Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/5/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: 0

Jose Pirela and the Samsung Lions (28-45, 10th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (35-36, 5th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.

As a unit, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball. They have earned 288 runs and have an OBP of .328. The Bears have earned 99 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 50 balls out of the park. They have recorded 261 RBI's and 606 base knocks this season, while their batting average is at .251. Doosan has a slugging rate of .364 and have been called out on strikes 477 times, while taking a walk on 249 occasions.

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Suk Hwan Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has hit .264 for his career, with 343 scored runs and an OPS of .755. He has fanned 623 times and has walked on 186 occasions, contributing to a .315 on-base %. For his career, Yang has hit 113 balls out of the park while knocking in 450 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .440 in addition to racking up 1,213 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 3,019 times and has delivered with a hit 726 times.

The Doosan Bears have accounted for 1,912 putouts thus far, as well as 626 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .977 which has them ranked 8th in KBO and have accumulated 56 double plays. The Bears have swiped 25 bases and have been caught 23 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 47.9%.

The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 4.10 on the season (7th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 509 batters. Bears pitchers have relinquished 43 home runs and also 329 total runs (3rd in the league). Doosan has given up 635 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 290 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.40.

The Samsung Lions have compiled an OBP of .322 as well as a batting average of .251 on the season. They have struck out on 509 instances (7th in KBO) and have accounted for 626 hits. Samsung has accounted for 47 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 283 RBIs. The Lions have a team SLG% of .354 and they earn 4.05 runs per game (9th in KBO). They have notched 104 doubles, while taking a walk 234 times as well as scoring 296 runs.

Jose Pirela is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. During the 8,039 official at-bats in his baseball career, Pirela has an average at the plate of .286 in addition to having 2,296 base knocks. He has gone yard 204 times, with 3,496 total bases and a .435 slugging %. Pirela has tallied a free base 716 times while fanning on 1,281 plate appearances. He has accrued 1,266 runs and has 1,048 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .349 and he has a career OPS of .784.

The Samsung Lions have turned 51 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have 712 assists, 47 errors and have accounted for 1,949 putouts on the campaign. In their 46 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 32 times and been caught 14 times (30.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.474 and have a FIP of 5.28 as a unit on the year. They are currently ranked 1st in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 718. The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 381 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.76 (343 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.04 (488 strikeouts vs 239 free passes). They have conceded 62 dingers and they surrender 5.28 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Samsung

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