Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers
Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: TVING
Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+106) Kia (-128)
Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (19-22, 8th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (19-22, 7th in KBO) on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The Bears open this game at +106 while the Tigers are coming in at -128. The total is set at 9.
As a unit, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in KBO. They have tallied 210 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .336. The Bears have tallied 73 doubles as a team and have smacked 28 balls out of the park. They have recorded 194 runs batted in as well as 390 hits for the season, and their team batting average sits at .261. Doosan has a slugging rate of .379 and have been called out on strikes 347 times, while being walked on 152 occasions.
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Seung Ho Kang is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his professional baseball career, Kang has hit 52 balls out of the park while driving in 294 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he approached the plate 2,378 times and has delivered with a base knock 556 times. Kang has hit .257 in his time in baseball, in addition to 307 runs scored and an OPS of .732. His slugging percentage is .404 in addition to racking up 875 bases. He has struck out 595 times and has been walked on 135 occasions, contributing to a .306 on-base percentage.
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The Bears have swiped 30 bags and have been thrown out 15 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 33.3%. The Doosan Bears have 1,152 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 395 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .981 which has them sitting 5th in KBO and have accumulated 37 double plays.
The Bears have a team earned run average of 4.22 so far this year (6th in baseball), and they have rung up 318 batters. Bears pitchers have surrendered 30 home runs and 202 runs (5th in the league). Doosan has relinquished 363 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 180 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.03 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35.
Kia has tallied 32 home runs this year to go along with 179 RBIs. They have put up 79 two-baggers, while taking a walk 181 times as well as racking up 190 runs. The Kia Tigers hold an on-base percentage of .334 and a team batting average of .243 for the year. The Tigers hold a slugging % of .374 and they average 4.63 runs per outing (6th in the league). They have been rung up on 305 occasions (9th in KBO) and have accounted for 333 base knocks.
Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Choi has drawn a free base 1,150 times while going down on strikes on 1,430 plate appearances. He has amassed 1,310 runs and also has 1,675 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .400 and he also has a career OPS of .931. He has homered 401 times, in addition to having 4,252 total bases and a .531 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 8,011 official at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has hit .310 in addition to having 2,484 base knocks.
In their 49 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 38 times and been caught 11 times (22.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 31 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (6th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have recorded 411 assists, 29 errors and have amassed 1,080 putouts this season.
The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.486 in addition to having a FIP of 5.25 as a squad over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.92 (305 strikeouts vs 159 walks). They sit at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 376. They have conceded 25 home runs and they give up 5.25 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have yielded 210 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.68 (187 earned runs conceded).
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (-128)
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