Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/14/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (25-15, 1st in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (24-19, 5th in KBO) on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are scoring 5.7 runs per contest, which puts them at 2nd in the league. They are sitting with 243 runs scored and hold an OBP of .353. The Bears have hit 74 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 46 balls out of the park. They have 230 runs batted in and 417 base knocks so far this season, while their batting average comes in at .285. Doosan owns a slugging percentage of .443 and have struck out 304 times, while drawing a walk on 145 occasions.

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Jae Hwan Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .282 for his time in baseball, in addition to 740 scored runs and an OPS of .883. He has fanned 1,124 times and earned a walk on 641 occasions, which has contributed to a .375 OBP. For his career, Kim has hit 242 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 867 runs. His slugging percentage is .508 and he has a total of 2,233 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 5,125 times and has come through with a hit 1,241 times.

The Doosan Bears have a tally of 1,140 putouts this season, in addition to 386 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .979 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have earned 38 double plays. The Bears have stolen 23 bases and have been gunned down 3 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 11.5%.

The Bears are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.24 so far this season (3rd in KBO), and their staff has rung up 320 hitters. Doosan has conceded 390 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 179 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.86 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.48. Bears pitchers have conceded 33 home runs and 206 runs (6th in baseball).

Kia has a total of 45 home runs on the campaign to go along with 219 RBIs. They have recorded 78 two-baggers, while walking 159 times as well as recording 230 runs. The Kia Tigers have a team OBP of .370 as well as a batting average of .294 so far this year. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .450 and they are recording 5.75 runs per contest (1st in KBO). They have been rung up on 262 occasions (10th in KBO) and have recorded 416 base knocks.

Socrates Brito is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. Brito has drawn a walk 469 times while fanning on 1,296 tries. His OBP sits at .332 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .766. Over the course of the 6,147 at-bats in his baseball career, Brito has compiled an average at the plate of .281 and has racked up 1,730 base knocks. He has a total of 926 runs and notched 811 runs batted in. He has gone yard 144 times, as well as 2,670 bases in total and also a .434 slugging percentage.

Of their 44 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 34 times and been caught 10 times (22.7% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 36 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .969 (10th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have racked up 403 assists, 47 errors and have amassed 1,076 putouts on the season.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.452 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.84 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.94 (316 strikeouts against 163 free passes). They rank 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 357. They have conceded 32 long balls and they concede 4.84 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have given up 193 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 3.79 (151 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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