Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 7/14/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, July 14, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (47-40, 3rd in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (46-39, 2nd in KBO) on Sunday, July 14, 2024.

The Lions have recorded 130 two-baggers as a team and have hit 97 balls out of the park. Samsung has a slugging percentage of .410 and have struck out 683 times, while drawing a walk on 316 occasions. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.0 runs per game, which is 9th in KBO. They have earned 412 RBI's as well as 787 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average sits at .263. They have accounted for 433 runs while having a team OBP of .341.

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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 drilled 20 balls out of the park while driving in 61 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .445 and he has totaled 181 bases. For his career, he stepped up to bat 459 times and has delivered with a hit 98 times. He has struck out 133 times and has taken a walk on 42 at-bats, contributing to a .312 OBP. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .241 for his baseball career, in addition to 57 scored runs and an OPS of .757.

The Lions have swiped 83 bases and have been caught 32 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 27.8%. The Samsung Lions have accounted for 2,333 putouts this year, in addition to 719 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which ranks 1st in the league and have a total of 52 double plays.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.49 on the year (2nd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 609 batters. Samsung has allowed 812 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 388 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.98 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.44. Lions pitchers have allowed 95 home runs and also 419 runs in total (10th in the league).

The Bears have a team SLG% of .431 and they average 5.49 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They have notched 150 doubles, while getting a free base 302 times as well as recording 489 runs. Doosan is sitting with 93 long balls so far this year as well as 460 RBIs. They have struck out on 647 instances (6th in baseball) and have earned a total of 867 base hits. The Doosan Bears have accumulated an OBP of .350 as well as a batting average of .282 so far this year.

Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. In the 5,072 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has recorded a batting average of .280 with 1,419 hits. He has homered 35 times, as well as 1,891 total bases and a .373 slugging percentage. Jung has drawn a walk 509 times while striking out on 744 attempts. He has a total of 881 runs in addition to having 525 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .352 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .725.

The Doosan Bears have turned 68 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in KBO). The Bears have recorded 787 assists, 59 errors and have earned a total of 2,390 putouts so far this year. In their 75 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 57 times and been caught 18 times (24.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.496 with a FIP of 5.03 as a unit so far this year. They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 832. The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 445 runs this season while having a team ERA of 4.50 (398 earned runs given up). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.83 (658 strikeouts vs 359 free passes). They have conceded 82 long balls and they relinquish 5.03 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Samsung

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