Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 10/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (71-63, 3rd in KBO) head to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (66-72, 7th in KBO).

The Bears have recorded 198 doubles as a team and have hit 95 balls out of the park. Doosan has a slugging rate of .374 and have been rung up 926 times, while being walked on 484 occasions. As a team, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.4 runs per contest, which puts them at 8th in the league. They have tallied 538 RBI's in addition to 1,179 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is .256. They have earned a total of 592 runs scored and have an OBP of .334.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .279 for his time in baseball, in addition to 813 scored runs and an OPS of .722. He has struck out 703 times and has been walked on 468 occasions, which contributes in part to a .350 OBP. In his career, Jung has hit 32 balls over the fence while driving in 497 runs. His career slugging percentage is .372 and he has totaled 1,764 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 5,428 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,321 times.

The Doosan Bears have accounted for 3,648 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,228 assists and 110 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .978 which puts them in 8th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 102 double plays. The Bears have swiped 58 bases and have been caught 38 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 39.6%.

The Bears have an earned run average of 3.89 this year (3rd in KBO), and their staff has rung up 955 hitters. Bears pitchers have conceded 84 home runs and 589 runs in total (9th in the league). Doosan has allowed 1,178 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 526 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.07 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.35.

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .363 and they tally 4.51 runs per contest (6th in baseball). The have tallied 218 doubles, while walking 497 times as well as scoring 623 runs. Lotte has recorded 67 home runs over the course of the season and 579 runs batted in. They have struck out on 958 occasions (5th in KBO) and have notched a total of 1,233 base hits. The Lotte Giants have earned an on-base percentage of .338 as well as a batting average of .265 this year.

Min Suk Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Kim has drawn a walk 35 times while being called out on strikes on 124 tries. His OBP sits at .309 and he also has a career OPS of .645. For the 447 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .251 with 112 hits. He is sitting with 63 runs in addition to having 37 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 4 times, with 150 bases in total and a .336 slugging %.

The Lotte Giants have turned 108 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in KBO). The Giants have recorded 1,316 assists, 98 errors and have earned a total of 3,667 putouts over the course of the season. In their 131 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 85 times and been caught 46 times (35.1% caught stealing rate).

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.461 in addition to having a FIP of 4.62 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.00 (1,027 strikeouts vs 513 bases on balls). They rank 5th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,273. They have given up 77 HR's and they concede 4.62 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 627 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.09 (556 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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