Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/7/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants
Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024
Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Seung Min Go and the Lotte Giants (2-6, 8th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (4-6, 7th in KBO) on Sunday, April 7, 2024.
Doosan is slugging .459 and have been rung up 84 times, while taking a walk on 42 occasions. They have accounted for 53 RBI's as well as 91 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average is at .268. The Bears have hit 16 doubles as a squad and have hit 13 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 57 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .349. As a team, the Doosan Bears are scoring 5.7 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 2nd in the league.
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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. For his career, Jung has drilled 54 baseballs out of the park while driving in 582 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 5,302 times and came through with a base base hit 1,369 times. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .292 for his career, in addition to 704 scored runs and an OPS of .743. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .387 and he has racked up 1,812 bases. He has struck out 421 times and has taken a walk on 375 at-bats, contributing to a .356 on-base percentage.
The Doosan Bears have earned 261 putouts this year, as well as 82 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .974 which puts them in 7th in the league and they have turned 6 double plays. The Bears have stolen 5 bags and have been gunned down 0 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 0.0%.
The Bears hold a team earned run average of 5.59 on the season (8th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 81 hitters. Doosan has allowed 103 base knocks (10.7 per 9 innings) as well as 54 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.13 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.62. Bears pitchers have given up 11 home runs in addition to 59 runs (3rd in the league).
The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .327 and they average 2.88 runs per contest (10th in KBO). They have 9 doubles, while getting a free base 27 times as well as putting up 23 runs. Lotte has recorded 4 home runs on the season as well as 22 RBIs. They have been rung up on 81 instances (4th in the league) and have a total of 70 base hits. The Lotte Giants have an OBP of .320 in addition to a batting average of .247 on the year.
Seung Min Go is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Go has earned a free base 557 times while fanning on 1,007 attempts. He has amassed 998 runs in addition to having 890 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .364 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .829. He has hit a home run 197 times, with 2,824 total bases and a .465 slugging %. For the 6,076 official at-bats in his pro career, Go has accrued an average at the plate of .300 with 1,825 base hits.
The Lotte Giants have turned 6 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .967 (9th in Korean baseball). The Giants have 81 assists, 10 errors and have amassed 210 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 14 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 7 times and been caught 7 times (50.0% caught stealing percentage).
The Lotte pitching staff have given up 39 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.11 (32 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 6 homers and they yield 5.01 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.543 in addition to having a FIP of 5.01 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.79 (70 strikeouts against 39 free passes). They are sitting at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 69.
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte
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