In this game here the Doosan Bears will face the Lotte Giants in Sajik Baseball Stadium. The Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants 4/6/24 game is set to take place at 4:00 AM EST. However, the game is going to be broadcast locally on SPOTV2.
Doosan Bears Preview
The Bears are coming in the game here after getting a very nice win over the Giants. The win was a close battle with a final score of 4-3. The Bears are now sitting on a 5-7 record on the year and are in 7th place in the KBO.
Gwak Been is the starter that comes to this game for the Bears. This season Been has started 2 games and picked up a 0-1 record. Gwak has managed to post a 4.91 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. When it comes to the innings Been has thrown 11 innings with 6 runs allowed on 12 hits. Gwak is a strikeout machine with 14 strikeouts and 2 walks allowed. The team ERA for the Bears is sitting at 5.04 so far. The Bears have given up 116 hits and 12 homers. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .270 with a 1.50 WHIP on the year so far.
Doosan heads to this game here only slightly hitting better than the Giants with a .257 average. The Bears have ended up getting 22 doubles, 5 triples, and 14 homers on the year. The Bears have ended up getting 7steals out of 11 tries.
Lotte Giants Preview
The Giants are heading in with a 9th place position in the KBO table. However, the Giants are coming in after getting a close loss and that did not really hurt the standings for the Giants. The Giants are now sitting on a record of 2-8 on the year so far.
Park Se-woong is the slated starter for Lotte in this game. So far this year he has posted 2 starts and ended up with an 0-1 record. Se-woong has recorded a 7.56 ERA and a 2.04 WHIP. When it comes to the innings Park has ended up getting only 8 1/3 innings with 10 runs allowed and 14 hits. Still Park has managed to strike out 7 batters and walked only 3. Lotte has allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of only .263 with a WHIP that is sitting at 1.57 on the year. The Giants have allowed a total of 8 homers on the year, but have a team ERA that is sitting at 4.34 on the season.
Lotte has been horrible on the hitting department with a .242 average and have been horrible scoring with 31 runs. The Giants have ended up with 13 doubles, 2 triples, and 5 homers. The base running has ended up with 11 steals out of 15 tries.
Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants 4/6/24 Pick: Doosan Bears
In the game here it will be a Bears win as long as the pitching from Been is able to get off to a good start. Granted, he has had some issues in the past, but will be able to get the game going good here as the Giants are going to have some issues in this game against a good pitcher that is able to throw the strikeout ball.
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