Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/14/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (-150) Kia (+125)

Jun Soon Park and the Doosan Bears (18-19, 5th in KBO) are headed to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, May 14, 2026, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (17-20, 7th in KBO). The Tigers open this contest at +125 while the Bears are coming in at -150. The over/under is set at 9.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in KBO. They are sitting with 181 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .336. The Bears have tallied 56 doubles as a squad and have hit 28 balls out of the park. They have amassed 165 RBI's in addition to 324 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .253. Doosan has a slugging percentage of .377 and have struck out 280 times, while drawing a walk on 146 occasions.

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Jun Soon Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Park has hit 9 balls out of the park while driving in 45 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 452 times and has come through with a hit 127 times. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .300 in his time in baseball, in addition to 51 runs scored and an OPS of .760. His career slugging percentage is .427 in addition to earning 181 bases. He has been struck out 87 times and has taken a walk on 19 occasions, which has contributed to a .333 on-base percentage.

The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 1,014 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 349 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which has them sitting 6th in KBO and they have turned 29 double plays. The Bears have swiped 25 bases and have been thrown out 3 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 10.7%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.02 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.49. Bears pitchers have yielded 21 home runs and 173 runs (6th in the league). Doosan has allowed 348 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and also 152 earned runs. The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 4.05 over the course of the season (4th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 317 batters.

The Tigers have a team slugging % of .406 and they earn 4.92 runs per contest (5th in KBO). The have tallied 71 two-baggers, while taking a walk 159 times and notching 187 runs. Kia has hit 41 home runs on the campaign as well as 181 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 290 instances (2nd in baseball) and have accounted for 328 base hits. The Kia Tigers have earned a team OBP of .341 and a team batting average of .255 this year.

Sun Bin Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Kim has recorded a walk 639 times while being called out on strikes on 579 chances. He has compiled 789 runs and also has 685 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .377 and he has a career OPS of .760. He has hit the long ball 45 times, as well as 2,219 total bases and also a .383 slugging %. In the 5,792 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .306 with 1,770 hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 32 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (3rd in the league). The Tigers have recorded 351 assists, 22 errors and are sitting with 1,011 putouts on the season. Of their 42 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 32 times and been caught 10 times (23.8% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.430 and have a FIP of 4.97 as a squad on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.87 (271 strikeouts vs 145 walks). They are sitting at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 337. They have yielded 39 dingers and they surrender 4.97 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff have allowed 186 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.67 (175 earned runs allowed).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan (-150)

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