The Lotte Giants are taking their worst place record on the road to face the Doosan Bears. The Giants vs Bears 5/18/24 game is taking place at Jamsil Baseball Stadium at 4:00 AM EST. The game will be broadcast locally in South Korea on KBS N Sports.
Lotte Giants Preview
The Lotte Giants are heading into this game here with a win in their last game. The win came over the Bears by a score of 5-1. The win for the Giants left them sitting in dead last still, but with a record of 15-26-1 on the year. The Giants on the road are sitting on a 6-14 record.
Na Gyun-an is coming to this game here for his 9th start on the year. Guys-an has posted a 1-4 record with a 6.27 ERA and a 2.01 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 37 1/3 innings giving up 26 earned runs out of 29 runs total. Na has allowed 58 hits, 6 homers, 17 walks, but has struck out 34 batters. This year the Giants have posted a 4.96 ERA and have allowed 419 hits with 42 homers allowed. Lotte has ended up getting a 1.56 WHIP and the opponents have hit at a clip of .290.
Lotte is a poorly hitting team with a .267 average and 190 runs scored. The Giants have managed to get a total of 396 hits with 73 doubles, 13 triples, but have some good power hitting finally with 30 homers. The Giants have stolen 39 bases and have been caught stealing 11 times.
Doosan Bears Preview
The Bears are heading here’s free getting a loss in their last game, which was a little bit of a shocker. The Bears are now sitting in 6th place in the KBO and have posted a record of 25-21-1 record on the year. The Bears at home are now sitting on a 13-9 record on the year.
Gwak Been is the starter going to the mound for his 5th start of the year and 10th appearance. Gwak has posted a 3-4 record with a 3.81 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 52 innings giving up 23 runs 22 of those are earned runs, but has allowed 46 hits and 1 homers. He has managed to get 51 strikeouts and walked 19 batters this year. The Doosan Bears have posted a team ERA of 4.35 on the year overall, but have allowed only 437 hits with 39 homers given up. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .266 while the Bears have posted a 1.48 WHIP.
The Bears come to the game here hitting at a clip of .283 with a total of 263 runs. The Doosan Bears have recorded a total of 457 hits with 81 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 5/18/24 Pick: Doosan Bears
The Giants did surprise me in the last game, but in this game I do not think that will happen here. The Bears are putting Been on the mound and he has shown a lot of improvement since the season started, but also is starting to get some run support. With the supporting offense and a good pitcher on the mound to start this game off we do not see the Bears dropping another game.
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