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

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (55-55, 6th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (49-65, 8th in KBO) on Saturday, September 9, 2023.

The Lions have accounted for 171 doubles as a unit and have smacked 70 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .372 and have been rung up 762 times, while being walked on 371 occasions. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are putting up 4.4 runs/g, which is 7th in the league. They have earned 480 runs batted in and 1,049 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate is at .265. They have earned a total of 506 runs scored and hold an OBP of .333.

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Jose Pirela is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his career, Pirela has drilled 208 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,069 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 9,130 times and has notched a hit 2,340 times. Pirela is sitting with a batting avereage of .286 for his career, in addition to 1,283 runs scored and an OPS of .784. His slugging percentage is .435 and he has a total of 3,564 bases. He has struck out 1,297 times and has walked on 726 occasions, contributing to a .349 OBP.

The Lions have swiped 62 bases and have been thrown out 27 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 30.3%. The Samsung Lions have accumulated 3,082 putouts for the season, as well as 1,136 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and have accumulated 93 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 2.01 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.47. Lions pitchers have allowed 99 home runs in addition to 587 total runs (2nd in baseball). Samsung has surrendered 1,147 base knocks (10.1 per 9 innings) and 531 earned runs. The Lions are sitting with a team ERA of 4.65 over the course of the season (10th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 731 hitters.

The Doosan Bears have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .332 as well as a team batting average of .255 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 759 occasions (7th in KBO) and have a total of 959 base knocks. Doosan has knocked in 74 HRs for the year to go along with 433 RBIs. The Bears have a SLG% of .371 and they average 4.30 runs per outing (8th in baseball). The have tallied 165 doubles, while taking a walk 390 times and putting up 477 runs.

Suk Hwan Yang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Yang has drawn a walk 202 times while striking out on 662 attempts. He has accounted for 363 runs and has 474 RBIs. His OBP is .316 and he has a career OPS of .756. He has hit a home run 118 times, in addition to having 1,275 bases in total and also a .440 slugging %. In the 2,900 official at-bats in his pro career, Yang has recorded a batting average of .263 with 763 hits.

In their 77 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 44 times and been caught 33 times (42.9% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have twisted 83 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 994 assists, 84 errors and have earned 2,973 putouts this year.

The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 500 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.06 (447 earned runs surrendered). They have yielded 70 dingers and they yield 4.54 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.371 and have a FIP of 4.54 as a unit on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 (793 strikeouts vs 384 free passes). They sit at 8th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 975.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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