Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 6/5/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-210) Doosan (+172)

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (28-28, 7th in KBO) travel to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, June 5, 2025, where they'll meet the Doosan Bears (23-33, 9th in KBO). The Tigers open this matchup at -210 while the Bears are priced at +172. The O/U has been set at 9.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are notching 4.7 runs per outing, which ranks them 4th in the league. They have racked up 270 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .337. The Tigers have earned 116 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 49 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 252 runs batted in and 495 hits for the season, while their batting average is .255. Kia is slugging .392 and have struck out 431 times, while being walked on 231 occasions.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .311 for his career, with 1,322 scored runs and an OPS of .933. He has fanned 1,437 times and has taken a walk on 1,161 occasions, which contributes in part to a .401 on-base percentage. For his career, Choi has hit 405 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,688 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .532 and he has racked up 4,292 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 9,447 times and got on base with a hit 2,507 times.

The Tigers have stolen 49 bags and have been caught 14 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 22.2%. The Kia Tigers have 1,503 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 554 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which has them sitting 6th in KBO and have a total of 48 double plays.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.40 on the season (7th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 427 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 35 home runs and also 274 total runs (5th in the league). Kia has allowed 512 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 245 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.96 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The Doosan Bears have compiled an OBP of .334 and a team batting average of .257 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 489 instances (3rd in the league) and have accounted for 522 base hits. Doosan has tallied 38 long balls on the year as well as 240 RBIs. The Bears have a team slugging percentage of .370 and they score 4.42 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have 92 doubles, while getting a free base 213 times as well as recording 261 runs.

Suk Hwan Yang is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Yang has tallied a free base 280 times while going down on strikes on 880 attempts. He has amassed 490 runs and also has 629 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .318 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .764. He has gone deep 162 times, in addition to having 1,678 bases in total and also a .446 slugging percentage. For the 3,761 at-bats in his professional career, Yang has accrued an average at the plate of .262 with 985 base knocks.

The Doosan Bears have turned 47 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 536 assists, 44 errors and have accumulated 1,567 putouts for the year. Of their 61 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 41 times and been caught 20 times (32.8% caught stealing rate).

The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 278 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.24 (246 earned runs allowed). They have yielded 40 homers and they relinquish 4.79 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Bears have a WHIP of 1.352 with a FIP of 4.79 as a squad on the campaign. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.97 (432 strikeouts vs 219 walks). They rank 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 487.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (-210)

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