Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 7/6/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Jose Miguel Fernandez and the Doosan Bears (32-41, 8th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (50-28, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

The Heroes have accrued 119 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 54 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging % of .365 and have struck out 582 times, while drawing a walk on 302 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 4.4 runs/g, which is 5th in KBO. They have amassed 321 RBI's as well as 668 hits on the season, while their batting average is at .247. They have earned 347 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .332.

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Yasiel Puig is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. For his professional baseball career, Puig has drilled 194 balls over the fence while knocking in 644 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 5,008 times and has delivered with a hit 1,245 times. Puig has hit .282 for his career in baseball, in addition to 709 scored runs and an OPS of .843. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .483 and he has racked up 2,135 bases. He has been struck out 952 times and has taken a walk on 482 occasions, which has contributed to a .360 on-base %.

The Heroes have stolen 40 bags and have been thrown out 24 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 37.5%. The Kiwoom Heroes have amassed 2,150 putouts thus far, as well as 879 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .980 which puts them in 4th in KBO and have a total of 71 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.17 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.24. Heroes pitchers have allowed 44 home runs in addition to 294 runs in total (10th in the league). Kiwoom has yielded 631 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 256 earned runs. The Heroes are sitting with a team ERA of 3.22 for the season (1st in baseball), and their staff has struck out 561 hitters.

Doosan has accumulated 40 HRs this season as well as 324 RBIs. They have 116 doubles, while taking a walk 269 times and notching 353 runs. The Doosan Bears have accounted for an on-base percentage of .331 as well as a team batting average of .257 over the course of the season. The Bears hold a slugging percentage of .355 and they score 4.71 runs per game (4th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 496 instances (9th in baseball) and have recorded 653 base hits.

Jose Miguel Fernandez is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Fernandez has earned a walk 556 times while fanning on 372 plate appearances. His on-base % is .394 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .842. Over the course of the 5,142 at-bats in his career, Fernandez has compiled an average at the plate of .320 in addition to having 1,648 base hits. He has tallied 765 runs and racked up 793 runs batted in. He has homered 130 times, with 2,305 total bases and a .448 slugging percentage.

The Doosan Bears have turned 75 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .975 (8th in Korean baseball). The Bears have recorded 719 assists, 69 errors and have accumulated 2,002 putouts so far this year. Out of their 62 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 47 times and been caught 15 times (24.2% caught stealing rate).

The Bears have a WHIP of 1.432 and have a FIP of 4.81 as a pitching staff so far this year. They rank 6th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 658. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 357 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 4.13 (306 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.76 (522 strikeouts against 297 free passes). They have conceded 58 dingers and they relinquish 4.81 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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