KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/4/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (45-41, 3rd in KBO) will play the KT Wiz (45-43, 5th in KBO) on Friday, August 4, 2023.

The Wiz have accounted for 149 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 52 balls out of the stadium. KT is slugging .369 and have been called out on strikes 701 times, while taking a walk on 327 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in baseball. They have 394 RBI's and 846 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is .268. They have racked up 426 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .339.

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ByungHo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Park has a batting average of .272 for his career in baseball, in addition to 983 scored runs and an OPS of .896. He has gone down on strikes 1,663 times and has gotten a free base on 781 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .371 on-base percentage. For his career, Park has hit 394 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,177 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .534 in addition to racking up 2,968 bases. For his career, he stepped into the batters box 6,560 times and has delivered with a hit 1,511 times.

The KT Wiz have accumulated 2,421 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 862 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which ranks 6th in KBO and have 70 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 65 bases and have been caught 8 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 11.0%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.40 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.38. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 59 home runs and also 412 runs in total (4th in baseball). KT has given up 853 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and 379 earned runs. The Wiz have a team earned run average of 4.23 so far this season (8th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 617 batters.

Doosan has accounted for 62 long balls this season to go along with 335 runs batted in. They have notched 126 doubles, while taking a walk 302 times as well as recording 365 runs. The Doosan Bears have recorded a team on-base percentage of .332 and a batting average of .255 this year. The Bears hold a team slugging % of .373 and they average 4.20 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 583 occasions (9th in the league) and have recorded 749 hits.

Suk Hwan Yang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Over the course of the 2,809 at-bats in his baseball career, Yang is sitting with a batting avereage of .264 in addition to having 741 hits. He has homered 116 times, as well as 1,240 total bases and a .441 slugging %. Yang has recorded a free base 192 times while going down on strikes on 638 attempts. He is sitting with 353 runs and also has 458 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .316 and he has a lifetime OPS of .757.

Out of their 61 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 32 times and been caught 29 times (47.5% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 67 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in Korean baseball). The Bears have recorded 770 assists, 69 errors and have a tally of 2,323 putouts for the year.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.380 with a FIP of 4.58 as a squad for the season. They come in at 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 765. The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 394 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.06 (349 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.05 (620 strikeouts vs 303 bases on balls). They have relinquished 51 homers and they concede 4.58 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan

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