Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/6/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-160) Kiwoom (+132)

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (12-24, 10th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (14-17, 7th in KBO) on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The Heroes open this game at +132 while the Tigers are coming in at -160. The over/under is set at 9.

Kia has a slugging percentage of .393 and have been called out on strikes 238 times, while taking a walk on 134 occasions. They have tallied 133 runs batted in and 257 hits for the season, while their team batting average sits at .247. The Tigers have hit 66 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 28 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 140 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .335. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are notching 4.5 runs per outing, which puts them at 6th in baseball.

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Won Jun Choi is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In his career, Choi has hit 27 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 248 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,758 times and came through with a base base hit 689 times. Choi has earned a batting average of .282 for his baseball career, in addition to 388 runs scored and an OPS of .729. He has earned a slugging percentage of .379 in addition to having tallied 926 bases. He has struck out 360 times and has taken a walk on 229 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .350 on-base %.

The Kia Tigers have accumulated 819 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 327 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which puts them in 6th in Korean baseball and they have turned 24 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 33 bases and have been caught 10 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 23.3%.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.68 on the season (7th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 225 hitters. Kia has given up 293 base knocks (9.7 per 9 innings) and 142 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.88 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.51. Tigers pitchers have allowed 19 home runs and 164 total runs (4th in the league).

Kiwoom has 25 long balls this season and 131 RBIs. They have put up 49 doubles, while taking a walk 117 times as well as scoring 142 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have tallied a team OBP of .313 and a batting average of .238 over the course of the season. The Heroes have a SLG% of .345 and they earn 3.94 runs per outing (9th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 316 instances (1st in KBO) and have tallied 291 base knocks.

Sung Mun Song is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has earned a walk 244 times while striking out on 365 occasions. His OBP is .336 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .742. For the 2,449 at-bats in his career, Song is sitting with a batting avereage of .272 in addition to having 667 base knocks. He has a total of 328 runs in addition to having 383 runs batted in. He has gone deep 59 times, in addition to having 994 bases in total and also a .406 slugging percentage.

In their 40 attempts at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 26 times and been caught 14 times (35.0% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 31 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .974 (10th in the league). The Heroes have racked up 312 assists, 34 errors and have accounted for 939 putouts so far this year.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 233 runs for the season while having an ERA of 5.64 (196 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 38 homers and they concede 6.70 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.732 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.70 as a team this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.65 (247 strikeouts vs 150 walks). They rank 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 392.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (-160)

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