SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/12/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, July 12, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (50-33, 1st in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (42-43, 5th in KBO) on Friday, July 12, 2024.

SSG is slugging .403 and have struck out 653 times, while taking a walk on 302 occasions. They have 409 RBI's as well as 805 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is .271. The Landers have earned 135 doubles as a team and have smacked 79 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 430 runs while having a team OBP of .345. As a team, the SSG Landers are scoring 5.0 runs per game, which ranks them 8th in baseball.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. In his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 25 balls out of the park while driving in 197 runs. His slugging percentage is .375 in addition to racking up 861 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to bat 2,582 times and has come through with a base knock 628 times. He has fanned 333 times and has been walked on 208 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .338 OBP. Choi has accumulated a batting average of .274 for his career, with 358 runs scored and an OPS of .713.

The Landers have swiped 74 bags and have been thrown out 30 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 28.8%. The SSG Landers have accumulated 2,274 putouts thus far, in addition to 787 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .976 which has them sitting 9th in Korean baseball and they have turned 69 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.93 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.54. Landers pitchers have given up 96 home runs and 485 runs in total (2nd in the league). SSG has given up 790 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 438 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team ERA of 5.20 for the season (9th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 726 hitters.

The Tigers have a team SLG% of .454 and they have an average of 5.93 runs per contest (1st in baseball). They have 157 two-baggers, while getting a free base 336 times as well as putting up 504 runs. Kia has tallied 97 home runs so far this season and 478 runs batted in. They have struck out on 552 occasions (10th in the league) and have 907 base knocks. The Kia Tigers have an on-base percentage of .370 as well as a batting average of .296 on the season.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Choi has earned a walk 1,112 times while striking out on 1,376 tries. His OBP sits at .401 and he has a career OPS of .933. During the 7,758 at-bats in his professional career, Choi has an average at the plate of .311 and has racked up 2,412 base hits. He has accounted for 1,275 runs in addition to having 1,621 runs batted in. He has gone deep 390 times, with 4,128 total bases and also a .532 slugging %.

Out of their 92 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 71 times and been caught 21 times (22.8% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 84 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in the league). The Tigers have accrued 859 assists, 88 errors and have a total of 2,298 putouts for the season.

The Kia pitching staff have relinquished 440 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.36 (371 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 88 long balls and they yield 5.17 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.483 and have a FIP of 5.17 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.00 (651 strikeouts against 325 walks). They are currently ranked 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 811.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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