Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 6/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, June 21, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (38-32, 4th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (41-31, 2nd in KBO) on Friday, June 21, 2024.

As a unit, the Doosan Bears are knocking in 5.4 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 3rd in the league. They have accounted for 400 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .347. The Bears have accumulated 126 doubles as a unit and have smacked 73 balls out of the park. They have tallied 376 runs batted in as well as 721 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average is at .281. Doosan is slugging .427 and have been called out on strikes 531 times, while drawing a walk on 240 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his professional baseball career, Jung has hit 34 baseballs out of the park while driving in 515 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 5,757 times and got on base with a base knock 1,397 times. Jung has accumulated a batting average of .278 for his baseball career, with 867 runs scored and an OPS of .721. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .371 in addition to racking up 1,862 bases. He has been struck out 738 times and has gotten a free base on 502 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .350 on-base percentage.

The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 2,004 putouts so far this season, as well as 667 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which puts them in 4th in the league and they have turned 59 double plays. The Bears have swiped 49 bags and have been thrown out 15 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 23.4%.

The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.38 on the campaign (2nd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 540 batters. Bears pitchers have allowed 64 home runs in addition to 365 total runs (6th in baseball). Doosan has given up 711 hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 325 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.86 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for an on-base percentage of .344 as well as a batting average of .268 so far this year. They have struck out on 567 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have recorded 662 hits. Samsung is sitting with 75 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 331 runs batted in. The Lions hold a slugging percentage of .409 and they earn 4.92 runs per game (9th in the league). They have put up 111 two-baggers, while taking a walk 255 times as well as racking up 349 runs.

Young Woong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Kim has drawn a free base 41 times while fanning on 122 attempts. His on-base percentage is .315 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .744. Over the course of the 364 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has a batting average of .236 and has racked up 86 hits. He is sitting with 52 runs in addition to having earned 50 RBIs. He has gone yard 17 times, as well as 156 total bases and also a .429 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 47 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in the league). The Lions have recorded 607 assists, 43 errors and have accumulated 1,908 putouts on the season. In their 95 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 69 times and been caught 26 times (27.4% caught stealing rate).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.478 with a FIP of 5.04 as a pitching staff for the season. They are sitting at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 677. The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 356 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 4.71 (333 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.87 (493 strikeouts vs 263 free passes). They have given up 75 home runs and they concede 5.04 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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