Kiwoom Heroes vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/8/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, September 8, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (76-50, 1st in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (53-73, 10th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

The Heroes have accounted for 189 two-baggers as a team and have hit 92 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .380 and have been called out on strikes 967 times, while being walked on 424 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 4.6 runs per contest, which puts them at 10th in KBO. They have accounted for 554 RBI's in addition to 1,151 hits on the campaign, while their batting average sits at .264. They are sitting with 581 runs while holding a team OBP of .336.

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Sung Mun Song is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. Song has hit .274 for his baseball career, in addition to 294 runs scored and an OPS of .740. He has fanned 331 times and has walked on 217 at-bats, contributing to a .336 OBP. In his pro baseball career, Song has hit 52 baseballs out of the park while driving in 353 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .404 in addition to having tallied 908 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 2,511 times and also came through with a hit 615 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have a total of 3,346 putouts for the season, as well as 1,153 assists and 96 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .979 which has them sitting 6th in the league and have a total of 112 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 102 bases and have been thrown out 38 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 27.1%.

The Heroes hold a team earned run average of 5.07 so far this season (8th in the league), and the staff has rung up 815 batters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 130 long balls and also 683 total runs (5th in baseball). Kiwoom has surrendered 1,236 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) and also 628 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.83 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.51.

Kia has accounted for 147 home runs for the season in addition to 724 RBIs. They have put up 241 doubles, while walking 472 times as well as scoring 760 runs. The Kia Tigers have a team on-base percentage of .369 in addition to a team batting average of .300 this year. The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .460 and they score 5.94 runs per outing (1st in baseball). They have been rung up on 811 instances (10th in baseball) and have 1,372 base hits.

Socrates Brito is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Brito has recorded a walk 498 times while fanning on 1,359 plate appearances. He is sitting with 985 runs in addition to having 870 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .335 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .774. He has gone deep 159 times, with 2,853 total bases and also a .439 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 6,494 at-bats in his career, Brito has compiled an average at the plate of .284 with 1,843 base hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 116 double plays and have a fielding rate of .973 (10th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have accrued 1,256 assists, 131 errors and have a tally of 3,438 putouts so far this season. Out of their 132 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 102 times and been caught 30 times (22.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Kia pitching staff have yielded 694 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.50 (573 earned runs given up). They have relinquished 135 long balls and they relinquish 5.45 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.498 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.45 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.01 (987 strikeouts against 492 bases on balls). They rank 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,225.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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