Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 3/31/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (3-3, 5th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (4-0, 1st in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, March 31, 2024.

The Tigers have hit 11 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 3 balls out of the park. Kia is slugging .439 and have been rung up 20 times, while drawing a walk on 19 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have recorded 20 RBI's in addition to 38 hits on the year, while their average at the plate comes in at .288. They have 21 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .382.

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Chan-Ho Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Park has hit 13 baseballs out of the park while driving in 251 runs. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 2,861 times and got on base with a hit 652 times. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .255 for his career, with 356 scored runs and an OPS of .632. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .317 and he has a total of 812 bases. He has gone down on strikes 422 times and has gotten a free base on 227 at-bats, contributing to a .315 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have a tally of 108 putouts this year, as well as 38 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .948 which is 10th in KBO and they have twisted 3 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 1 base and have been caught 2 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 66.7%.

The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 1.50 this year (1st in KBO), and their staff has rung up 42 batters. Kia has yielded 22 base hits (5.5 per 9 innings) and 6 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.33 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.11. Tigers pitchers have yielded 2 long balls and 10 total runs (10th in KBO).

The Bears hold a slugging % of .464 and they are scoring 6.17 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have 10 two-baggers, while taking a walk 22 times and scoring 37 runs. Doosan has tallied 7 home runs this season in addition to 35 runs batted in. They have struck out on 48 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have earned 57 base hits. The Doosan Bears have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .342 in addition to a batting average of .275 for the year.

Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Over the course of the 4,666 at-bats in his pro career, Ho has an average at the plate of .292 in addition to 1,363 base knocks. He has hit it out of the park 54 times, as well as 1,804 total bases and also a .387 slugging percentage. Ho has recorded a walk 372 times while fanning on 418 chances. He has accrued 699 runs in addition to having 581 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .356 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .743.

The Doosan Bears have twisted 3 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .967 (7th in Korean baseball). The Bears have accrued 49 assists, 7 errors and have accounted for 159 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 1 attempt at getting a steal, they have been caught 1 time (100.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.660 and have a FIP of 5.43 as a squad on the season. They are sitting at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 60. The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 32 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.75 (28 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.96 (55 strikeouts against 28 free passes). They have conceded 5 homers and they relinquish 5.43 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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