Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/12/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, September 12, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+110) Kia (-132)

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (57-63, 8th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (55-65, 9th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Friday, September 12, 2025. The Bears open this matchup at +110 while the Tigers are coming in at -132. The total has been set at 8.5.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.6 runs per outing, which ranks them 7th in the league. They have racked up 578 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .334. The Bears have accumulated 202 two-baggers as a team and have hit 88 balls out of the park. They have 531 runs batted in as well as 1,145 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate comes in at .264. Doosan has a slugging % of .386 and have been rung up 1,010 times, while drawing a walk on 415 occasions.

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Jake Cave is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. For his pro baseball career, Cave has hit 142 baseballs over the fence while driving in 653 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 5,875 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,469 times. Cave has accumulated a batting average of .277 for his baseball career, in addition to 787 scored runs and an OPS of .782. His career slugging percentage is .443 in addition to racking up 2,345 bases. He has been struck out 1,413 times and earned a walk on 454 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .339 on-base %.

The Bears have stolen 88 bases and have been thrown out 40 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 31.3%. The Doosan Bears have accumulated 3,370 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,202 assists and 104 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .978 which is 7th in the league and have a total of 105 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.90 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.39. Bears pitchers have relinquished 94 home runs in addition to 598 runs in total (5th in KBO). Doosan has surrendered 1,085 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 536 earned runs. The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.30 on the season (6th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 912 hitters.

Kia is sitting with 128 home runs this season as well as 558 runs batted in. They have hit 212 two-baggers, while taking a walk 468 times and scoring 598 runs. The Kia Tigers hold an OBP of .340 as well as a team batting average of .262 on the year. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .407 and they are recording 4.82 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,009 occasions (3rd in the league) and have earned 1,122 base hits.

Hyoung Woo Choi is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For the 8,308 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has recorded a batting average of .310 with 2,572 hits. He has homered 416 times, with 4,401 total bases and also a .530 slugging percentage. Choi has tallied a free base 1,195 times while going down on strikes on 1,494 attempts. He has recorded 1,358 runs and notched 1,729 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .400 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .930.

The Kia Tigers have turned 108 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .977 (9th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have 1,242 assists, 105 errors and have earned 3,296 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 133 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 98 times and been caught 35 times (26.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.441 in addition to having a FIP of 5.14 as a team this year. They are currently ranked 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,140. The Kia pitching staff have given up 627 runs this season while having a team ERA of 4.65 (567 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.04 (904 strikeouts against 443 bases on balls). They have conceded 92 HR's and they allow 5.14 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (-132)

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