Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/14/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (14-16, 6th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (14-14, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, May 14, 2023.

The Tigers have accounted for 31 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 13 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging percentage of .338 and have been rung up 215 times, while drawing a walk on 103 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 4.1 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in KBO. They have compiled 103 RBI's and 245 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .260. They have a total of 116 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .336.

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Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim has hit .301 for his time in baseball, in addition to 656 runs scored and an OPS of .750. He has been struck out 467 times and has taken a walk on 527 occasions, which has contributed to a .374 on-base percentage. In his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 32 baseballs over the fence while driving in 523 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .376 in addition to having tallied 1,740 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 5,348 times and got on base with a base hit 1,394 times.

The Kia Tigers have earned 751 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 254 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which has them ranked 3rd in KBO and they have turned 30 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 23 bags and have been caught 9 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.1%.

The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.71 so far this season (5th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 209 hitters. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 15 long balls in addition to 109 total runs (10th in the league). Kia has allowed 226 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 103 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.60 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.43.

The Doosan Bears have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .321 and a team batting average of .241 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 202 occasions (8th in the league) and are sitting with 250 hits. Doosan has accumulated 21 home runs so far this year and 108 runs batted in. The Bears have a team SLG% of .351 and they have an average of 3.90 runs per contest (8th in KBO). They have put up 41 doubles, while getting a free base 110 times and putting up 121 runs.

Kyeong-min Ho is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. In the 4,323 official at-bats in his pro career, Ho has earned a batting average of .293 in addition to 1,268 base hits. He has gone deep 48 times, in addition to having 1,670 bases in total and a .386 slugging percentage. Ho has drawn a free base 348 times while fanning on 393 tries. He is sitting with 665 runs in addition to having 537 RBIs. His OBP sits at .358 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .744.

The Doosan Bears have turned 20 double plays and have a fielding rate of .972 (8th in the league). The Bears have accrued 273 assists, 32 errors and have a total of 828 putouts so far this year. In their 22 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 10 times and been caught 12 times (54.5% caught stealing rate).

The Doosan pitching staff have given up 146 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 3.95 (121 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 21 HR's and they concede 4.76 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Bears have a WHIP of 1.359 and have a FIP of 4.76 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.94 (231 strikeouts vs 119 walks). They come in at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 256.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan

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