Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 7/17/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Seung Min Go and the Lotte Giants (36-46, 9th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (48-42, 3rd in KBO) on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are putting up 5.5 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in baseball. They have earned a total of 504 runs scored and hold an OBP of .350. The Bears have tallied 152 doubles as a unit and have hit 95 balls out of the park. They have compiled 473 runs batted in in addition to 895 hits this season, while their batting average comes in at .282. Doosan owns a slugging percentage of .430 and have been rung up 669 times, while being walked on 311 occasions.

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Seung Ho Kang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his professional baseball career, Kang has drilled 44 balls out of the park while knocking in 251 runs. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 2,012 times and got on base with a hit 475 times. Kang has recorded a batting average of .259 for his career in baseball, in addition to 253 runs scored and an OPS of .739. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .405 and he has totaled 744 bases. He has been struck out 489 times and has walked on 110 occasions, contributing to a .305 OBP.

The Bears have swiped 61 bases and have been thrown out 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 25.6%. The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 2,471 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 811 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate is at .981 which ranks 3rd in KBO and have accumulated 70 double plays.

They have a K/BB ratio of 1.80 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50. Bears pitchers have allowed 85 home runs and also 464 runs in total (6th in the league). Doosan has conceded 851 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 414 earned runs. The Bears have a team ERA of 4.53 on the year (4th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 689 hitters.

Lotte has accumulated 68 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 431 runs batted in. They have recorded 162 doubles, while taking a walk 283 times and notching 464 runs. The Lotte Giants have tallied a team on-base percentage of .348 as well as a batting average of .281 on the season. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .419 and they are recording 5.46 runs per outing (3rd in KBO). They have been rung up on 650 occasions (7th in baseball) and have tallied 840 base knocks.

Seung Min Go is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For the 856 official at-bats in his pro career, Go has compiled an average at the plate of .277 in addition to 237 hits. He has gone yard 14 times, as well as 346 bases in total and a .404 slugging percentage. Go has tallied a free base 101 times while being called out on strikes on 190 attempts. He has tallied 126 runs in addition to having 107 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .351 and he also has a career OPS of .755.

The Lotte Giants have turned 87 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in KBO). The Giants have racked up 845 assists, 67 errors and have notched a total of 2,247 putouts on the season. In their 88 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 61 times and been caught 27 times (30.7% caught stealing rate).

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.547 and have a FIP of 5.49 as a team on the season. They come in at 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 848. The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 457 runs on the season while having an ERA of 5.03 (419 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.06 (640 strikeouts against 311 free passes). They have surrendered 82 long balls and they allow 5.49 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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