Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/10/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, September 10, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (56-56, 6th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (50-66, 8th in KBO) on Sunday, September 10, 2023.

Samsung has a slugging rate of .370 and have been called out on strikes 780 times, while getting the free base on 381 occasions. They have recorded 488 RBI's and 1,067 hits on the season, while their average at the plate sits at .265. The Lions have compiled 173 doubles as a unit and have knocked 70 balls out of the stadium. They have 514 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .334. As a team, the Samsung Lions are notching 4.4 runs per contest, which is 7th in the league.

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Jae Hyeon Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his career, Lee has hit 17 balls out of the park while driving in 70 runs. For his career, he stepped into the batters box 674 times and came through with a base base knock 148 times. Lee has hit .243 for his time in baseball, with 69 runs scored and an OPS of .656. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .363 in addition to racking up 221 bases. He has struck out 118 times and has taken a walk on 41 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .293 OBP.

The Samsung Lions have accumulated 3,141 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,162 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and have a total of 95 double plays. The Lions have swiped 62 bases and have been caught 27 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 30.3%.

The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.60 on the campaign (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 750 hitters. Lions pitchers have given up 99 home runs and 591 runs in total (2nd in baseball). Samsung has relinquished 1,163 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) as well as 535 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.03 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The Bears hold a slugging percentage of .369 and they tally 4.26 runs per contest (8th in KBO). The have tallied 166 two-baggers, while getting a free base 393 times as well as scoring 481 runs. Doosan has accounted for 75 long balls this year as well as 437 RBIs. They have been rung up on 774 occasions (7th in baseball) and have a total of 971 base hits. The Doosan Bears have recorded an OBP of .331 and a team batting average of .254 on the year.

Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Over the course of the 4,578 official at-bats in his career, Ho has hit .292 in addition to 1,337 hits. He has hit a home run 51 times, with 1,764 bases in total and also a .385 slugging %. Ho has recorded a free base 366 times while being called out on strikes on 411 plate appearances. He has accumulated 691 runs and also has 567 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .356 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .741.

Of their 80 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 47 times and been caught 33 times (41.3% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have turned 85 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 1,010 assists, 85 errors and have earned a total of 3,027 putouts on the season.

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.372 with a FIP of 4.52 as a unit over the course of the season. They come in at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 994. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 507 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.05 (454 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.06 (805 strikeouts against 390 free passes). They have given up 72 dingers and they give up 4.52 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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