Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/5/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+106) Lotte (-128)

Ho Young Son and the Lotte Giants (3-5, 7th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (3-6, 8th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The odds on this matchup have the Bears priced at +106 and the Giants are at -128. The O/U is set at 8.5.

Doosan is slugging .299 and have been called out on strikes 85 times, while drawing a walk on 25 occasions. They have recorded 24 runs batted in as well as 66 hits for the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .222. The Bears have accounted for 10 doubles as a team and have knocked 3 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 27 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .291. As a unit, the Doosan Bears are earning 3.0 runs per game, which puts them at 8th in the league.

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Seung Ho Kang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kang has recorded a batting average of .260 for his baseball career, with 289 scored runs and an OPS of .790. He has been struck out 552 times and has been walked on 124 occasions, contributing to a .308 on-base percentage. For his career, Kang has slapped 50 balls out of the park while knocking in 281 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .409 in addition to earning 836 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 2,241 times and has come through with a base hit 532 times.

The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 231 putouts thus far, in addition to 81 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which is 2nd in the league and they have turned 6 double plays. The Bears have swiped 5 bases and have been gunned down 5 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 50.0%.

The Bears have a team ERA of 4.56 for the season (6th in KBO), and they have rung up 65 hitters. Doosan has given up 77 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 39 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.50 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.34. Bears pitchers have relinquished 5 home runs and also 44 total runs (4th in KBO).

The Lotte Giants have accounted for an on-base percentage of .298 and a team batting average of .219 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 66 instances (5th in baseball) and have tallied 64 hits. Lotte has knocked in 4 HRs on the season in addition to 23 RBIs. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .305 and they earn 2.56 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have 11 doubles, while taking a walk 28 times as well as recording 23 runs.

Ho Young Son is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Son has recorded a walk 29 times while striking out on 68 attempts. He has accounted for 61 runs in addition to having earned 44 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .304 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .623. He has hit a home run 4 times, as well as 123 total bases and also a .319 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 386 official at-bats in his professional career, Son has compiled an average at the plate of .244 with 94 base hits.

In their 7 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 4 times and been caught 3 times (42.9% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 6 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .973 (7th in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 86 assists, 9 errors and have accounted for 243 putouts for the season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.407 and have a FIP of 4.56 as a staff this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.11 (76 strikeouts against 36 walks). They rank 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 78. They have relinquished 10 homers and they allow 4.56 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 41 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.00 (36 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (-128)

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