KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/6/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (61-42, 1st in KBO) will play the KT Wiz (50-52, 6th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.

The Wiz have recorded 164 doubles as a team and have knocked 109 balls out of the stadium. KT has a slugging percentage of .415 and have been called out on strikes 829 times, while drawing a walk on 432 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are notching 5.3 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in KBO. They have accumulated 518 runs batted in and 1,010 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is sitting at .276. They have racked up 553 runs and have an on-base percentage of .355.

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Jae-gyun Hwang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. In his professional baseball career, Hwang has hit 219 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,074 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .442 in addition to racking up 3,319 bases. In his time in the Majors, he approached the plate 8,413 times and has reached base with a base hit 2,163 times. He has struck out 1,416 times and has taken a walk on 703 occasions, contributing to a .351 on-base percentage. Hwang has a batting average of .288 in his time in baseball, with 1,111 runs scored and an OPS of .442.

The KT Wiz are sitting with 2,773 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 923 assists and 88 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .977 which is 8th in KBO and have accumulated 78 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 102 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 22.1%.

They have a K/BB ratio of 2.42 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.50. Wiz pitchers have given up 111 long balls and 620 runs (1st in baseball). KT has allowed 1,053 hits (10.3 per 9 innings) and also 562 earned runs. The Wiz hold a team earned run average of 5.47 so far this season (10th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 814 batters.

The Kia Tigers have accounted for an OBP of .370 as well as a team batting average of .297 for the year. They have struck out on 680 occasions (10th in the league) and have accounted for 1,117 hits. Kia has accumulated 124 home runs on the season to go along with 600 RBIs. The Tigers hold a slugging % of .460 and they average 6.04 runs per game (1st in the league). They have 201 two-baggers, while taking a walk 411 times and notching 634 runs.

Hyoung Woo Choi is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Choi has earned a walk 1,122 times while striking out on 1,391 attempts. He has tallied 1,283 runs and has 1,634 runs batted in. His OBP is .400 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .931. He has gone deep 392 times, in addition to having 4,148 bases in total and a .531 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 7,816 at-bats in his professional career, Choi has earned a batting average of .310 with 2,425 base knocks.

Out of their 107 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 83 times and been caught 24 times (22.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 102 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .974 (10th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 1,057 assists, 105 errors and have a total of 2,819 putouts on the campaign.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.515 and have a FIP of 5.52 as a pitching staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.95 (804 strikeouts vs 412 free passes). They rank 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,011. They have given up 105 homers and they relinquish 5.52 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 576 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.56 (476 earned runs conceded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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