The Doosan Bears are taking to the road to face the Kia Tigers in this game here. The Bears vs Tigers 5/14/24 game is being played at Gwangju Kia Champions Field. The game is also being played early in the morning in America at 5:30 AM EST, but if you are in South Korea the game is being broadcast on SPOTV2.
Doosan Bears Preview
The Doosan team is coming in after getting a double header sweep on Sunday. The wins came over the KT Wiz with a combined score of 20-8. With the wins Doosan moved to a 5th place standing in the KBO, but are also sitting on a 24-19 record overall, but on the road the Bears are 11-11.
Brandon Waddell heads to the game here for his 7th start on the year with a 4-2 record and a 1.59 ERA with a 0.97 WHIP. Waddell has thrown a total of 34 innings while giving up 11 runs of which 6 were earned. Brandon has allowed 28 hits, 0 homers, 5 walks and has managed to strike out 34 batters. As a team the Doosan club has a 4.24 ERA and allowed 390 hits with 33 homers. The Bears have posted a 1.48 WHIP with a .262 opponents average.
Hitting for Doosan is not that strong on the year with a .285 average and only 243 runs scored. The Bears have ended up with 417 hits with 74 doubles, 9 triples, and 46 homers. The Doosan team has stolen 45 bases with 14 runners thrown out.
Kia Tigers Preview
Kia had a disappointing showing on Sunday as they lost both of their double header games. The losses came against SSG by a combined score of 12-9. The loss dropped the Tigers to a leading spot in the KBO, but moved their record of 25-15 overall, but are 12-8 at home this year.
Yang Hyeon-jong is the starter going to the mound for Kia in this game here. Hyeon-jong has started in 8 games already with a 3-1 record and a 2.66 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP. Yang has thrown 50 2/3 innings while giving up 16 runs all of which 15 were earned. He has allowed 42 hits, 4 homers, walked 12 batters and has struck out a total of 37 on the year. The Kia team heads to this game here with a team ERA of 3.79 on the year. The Tigers have allowed 357 hits with a total of 32 homers given up. Kiwoom has ended up getting a team WHIP of 1.56 with the opponents hitting at a clip of .290.
The Kia team is coming in hitting at a clip of .294 with a total of 230 runs scored on the season. The Tigers have ended up getting a total of 416 hits with only 78 doubles, 4 triples, but have cranked out 45 homers. The Tigers have recorded 52 steals with 14 runners thrown out.
Bears vs Tigers 5/14/24 Pick: Under 9.5
While I do think the Tigers are finally going to snap their losing skid, I did find a bet that I like better in this game here. That bet is going to be on the under. Both of these teams are putting a great starter on the mound and that will allow the offenses to be shut down in the game and unable to really do much run production, even though these are both offenses that are among the top in the KBO.
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