Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/24/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (20-19, 4th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (17-21, 7th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are compiling 4.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 6th in the league. They have tallied 162 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .319. The Lions have accumulated 50 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 29 balls out of the park. They have recorded 155 runs batted in as well as 318 hits on the year, and their batting average is sitting at .246. Samsung is slugging .358 and have struck out 266 times, while drawing a walk on 128 occasions.

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Jose Pirela is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Pirela has hit .286 for his baseball career, with 1,255 scored runs and an OPS of .787. He has struck out 1,267 times and has gotten a free base on 709 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .350 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Pirela has drilled 203 balls over the fence while knocking in 1,030 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .437 in addition to racking up 3,448 bases. For his career, he stepped into the batters box 8,811 times and has come through with a hit 2,259 times.

The Samsung Lions have accumulated 1,030 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 366 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding rate is at .989 which is 1st in Korean baseball and they have turned 26 double plays. The Lions have swiped 16 bases and have been caught 9 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 36.0%.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.96 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.45. Lions pitchers have given up 30 home runs in addition to 190 total runs (2nd in KBO). Samsung has surrendered 361 base knocks (9.5 per 9 innings) and 183 earned runs. The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.80 on the campaign (9th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 271 hitters.

Doosan has recorded 31 HRs this year and 152 runs batted in. They have recorded 54 two-baggers, while getting a free base 135 times as well as scoring 166 runs. The Doosan Bears have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .326 and a team batting average of .249 for the season. The Bears have a slugging percentage of .369 and they are scoring 4.15 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have struck out on 270 instances (7th in KBO) and have accounted for 336 base hits.

Suk Hwan Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has drawn a walk 181 times while being called out on strikes on 595 attempts. He is sitting with 326 runs and also has 433 RBIs. His OBP sits at .315 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .756. He has hit a home run 108 times, with 1,164 total bases and also a .441 slugging percentage. For the 2,641 official at-bats in his career, Yang has an average at the plate of .263 in addition to 695 base knocks.

The Doosan Bears have turned 23 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .975 (7th in Korean baseball). The Bears have 347 assists, 36 errors and have 1,062 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 24 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 10 times and been caught 14 times (58.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 179 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.84 (151 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 26 homers and they surrender 4.55 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.336 with a FIP of 4.55 as a pitching staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.09 (294 strikeouts vs 141 walks). They come in at 7th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 332.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Doosan and under the total runs

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