Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz Prediction, 9/7/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (62-64, 5th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (64-65, 4th in KBO) on Saturday, September 7, 2024.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are notching 5.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in KBO. They have tallied 707 runs and have an OBP of .349. The Bears have accrued 216 doubles as a unit and have hit 134 balls out of the park. They have 669 RBI's as well as 1,260 hits so far this season, and their average at the plate is at .277. Doosan has a slugging rate of .423 and have been rung up 998 times, while getting the free base on 461 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .280 for his career, with 905 scored runs and an OPS of .724. He has been struck out 770 times and has gotten a free base on 536 occasions, contributing to a .353 on-base percentage. For his career, Jung has hit 35 baseballs out of the park while driving in 537 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .371 and he has racked up 1,942 bases. For his time in the league, he approached the plate 6,013 times and has delivered a base hit 1,463 times.

The Doosan Bears have accumulated 3,506 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,161 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .984 which has them ranked 2nd in the league and they have turned 103 double plays. The Bears have stolen 91 bases and have been thrown out 28 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 23.5%.

The Bears are sitting with a team ERA of 4.90 so far this season (6th in the league), and the staff has rung up 990 hitters. Bears pitchers have conceded 124 home runs and also 693 runs (4th in the league). Doosan has allowed 1,228 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 636 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.87 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50.

The KT Wiz are sitting with an OBP of .352 and a team batting average of .276 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,017 occasions (3rd in the league) and have accounted for 1,245 hits. KT has accounted for 133 home runs for the year in addition to 626 RBIs. The Wiz hold a team slugging percentage of .414 and they earn 5.21 runs per outing (8th in KBO). They have notched 196 doubles, while getting a free base 513 times and scoring 667 runs.

Jae-gyun Hwang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. During the 7,600 at-bats in his career, Hwang has recorded a batting average of .288 and has racked up 2,188 base hits. He has hit the long ball 224 times, with 3,364 bases in total and a .443 slugging percentage. Hwang has tallied a free base 708 times while fanning on 1,429 plate appearances. He has accrued 1,123 runs in addition to having 1,089 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .351 and he has a lifetime OPS of .443.

The KT Wiz have turned 90 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have accrued 1,130 assists, 106 errors and have earned 3,415 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 165 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 128 times and been caught 37 times (22.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.478 in addition to having a FIP of 5.70 as a unit for the season. They come in at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,291. The KT pitching staff have given up 721 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 5.16 (653 earned runs allowed). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.59 (1,014 strikeouts against 391 free passes). They have allowed 132 HR's and they surrender 5.70 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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