The Samsung Lions are set to take on the Doosan Bears on Wednesday at Jamsil Baseball Stadium. The Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears 5/2/24 game is set to take place at 5:30 AM EST.The game will be broadcast locally on MBC Sports+.
Samsung Lions Preview
The Samsung Lions are coming off of a nice win over the Doosan Bears. The Lions are sitting in 3rd place in the KBO currently with a 19-13-1 record. However, when playing on the road the Lions have posted a 13-5-1 record.
Won Tae-in is the pitcher heading to the mound for the Lions for his 7th start. Won has posted a 4-1 record with a 2.10 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 34 1/3 innings while giving up 8 runs all of which were earned runs. He has given up 27 hits and 3 homers, but has struck out 31 batters while giving up only 8 walks. Samsung as a team has posted a 4.37 ERA and has allowed 294 hits with 31 homers. The Lions have allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .260 with a 1.37 WHIP.
Hitting for Samsung is sitting at a .273 average with 173 runs scored. The Lions have ended up with 317 hits and 54 doubles, 2 triples and 31 homers. The Lions have stolen a total of 31 bases with 6 runners being thrown out on the year.
Doosan Bears Preview
The Doosan team is coming in after losing in their last game. However, the loss dropped the Bears to a record of 16-18 overall. When playing at home the Bears aer sitting on a record of 10-7.
Choi Won-joon has started in 4 games this year and is coming in with 2-1 record and a dismal 8.66 ERA with a 1.58 WHIP. Won-joon has thrown only 17 2/3 innings while giving up 17 runs and all of those are earned runs He has given up 19 hits with 6 homers along with 9 walks, but has struck out 17 batters. The Bears have ended up with a 4.61 ERA as a team with 313 hits and 28 homers allowed. The Bears have posted a .265 opponent average with a 1.53 WHIP.
Doosan has been hitting with a clip of .270 on the year with 181 runs scored. The Bears have recorded 309 hits with 51 doubles, 6 triples, and 37 homers. The Bears have managed to run really well on the year with 31 steals and only 10 runners thrown out on the season.
Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears 5/2/24 Pick: Samsung Lions
The Samsung Lions are playing better heading into this game here and have a better starter going to the mound in our opinion. Look for the Lions to pick up the win in this game here, but for the Bears to put up a fight, but with the better pitching to lead to this game going under 9.5.
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