Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/8/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, September 8, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (55-55, 6th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (49-65, 8th in KBO) on Friday, September 8, 2023.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are knocking in 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in the league. They have accounted for 506 runs and have an OBP of .333. The Lions have accrued 171 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 70 balls out of the park. They have 480 RBI's and 1,049 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is .265. Samsung has a slugging % of .372 and have struck out 762 times, while taking a walk on 371 occasions.

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Min-ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Kang has hit .276 for his baseball career, in addition to 910 scored runs and an OPS of .816. He has struck out 1,460 times and has taken a walk on 761 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .355 on-base percentage. For his career, Kang has drilled 317 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,149 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .461 in addition to having tallied 3,291 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 8,163 times and has reached base with a hit 1,967 times.

The Samsung Lions have accumulated 3,082 putouts thus far, as well as 1,136 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .981 which is 2nd in the league and they have twisted 93 double plays. The Lions have stolen 62 bases and have been gunned down 27 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 30.3%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.01 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.47. Lions pitchers have conceded 99 home runs in addition to 587 total runs (2nd in the league). Samsung has allowed 1,147 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) as well as 531 earned runs. The Lions have an earned run average of 4.65 for the year (10th in baseball), and they have struck out 731 batters.

The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .371 and they score 4.30 runs per contest (8th in the league). They have notched 165 two-baggers, while getting a free base 390 times and scoring 477 runs. Doosan has tallied 74 HRs for the year as well as 433 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 759 instances (7th in KBO) and have tallied 959 hits. The Doosan Bears have tallied an OBP of .332 in addition to a batting average of .255 so far this year.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Jung has earned a free base 452 times while fanning on 692 attempts. His on-base percentage is .349 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .722. During the 4,655 at-bats in his professional career, Jung has accrued an average at the plate of .279 with 1,299 hits. He has scored 800 runs and has 492 RBIs. He has hit it out of the park 32 times, with 1,734 total bases and also a .373 slugging percentage.

The Doosan Bears have twisted 83 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (8th in the league). The Bears have accrued 994 assists, 84 errors and have notched a total of 2,973 putouts for the year. Of their 77 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 44 times and been caught 33 times (42.9% caught stealing rate).

The Bears have a WHIP of 1.371 and have a FIP of 4.54 as a unit this season. They come in at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 975. The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 500 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.06 (447 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 (793 strikeouts against 384 walks). They have surrendered 70 long balls and they yield 4.54 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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