Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 7/12/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, July 12, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (45-39, 2nd in KBO) travel to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, July 12, 2024, where they'll meet the Doosan Bears (46-40, 3rd in KBO).

As a team, the Samsung Lions are scoring 5.0 runs/g, which has them at 9th in baseball. They are sitting with 427 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .341. The Lions have hit 129 doubles as a squad and have smacked 93 balls out of the park. They have tallied 406 runs batted in as well as 776 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .262. Samsung has a slugging rate of .406 and have struck out 675 times, while being walked on 312 occasions.

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Young Woong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 20 baseballs out of the park while driving in 61 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 455 times and has come through with a hit 98 times. Kim has an average at the plate of .243 for his baseball career, with 57 runs scored and an OPS of .761. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .448 and he has accumulated 181 bases. He has gone down on strikes 131 times and has gotten a free base on 41 occasions, which has contributed to a .313 on-base percentage.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for 2,306 putouts this year, as well as 716 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .983 which ranks 1st in KBO and have earned 52 double plays. The Lions have swiped 83 bases and have been thrown out 32 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 27.8%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.95 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.45. Lions pitchers have conceded 92 home runs and also 415 runs in total (10th in KBO). Samsung has conceded 806 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 384 earned runs. The Lions have an ERA of 4.50 on the season (2nd in baseball), and they have rung up 598 hitters.

The Doosan Bears have recorded a team OBP of .348 and a team batting average of .281 for the year. They have struck out on 640 occasions (5th in the league) and have notched a total of 854 base hits. Doosan has recorded 91 home runs on the campaign as well as 449 runs batted in. The Bears have a team slugging percentage of .429 and they are scoring 5.42 runs per outing (3rd in KBO). They have hit 147 doubles, while getting a free base 290 times as well as scoring 477 runs.

Soo Bin Jung is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Jung has drawn a free base 509 times while going down on strikes on 744 occasions. He has compiled 880 runs in addition to having 521 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .351 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .723. He has hit it out of the park 35 times, with 1,886 total bases and a .372 slugging percentage. During the 5,066 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has accrued an average at the plate of .280 in addition to having 1,416 base knocks.

Out of their 75 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 57 times and been caught 18 times (24.0% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have turned 68 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in the league). The Bears have recorded 780 assists, 59 errors and have accounted for 2,363 putouts for the season.

The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 444 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.54 (397 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 82 long balls and they concede 5.07 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.495 and have a FIP of 5.07 as a staff for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.81 (646 strikeouts against 356 walks). They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 821.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Samsung

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