Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 6/26/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, June 26, 2026

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-128) Doosan (+106)

Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (35-37, 5th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (40-33, 4th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, June 26, 2026. The Tigers open this contest at -128 while the Bears are priced at +106. The total opens at 8.

As a squad, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 5.2 runs per outing, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They are sitting with 385 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .345. The Tigers have earned 126 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 87 balls out of the park. They have recorded 370 runs batted in and 674 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average sits at .267. Kia is slugging .425 and have struck out 570 times, while drawing a walk on 278 occasions.

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Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. In his career, Kim has drilled 45 balls out of the park while driving in 690 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .381 and he has a total of 2,248 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 6,788 times and has notched a base hit 1,794 times. He has fanned 593 times and has walked on 653 occasions, which has contributed to a .376 on-base percentage. Kim has earned a batting average of .304 for his career, in addition to 797 runs scored and an OPS of .757.

The Kia Tigers have a tally of 1,967 putouts this season, in addition to 675 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which puts them in 4th in KBO and have 64 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 66 bases and have been gunned down 15 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 18.5%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.96 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.37. Tigers pitchers have given up 69 home runs and 331 runs in total (8th in the league). Kia has allowed 623 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 296 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 4.07 on the year (3rd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 535 hitters.

The Doosan Bears hold an OBP of .338 and a batting average of .268 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 511 occasions (9th in baseball) and have notched a total of 678 hits. Doosan has recorded 54 long balls on the season to go along with 308 RBIs. The Bears have a SLG% of .391 and they score 4.50 runs per game (8th in KBO). They have 107 two-baggers, while getting a free base 241 times as well as earning 333 runs.

Ui-ji Yang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has drawn a free base 741 times while striking out on 852 plate appearances. His OBP comes in at .389 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .888. In the 6,597 official at-bats in his professional career, Yang has earned a batting average of .308 with 2,029 base hits. He has recorded 955 runs in addition to having 1,234 runs batted in. He has homered 293 times, as well as 3,292 total bases and a .499 slugging %.

The Doosan Bears have turned 63 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .979 (9th in KBO). The Bears have 670 assists, 56 errors and have a total of 1,964 putouts so far this season. In their 61 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 53 times and been caught 8 times (13.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.426 in addition to having a FIP of 4.61 as a squad over the course of the season. They come in at 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 666. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 335 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.00 (291 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.27 (607 strikeouts vs 267 walks). They have allowed 54 homers and they concede 4.61 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (-128)

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