Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/4/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+162) Samsung (-196)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (18-13, 4th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (12-18, 8th in KBO) on Sunday, May 4, 2025. The Bears open this matchup at +162 while the Lions are priced at -196. The total has been set at 8.5.

As a unit, the Doosan Bears are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in the league. They have racked up 148 runs and have an on-base percentage of .337. The Bears have tallied 57 doubles as a squad and have hit 18 balls out of the park. They have 137 runs batted in and 275 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average sits at .258. Doosan has a slugging percentage of .377 and have been rung up 266 times, while drawing a walk on 116 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Jung has compiled an average at the plate of .280 in his time in baseball, with 935 runs scored and an OPS of .725. He has gone down on strikes 789 times and has taken a walk on 561 occasions, which has contributed to a .354 on-base %. In his professional baseball career, Jung has hit 37 baseballs out of the park while driving in 552 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .371 in addition to having tallied 2,000 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 6,208 times and got on base with a hit 1,510 times.

The Bears have stolen 21 bases and have been caught 11 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 34.4%. The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 825 putouts so far this season, as well as 272 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .978 which has them sitting 7th in Korean baseball and have a total of 24 double plays.

The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 4.35 so far this year (6th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 240 batters. Doosan has conceded 266 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 133 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.95 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41. Bears pitchers have given up 19 home runs in addition to 152 total runs (5th in the league).

Samsung has a total of 42 long balls this season and 176 RBIs. They have hit 54 doubles, while walking 137 times and recording 193 runs. The Samsung Lions are sitting with an OBP of .366 and a team batting average of .284 for the year. The Lions have a team slugging percentage of .452 and they score 6.03 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have struck out on 257 occasions (3rd in baseball) and are sitting with 317 base knocks.

Young Woong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. In the 674 at-bats in his career, Kim has hit .243 with 164 hits. He has hit the long ball 36 times, as well as 306 bases in total and also a .454 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a walk 61 times while striking out on 226 tries. He has recorded 91 runs and also has 113 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .306 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .760.

The Samsung Lions have turned 26 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (3rd in KBO). The Lions have accrued 285 assists, 17 errors and have amassed 858 putouts for the season. Out of their 26 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 22 times and been caught 4 times (15.4% caught stealing rate).

The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 135 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.03 (128 earned runs given up). They have allowed 28 homers and they relinquish 4.25 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.308 in addition to having a FIP of 4.25 as a unit for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.30 (241 strikeouts against 105 free passes). They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 269.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan (+162)

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