Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, May 11, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (15-10, 3rd in KBO) host the Doosan Bears (14-14, 6th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

Doosan has a slugging percentage of .356 and have been called out on strikes 188 times, while getting the free base on 105 occasions. They have 103 runs batted in and 236 hits this season, and their batting average is .243. The Bears have hit 37 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 21 balls out of the park. They have racked up 115 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .326. As a team, the Doosan Bears are putting up 4.0 runs per game, which is 8th in the league.

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Kyeong-min Ho is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his career, Ho has drilled 48 baseballs out of the park while driving in 537 runs. His career slugging percentage is .386 and he has racked up 1,666 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he approached the plate 4,892 times and has notched a base knock 1,266 times. He has struck out 393 times and has taken a walk on 348 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .358 on-base %. Ho has hit .293 for his time in baseball, in addition to 664 runs scored and an OPS of .744.

The Bears have swiped 10 bases and have been caught 11 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 52.4%. The Doosan Bears have earned 775 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 261 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding rate is at .972 which ranks 8th in KBO and have 20 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.99 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.35. Bears pitchers have conceded 20 home runs in addition to 136 runs in total (2nd in baseball). Doosan has given up 240 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 112 earned runs. The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 3.91 this year (6th in baseball), and they have rung up 217 batters.

Lotte has accounted for 12 long balls on the campaign and 111 runs batted in. They have 32 doubles, while walking 91 times as well as scoring 123 runs. The Lotte Giants have a team OBP of .333 as well as a team batting average of .261 this season. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .354 and they tally 4.92 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They have struck out on 156 occasions (10th in KBO) and have recorded 218 hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has tallied a free base 510 times while going down on strikes on 947 tries. He has a total of 927 runs in addition to having earned 823 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .362 and he also has a career OPS of .824. He has homered 181 times, as well as 2,601 total bases and also a .462 slugging percentage. For the 5,624 at-bats in his baseball career, Jeon has accrued an average at the plate of .299 in addition to 1,679 hits.

In their 29 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 23 times and been caught 6 times (20.7% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 17 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (2nd in KBO). The Giants have recorded 214 assists, 13 errors and have 664 putouts during this campaign.

The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 129 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.97 (122 earned runs allowed). They have surrendered 17 homers and they relinquish 5.25 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.569 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.25 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.89 (189 strikeouts vs 100 walks). They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 247.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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