The Doosan Bears are getting ready to take to the road on Tuesday to face Kiwoom. The Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes 5/7/24 game is taking place at Gocheok Sky Dome. The game is being played early in the morning at 5:30 AM EST. However, the game is being broadcast for those in Korea on KBS N Sports.
Doosan Bears Preview
Doosan had their game rained out just like everyone else on Sunday. However, the Bears are sitting in 6th place in the KBO on the year so far. The Bears have posted a 17-19 record on the year and have ended up getting a road record of 8-11 on the year.
Gwak Been is the starter for the Bears in this game here. Been has already started in 7 games on the year and has posted a 1-4 record with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 40 innings on the year while giving up 20 runs and 20 of those were earned. Gwak has allowed 37 hits, 1 homers while striking out 40 batters and walking 16 batters. As a team the Doosan club has a 4.50 ERA and allowed 342 hits with 29 homers. The Bears have posted a 1.53 WHIP with a .266 opponents average.
Hitting for Doosan is not that strong on the year with a .268 average and only 192 runs scored. The Bears have ended up with 334 hits with 57 doubles, 6 triples, and 38 homers. The Doosan team has stolen 37 bases with 12 runners thrown out.
Kiwoom Heroes Preview
Kiwoom, like all the other KBO games, had a rain out on Sunday. However, the Heroes are sitting in 7th place in the KBO with a 15-18 record on the year. The Heroes have posted a 9-9 record when playing at home.
Lee Jong-min is the starter heading to the mound here for the Heroes. Lee has posted a 0-1 record with 2 starts on the year with a 4.15 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 8 2/3 innings while giving up 7 hits and striking out 2, but has horrible control with 5 walks. The Kiwoom team heads to this game here with a team ERA of 5.26 on the year. The Heroes have allowed 340 hits with a total of 28 homers given up. Kiwoom has ended up getting a team WHIP of 1.53 with the opponents hitting at a clip of .283.
The Kiwoom team is coming in hitting at a clip of .263 with a total of 170 runs scored on the season. The Heroes have ended up getting a total of 309 hits with only 52 doubles, 6 triples, but have cranked out 34 homers. The Heroes have recorded 11 steals with 3 runners thrown out.
Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes 5/7/24 Pick: Doosan Bears
The Bears are coming here with a better start on the mound here, but has had some issues in getting the run support needed. However, in this game here the Bears are going to be the better team I think. The Bears have a better hitting and as long as the hitters stay disciplined at the plate they will be able to get the jump on Lee Jong-min and that makes it easier for the Bears to secure the win.
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