Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/12/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+102) Kia (-122)

Ho Ryung Kim and the Kia Tigers (17-19, 6th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (17-19, 5th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The Bears open this game at +102 while the Tigers are coming in at -122. The total opens at 9.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are earning 4.8 runs per outing, which has them at 7th in baseball. They are sitting with 176 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .337. The Bears have hit 56 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 27 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 160 RBI's in addition to 317 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is .253. Doosan has a slugging rate of .375 and have struck out 274 times, while getting the free base on 142 occasions.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his professional baseball career, Park has drilled 26 balls out of the park while knocking in 366 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 4,186 times and also came through with a hit 990 times. Park has a batting average of .266 for his time in baseball, in addition to 542 scored runs and an OPS of .664. His slugging percentage sits at .334 and he has totaled 1,243 bases. He has struck out 562 times and has gotten a free base on 357 occasions, which contributes in part to a .330 on-base %.

The Doosan Bears have a total of 987 putouts for the season, in addition to 338 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .982 which is 6th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 28 double plays. The Bears have stolen 25 bags and have been thrown out 3 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 10.7%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.05 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50. Bears pitchers have allowed 21 long balls in addition to 172 runs (6th in the league). Doosan has conceded 341 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and 151 earned runs. The Bears have compiled a team ERA of 4.13 for the year (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 312 hitters.

The Tigers have a SLG% of .410 and they score 5.03 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have 70 two-baggers, while walking 154 times and racking up 186 runs. Kia has tallied 41 HRs for the year to go along with 180 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 285 occasions (2nd in the league) and have notched a total of 321 base hits. The Kia Tigers have a team OBP of .342 in addition to a team batting average of .256 so far this year.

Ho Ryung Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. In the 1,776 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .247 and has racked up 438 base hits. He has gone deep 30 times, as well as 640 total bases and also a .360 slugging %. Kim has earned a free base 157 times while going down on strikes on 526 occasions. He has tallied 302 runs and has 177 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .319 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .679.

The Kia Tigers have turned 31 double plays and have a fielding rate of .984 (3rd in KBO). In their 41 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 32 times and been caught 9 times (22.0% caught stealing rate). The Tigers have recorded 338 assists, 22 errors and have notched a total of 984 putouts this year.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.436 in addition to having a FIP of 4.97 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.88 (265 strikeouts against 141 bases on balls). They are sitting at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 330. They have surrendered 38 HR's and they allow 4.97 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have yielded 181 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.66 (170 earned runs relinquished).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan (+102)

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