Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 6/2/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Jose Miguel Fernandez and the Doosan Bears (24-24, 5th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (28-22, 3rd in KBO) on Thursday, June 2, 2022.

The Tigers have tallied 96 doubles as a unit and have smacked 41 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging rate of .410 and have struck out 345 times, while taking a walk on 197 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are putting up 5.3 runs per contest, which puts them at 1st in the league. They have earned 247 runs batted in in addition to 470 hits so far this season, and their batting average is .273. They have notched a total of 267 runs while holding a team OBP of .356.

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Dae In Hwang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his career, Hwang has hit 28 baseballs over the fence while driving in 115 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .437 in addition to having tallied 285 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 720 times and has come through with a base hit 171 times. He has fanned 156 times and has taken a walk on 48 occasions, contributing to a .318 OBP. Hwang has accumulated a batting average of .262 for his baseball career, in addition to 63 runs scored and an OPS of .756.

The Tigers have stolen 22 bases and have been gunned down 17 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 43.6%. The Kia Tigers have a tally of 1,323 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 470 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .975 which puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and have a total of 31 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.49 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.32. Tigers pitchers have conceded 38 home runs and 228 runs (3rd in the league). Kia has given up 434 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 185 earned runs. The Tigers have a team earned run average of 3.78 over the course of the season (6th in baseball), and they have struck out 369 hitters.

Doosan has accounted for 21 HRs this season in addition to 200 runs batted in. They have hit 77 doubles, while getting a free base 176 times and scoring 222 runs. The Doosan Bears have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .328 and a batting average of .251 this season. The Bears hold a slugging percentage of .339 and they are scoring 4.53 runs per game (4th in baseball). They have struck out on 324 occasions (9th in the league) and have earned a total of 418 hits.

Jose Miguel Fernandez is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. Fernandez has earned a free base 546 times while striking out on 362 plate appearances. His on-base rate is .394 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .842. For the 5,040 official at-bats in his pro career, Fernandez has accrued an average at the plate of .321 with 1,617 base hits. He has compiled 750 runs and also has 770 RBIs. He has gone yard 126 times, as well as 2,259 total bases and also a .448 slugging %.

The Doosan Bears have turned 57 double plays and have a fielding rate of .975 (8th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 478 assists, 47 errors and have 1,331 putouts for the year. Out of their 40 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 29 times and been caught 11 times (27.5% caught stealing rate).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.379 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.36 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.78 (343 strikeouts vs 193 free passes). They sit at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 418. They have conceded 36 long balls and they surrender 4.36 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Doosan pitching staff have yielded 215 runs this year while having a team ERA of 3.76 (185 earned runs given up).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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