Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/9/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (15-20, 7th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (19-19, 5th in KBO) on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Doosan is slugging .424 and have been called out on strikes 283 times, while being walked on 126 occasions. They have amassed 193 runs batted in in addition to 351 hits this season, and their team batting average comes in at .273. The Bears have accounted for 61 doubles as a unit and have knocked 40 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 205 runs while holding a team OBP of .340. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are putting up 5.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 4th in KBO.

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Soo Bin Jung is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. For his career, Jung has drilled 33 baseballs out of the park while driving in 507 runs. His career slugging percentage is .372 and he has racked up 1,828 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped into the batters box 5,631 times and got on base with a base knock 1,372 times. He has fanned 722 times and has gotten a free base on 488 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .350 OBP. Jung has hit .279 for his baseball career, in addition to 846 runs scored and an OPS of .722.

The Doosan Bears have amassed 1,005 putouts this season, as well as 341 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding rate is at .977 which is 7th in the league and have a total of 35 double plays. The Bears have stolen 23 bases and have been thrown out 2 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 8.0%.

The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 4.46 on the season (4th in the league), and they have rung up 281 hitters. Bears pitchers have given up 30 long balls and 192 runs in total (4th in the league). Doosan has allowed 350 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 166 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.79 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.51.

Kiwoom has accounted for 35 home runs for the year in addition to 168 runs batted in. They have recorded 52 two-baggers, while walking 115 times as well as recording 174 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for an on-base percentage of .332 and a team batting average of .262 on the season. The Heroes have a team slugging % of .402 and they earn 4.97 runs per outing (8th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 260 instances (9th in baseball) and are sitting with 317 hits.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Kim has drawn a free base 287 times while being called out on strikes on 573 chances. His on-base percentage is .360 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .758. For the 3,045 official at-bats in his career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .300 in addition to 914 hits. He has accumulated 525 runs and also has 334 runs batted in. He has homered 33 times, with 1,213 bases in total and also a .398 slugging %.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 34 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in the league). The Heroes have 332 assists, 24 errors and have earned a total of 931 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 30 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 23 times and been caught 7 times (23.3% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.548 with a FIP of 5.92 as a pitching staff this year. They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 357. The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 204 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 5.49 (189 earned runs allowed). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.77 (218 strikeouts against 123 free passes). They have conceded 30 homers and they relinquish 5.92 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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