Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/12/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, May 12, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (14-15, 6th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (14-13, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, May 12, 2023.

Kia owns a slugging percentage of .342 and have been called out on strikes 207 times, while being walked on 98 occasions. They have compiled 100 runs batted in in addition to 236 hits on the campaign, and their average at the plate is sitting at .260. The Tigers have hit 31 doubles as a unit and have hit 13 balls out of the park. They have racked up 113 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .336. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are recording 4.2 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in the league.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. In his career, Choi has drilled 359 balls over the fence while driving in 1,478 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .534 and he has totaled 3,800 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 8,333 times and has notched a hit 2,222 times. He has struck out 1,251 times and has gotten a free base on 1,029 occasions, contributing to a .402 on-base percentage. Choi has recorded a batting average of .313 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,173 runs scored and an OPS of .936.

The Tigers have swiped 22 bags and have been caught 8 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 26.7%. The Kia Tigers have earned 724 putouts thus far, as well as 245 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which ranks 3rd in the league and they have turned 29 double plays.

The Tigers have a team ERA of 3.66 over the course of the season (5th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 202 hitters. Kia has relinquished 216 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 98 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.58 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.43. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 15 home runs and 104 runs in total (10th in baseball).

Doosan has hit 21 home runs this year as well as 103 runs batted in. The have tallied 37 doubles, while taking a walk 107 times and notching 115 runs. The Doosan Bears have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .320 and a team batting average of .238 so far this season. The Bears have a SLG% of .348 and they score 3.83 runs per game (9th in baseball). They have struck out on 196 occasions (8th in baseball) and have a total of 238 hits.

Ui-ji Yang is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. Yang has recorded a walk 582 times while being called out on strikes on 658 plate appearances. He has a total of 769 runs and has 955 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .389 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .890. He has hit it out of the park 229 times, in addition to having 2,569 total bases and a .501 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 5,128 at-bats in his pro career, Yang has compiled an average at the plate of .306 with 1,571 base hits.

Out of their 22 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 10 times and been caught 12 times (54.5% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have turned 20 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .973 (8th in the league). The Bears have racked up 265 assists, 30 errors and have accounted for 799 putouts for the season.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.342 with a FIP of 4.70 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.05 (225 strikeouts against 110 free passes). They rank 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 247. They have yielded 21 dingers and they concede 4.70 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 139 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.89 (115 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan

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