The Doosan Bears are taking to the road to face the Kia Tigers in this game here. The Bears vs Tigers 5/15/24 game is being played at Gwangju Kia Champions Field. The game is also being played early in the morning in America at 1:00 AM EST, but if you are in South Korea the game is being broadcast on SBS. Rain could lead to this game being rained out.
Doosan Bears Preview
Doosan heads to the game here after pulling off a nice upset win over the Kia Tigers. The win was the 9th in a row and came with a final score of 8-5. The win moved the Bears to a 3rd place standing in the KBO with a 25-19 record on the year. The Bears when playing on the road have posted a 12-11 record.
Choi Won-joon heads to the game here for his 7th start on the year with a 2-2 record and a 6.83 ERA with a 1.41 WHIP. Won-joon has thrown a total of 27 2/3 innings while giving up 21 runs of which 21 were earned. Choi has allowed 28 hits, 7 homers, 11 walks and has managed to strike out 22 batters. As a team the Doosan club has a 4.26 ERA and allowed 402 hits with 35 homers. The Bears have posted a 1.49 WHIP with a .264 opponents average.
Hitting for Doosan is very strong on the year with a .288 average and only 251 runs scored. The Bears have ended up with 432 hits with 76 doubles, 10 triples, and 48 homers. The Doosan team has stolen 46 bases with 14 runners thrown out.
Kia Tigers Preview
Kia lost their second game in a row against the Bears on Tuesday. The Tigers are still sitting in first place in the KBO. However, the Tigers have posted a 25-16 record on the season. When playing at home the Tigers are sitting on a 12-9 record.
James Naile is the starter going to the mound for Kia in this game here. Nailed has started in 8 games already with a 4-1 record and a 1.47 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. Naile has thrown 49 innings while giving up 17 runs all of which 8 were earned. He has allowed 48 hits, 2 homers, walked 5 batters and has struck out a total of 51 on the year. The Kia team heads to this game here with a team ERA of 3.75 on the year. The Tigers have allowed 372 hits with a total of 34 homers given up. Kia has ended up getting a team WHIP of 1.46 with the opponents hitting at a clip of .260.
The Kia team is coming in hitting at a clip of .295 with a total of 235 runs scored on the season. The Tigers have ended up getting a total of 428 hits with only 78 doubles, 4 triples, but have cranked out 47 homers. The Tigers have recorded 52 steals with 14 runners thrown out.
Bears vs Tigers 5/15/24 Pick: Doosan Bears
The Bears are on a tear lately and the Bears are going to have a great game here. The Bears are have a good offense and a nice pitching team. With the Bears, they are also on a winning streak that has been hard to stop and the Bears were able to dominate the Tigers in the opening game of the series here and we do not see that changing in this game here.
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