Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/7/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (55-55, 6th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (56-50, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, September 7, 2023.

The Tigers have compiled 170 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 79 balls out of the park. Kia is slugging .393 and have been called out on strikes 729 times, while drawing a walk on 385 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.1 runs per game, which is 2nd in baseball. They have 517 runs batted in and 1,019 hits so far this season, and their team batting average is .274. They have notched a total of 555 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .345.

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Chan-Ho Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Park has hit 13 balls over the fence while knocking in 243 runs. His slugging percentage is .315 and he has racked up 781 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 2,775 times and has delivered a hit 626 times. He has struck out 416 times and has been walked on 223 occasions, which has contributed to a .313 OBP. Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .252 for his career, with 340 scored runs and an OPS of .628.

The Kia Tigers have accounted for 2,866 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 976 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 6th in Korean baseball and they have turned 100 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 74 bases and have been gunned down 21 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 22.1%.

The Tigers have compiled a team ERA of 3.97 so far this season (3rd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 763 hitters. Kia has given up 915 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 421 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.78 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.41. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 64 long balls in addition to 474 total runs (9th in the league).

The Doosan Bears are sitting with an OBP of .332 and a team batting average of .255 for the year. They have been rung up on 759 instances (7th in baseball) and have recorded 959 hits. Doosan has hit 74 HRs for the season in addition to 433 RBIs. The Bears have a slugging percentage of .371 and they are earning 4.30 runs per contest (8th in KBO). They have recorded 165 doubles, while getting a free base 390 times and putting up 477 runs.

Kyeong-min Ho is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In the 4,571 at-bats in his pro career, Ho has recorded a batting average of .292 with 1,336 base knocks. He has gone deep 51 times, with 1,763 bases in total and a .386 slugging percentage. Ho has drawn a walk 366 times while fanning on 410 occasions. He has a total of 690 runs and has 567 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .356 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .742.

The Doosan Bears have turned 83 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in Korean baseball). The Bears have recorded 994 assists, 84 errors and have notched a total of 2,973 putouts this season. In their 77 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 44 times and been caught 33 times (42.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Doosan pitching staff have given up 500 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.06 (447 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 70 home runs and they surrender 4.54 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.371 in addition to having a FIP of 4.54 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.07 (793 strikeouts vs 384 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 8th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 975.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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