Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (63-52, 2nd in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (61-56, 4th in KBO) on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are putting up 5.5 runs per outing, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They have accounted for 657 runs scored and have an OBP of .355. The Bears have tallied 201 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 126 balls out of the park. They have amassed 624 RBI's and 1,179 hits for the year, and their batting average sits at .285. Doosan has a slugging % of .433 and have been called out on strikes 895 times, while taking a walk on 420 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Jung has drilled 35 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 531 runs. His slugging percentage is .371 in addition to earning 1,925 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 5,956 times and also came through with a hit 1,449 times. He has struck out 761 times and has taken a walk on 529 at-bats, contributing to a .352 OBP. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .280 for his career, in addition to 900 scored runs and an OPS of .723.

The Doosan Bears are sitting with 3,182 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,048 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and have accumulated 89 double plays. The Bears have stolen 80 bases and have been thrown out 26 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 24.5%.

The Bears are sitting with a team ERA of 4.87 so far this year (4th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 890 hitters. Doosan has relinquished 1,106 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 574 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.83 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.50. Bears pitchers have allowed 112 home runs and also 628 runs in total (3rd in KBO).

The Lions have a team SLG% of .422 and they score 5.24 runs per game (7th in the league). They have 174 two-baggers, while walking 430 times as well as earning 613 runs. Samsung has hit 140 long balls over the course of the season as well as 582 runs batted in. They have struck out on 931 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have notched a total of 1,089 hits. The Samsung Lions have earned an on-base percentage of .347 as well as a batting average of .269 for the year.

Young Woong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. For the 510 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has an average at the plate of .247 in addition to having 126 base knocks. He has hit a home run 28 times, in addition to having 237 total bases and also a .465 slugging %. Kim has earned a walk 47 times while fanning on 168 chances. He has a total of 74 runs and has 85 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .312 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .777.

The Samsung Lions have turned 75 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in the league). The Lions have racked up 1,007 assists, 71 errors and have earned a total of 3,131 putouts for the year. In their 142 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 98 times and been caught 44 times (31.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.432 and have a FIP of 4.87 as a pitching staff for the year. They are sitting at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,106. The Samsung pitching staff have given up 565 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.53 (525 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.06 (799 strikeouts against 388 bases on balls). They have conceded 125 home runs and they allow 4.87 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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