Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/27/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, April 27, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (7-12, 9th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (11-7, 3rd in KBO) on Thursday, April 27, 2023.

Doosan is slugging .369 and have been called out on strikes 113 times, while being walked on 71 occasions. They have tallied 78 RBI's as well as 162 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average is .252. The Bears have tallied 26 two-baggers as a team and have hit 15 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 87 runs and have an OBP of .334. As a unit, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 5th in the league.

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Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his career, Ho has slapped 47 baseballs out of the park while driving in 533 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 4,853 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,255 times. Ho is sitting with a batting avereage of .293 for his career in baseball, in addition to 660 scored runs and an OPS of .744. His slugging percentage is .386 and he has accumulated 1,650 bases. He has been struck out 393 times and has gotten a free base on 347 occasions, contributing to a .358 on-base percentage.

The Bears have swiped 7 bases and have been caught 6 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 46.2%. The Doosan Bears have 517 putouts on the campaign, as well as 163 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .974 which ranks 8th in the league and have a total of 12 double plays.

The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 3.40 for the season (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 146 hitters. Bears pitchers have allowed 9 long balls and also 83 runs (5th in the league). Doosan has given up 162 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) and 65 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.37.

The Samsung Lions have an on-base percentage of .334 as well as a batting average of .254 on the campaign. They have struck out on 135 occasions (6th in the league) and have a total of 164 hits. Samsung has knocked in 14 long balls for the season as well as 82 runs batted in. The Lions hold a team slugging % of .361 and they average 4.42 runs per game (6th in KBO). They have recorded 25 doubles, while walking 71 times as well as scoring 84 runs.

Min-ho Kang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Kang has recorded a walk 726 times while fanning on 1,425 chances. He is sitting with 871 runs in addition to having 1,098 runs batted in. His OBP is .354 and he holds a career OPS of .816. He has gone yard 306 times, with 3,161 bases in total and also a .462 slugging %. During the 6,847 at-bats in his baseball career, Kang has hit .275 with 1,883 hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 13 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .989 (1st in KBO). The Lions have 182 assists, 8 errors and have amassed 508 putouts so far this year. Out of their 17 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 12 times and been caught 5 times (29.4% caught stealing rate).

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.514 in addition to having a FIP of 5.58 as a staff this year. They are currently ranked 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 188. The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 105 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 5.27 (99 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.85 (126 strikeouts against 68 walks). They have conceded 13 dingers and they yield 5.58 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung and under the total runs

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