Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 10/7/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (70-62, 3rd in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (64-70, 7th in KBO) on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

The Giants have hit 215 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 66 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .364 and have struck out 926 times, while being walked on 482 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are notching 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 6th in KBO. They have accumulated 563 RBI's and 1,196 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .264. They are sitting with 605 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .338.

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Chi-Hong Ahn is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his professional baseball career, Ahn has drilled 140 baseballs out of the park while driving in 842 runs. For his career, he faced a pitcher 6,445 times and has come through with a base hit 1,684 times. Ahn has accumulated a batting average of .297 for his time in baseball, with 832 runs scored and an OPS of .800. His slugging percentage is .437 and he has totaled 2,477 bases. He has fanned 847 times and has gotten a free base on 552 occasions, contributing to a .363 OBP.

The Giants have swiped 81 bases and have been thrown out 43 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 34.7%. The Lotte Giants have earned 3,562 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,279 assists and 95 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which has them sitting 3rd in Korean baseball and they have turned 105 double plays.

The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.15 on the campaign (5th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,000 batters. Lotte has given up 1,245 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 548 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.99 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.47. Giants pitchers have conceded 75 long balls and 616 total runs (6th in the league).

The Bears have a team SLG% of .375 and they average 4.38 runs per game (8th in the league). They have recorded 196 doubles, while getting a free base 479 times and racking up 587 runs. Doosan has recorded 94 HRs on the campaign as well as 533 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 908 occasions (6th in baseball) and have earned 1,164 base hits. The Doosan Bears have earned an OBP of .334 and a batting average of .256 over the course of the season.

Suk Hwan Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. During the 2,990 at-bats in his career, Yang has a batting average of .265 and has racked up 791 hits. He has gone yard 122 times, in addition to having 1,321 total bases and also a .442 slugging %. Yang has drawn a free base 208 times while going down on strikes on 681 plate appearances. He has amassed 377 runs and racked up 494 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .317 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .759.

In their 94 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 56 times and been caught 38 times (40.4% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 101 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in Korean baseball). The Bears have accrued 1,207 assists, 107 errors and have notched a total of 3,594 putouts this year.

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.351 with a FIP of 4.37 as a team on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.04 (932 strikeouts against 457 free passes). They come in at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,161. They have conceded 84 long balls and they surrender 4.37 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 582 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.91 (521 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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