated 279 runs in addition to having earned 342 RBIs. His on-base % is .333 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .732.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 98 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in KBO). The Heroes have 997 assists, 82 errors and have earned a total of 2,869 putouts so far this season. Out of their 119 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 84 times and been caught 35 times (29.4% caught stealing rate).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 585 runs for the year while having an ERA of 5.05 (537 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 107 long balls and they surrender 5.51 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.509 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.51 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.82 (703 strikeouts vs 386 walks). They rank 7th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,057.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs

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