Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/29/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

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

Gun Hee Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (42-74, 10th in KBO) travel to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, August 29, 2026, where they'll take on the Doosan Bears (59-52, 5th in KBO). The Heroes open this game at +172 while the Bears are coming in at -210. The total has been set at 8.5.

Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .355 and have struck out 1,028 times, while getting the free base on 393 occasions. They have accrued 439 RBI's as well as 987 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate comes in at .245. The Heroes have accrued 167 doubles as a unit and have smacked 86 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 467 runs scored while having a team OBP of .323. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 3.9 runs per outing, which puts them at 10th in the league.

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Gun Hee Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. For his career, Kim has drilled 20 balls over the fence while driving in 113 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 1,020 times and has come through with a base hit 243 times. Kim has a batting average of .259 for his career in baseball, in addition to 83 runs scored and an OPS of .690. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .388 in addition to having tallied 364 bases. He has struck out 286 times and has been walked on 61 occasions, contributing to a .302 on-base percentage.

The Heroes have stolen 71 bases and have been caught 31 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 30.4%. The Kiwoom Heroes have earned 3,148 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,047 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding rate is at .980 which has them sitting 7th in KBO and have accumulated 99 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.87 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.57. Heroes pitchers have allowed 114 home runs in addition to 677 total runs (2nd in baseball). Kiwoom has given up 1,178 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 617 earned runs. The Heroes have compiled a team ERA of 5.29 on the year (9th in baseball), and they have struck out 868 hitters.

Doosan has 87 home runs this year to go along with 498 RBIs. They have hit 174 two-baggers, while getting a free base 387 times as well as putting up 533 runs. The Doosan Bears have an OBP of .341 as well as a team batting average of .269 for the year. The Bears have a team slugging % of .393 and they are earning 4.63 runs per outing (9th in KBO). They have struck out on 814 occasions (7th in the league) and have accounted for 1,061 hits.

Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. During the 6,113 at-bats in his career, Jung has accumulated a batting average of .277 in addition to 1,694 base hits. He has gone deep 49 times, with 2,259 total bases and a .370 slugging percentage. Jung has drawn a walk 647 times while striking out on 900 attempts. He has compiled 1,057 runs in addition to having earned 622 runs batted in. His OBP is .353 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .723.

The Doosan Bears have turned 79 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .978 (10th in Korean baseball). Of their 98 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 82 times and been caught 16 times (16.3% caught stealing rate). The Bears have accrued 1,008 assists, 91 errors and have a tally of 3,080 putouts during this campaign.

The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 495 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.68 (420 earned runs yielded). They have given up 87 homers and they surrender 4.34 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.352 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.34 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.61 (985 strikeouts against 378 walks). They rank 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,009.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+172)

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