Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 10/2/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, October 2, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+102) Samsung (-122)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Ji Chan Kim and the Samsung Lions (80-52, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (69-63, 5th in KBO) on Friday, October 2, 2026. The Bears open this game at +102 while the Lions are priced at -122. The O/U has been set at 9.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.7 runs/g, which is 9th in KBO. They have accumulated 644 runs and hold an OBP of .339. The Bears have accumulated 204 doubles as a squad and have smacked 108 balls out of the park. They have earned 607 RBI's as well as 1,245 base knocks this season, and their batting average sits at .266. Doosan has a slugging percentage of .391 and have been rung up 953 times, while being walked on 464 occasions.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Park has slapped 28 baseballs out of the park while driving in 405 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 4,599 times and has delivered a base knock 1,093 times. Park has an average at the plate of .267 for his time in baseball, in addition to 595 runs scored and an OPS of .666. His slugging percentage is .336 and he has a total of 1,374 bases. He has fanned 610 times and has taken a walk on 390 occasions, contributing to a .330 OBP.

The Doosan Bears have a total of 3,665 putouts this year, as well as 1,188 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which is 7th in KBO and they have turned 97 double plays. The Bears have stolen 89 bases and have been caught 26 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 22.6%.

The Bears have an earned run average of 3.82 this season (1st in baseball), and they have struck out 1,188 batters. Bears pitchers have relinquished 112 home runs in addition to 597 total runs (10th in the league). Doosan has given up 1,195 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 519 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.65 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.35.

The Lions have a slugging percentage of .419 and they are recording 5.76 runs per game (1st in baseball). They have hit 214 two-baggers, while getting a free base 597 times and putting up 778 runs. Samsung has knocked in 130 long balls so far this year as well as 745 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 946 occasions (10th in baseball) and have earned 1,288 hits. The Samsung Lions have accumulated an OBP of .366 as well as a team batting average of .277 so far this year.

Ji Chan Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Kim has earned a walk 301 times while going down on strikes on 299 attempts. His on-base percentage sits at .374 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .711. In the 2,394 at-bats in his pro career, Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .289 with 693 base knocks. He has amassed 474 runs in addition to having 179 runs batted in. He has homered 6 times, in addition to having 806 total bases and also a .337 slugging %.

The Samsung Lions have turned 106 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in the league). Out of their 125 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 92 times and been caught 33 times (26.4% caught stealing rate). The Lions have recorded 1,308 assists, 80 errors and have accumulated 3,603 putouts on the campaign.

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.366 with a FIP of 4.59 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.34 (1,032 strikeouts against 441 bases on balls). They are sitting at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,200. They have surrendered 126 home runs and they surrender 4.59 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 612 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 4.21 (562 earned runs yielded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan (+102)

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