The Lotte Giants are taking their worst place record on the road to face the Doosan Bears. The Giants vs Bears 5/17/24 game is taking place at Jamsil Baseball Stadium at 5:30 AM EST. The game will be broadcast locally in South Korea on KBS N Sports.
Lotte Giants Preview
The Lotte Giants are heading here after picking up another win. This time it was over the KT Wiz by a score of 2-0. The Giants are now sitting still in last place, but with a record of 13-26-1. The Giants on the road are horrible with a 4-14 record.
Aaron Wilkerson is coming to this game here for his 10th start on the year. Wilkerson has posted a 2-4 record with a 4.53 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 51 2/3 innings giving up 26 earned runs out of 27 runs total. Wilkerson has allowed 57 hits, 8 homers, 6 walks, but has struck out 43 batters. This year the Giants have posted a 5.06 ERA and have allowed 413 hits with 42 homers allowed. Lotte has ended up getting a 1.58 WHIP and the opponents have hit at a clip of .292.
Lotte is a poorly hitting team with a .267 average and 185 runs scored. The Giants have managed to get a total of 387 hits with 72 doubles, 13 triples, but have some good power hitting finally with 29 homers. The Giants have stolen 38 bases and have been caught stealing 11 times.
Doosan Bears Preview
Doosan comes here after playing to a tie against the top team in the KBO. The tie ended up being 7-7 in the 12th inning and allowed Doosan to hold onto 4th place in the KBO. The Bears are now sitting on a 25-20 record on the season, but when playing at home the Bears are 13-8.
Choi Jun-ho is the starter going to the mound for his 5th start of the year and 6th appearance. Choi has posted a 1-0 record with a 4.64 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 21 1/3 innings giving up 14 runs 11 of those are earned runs, but has allowed 23 hits and 6 homers. He has managed to get 22 strikeouts and walked 8 batters this year. The Doosan Bears have posted a team ERA of 4.36 on the year overall, but have allowed only 428 hits with 38 homers given up. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .266 while the Bears have posted a 1.49 WHIP.
The Bears come to the game here hitting at a clip of .286 with a total of 262 runs. The Samsung Lions have recorded a total of 451 hits with 80 doubles, 10 triples, and 49 homers. The base running has managed to see the Bears pick up a total of 49 steals with only 14 runners being thrown out.
Giants vs Bears 5/17/24 Pick: Doosan Bears
The Giants are not a road team and that is obvious with the fact that the Giants have only won 4 games on the road this year. Now, the Lotte team has another big issue coming in against the Bears who are the second best hitting team in the KBO. That is going to make it easier for the Bears to pick up a home win in this game here.
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