The KT Wiz are going to look to get another win on the road here. The KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers 5/1/24 game is taking place at Gwangju Kia Champions Field at 5:30 AM EST. The game for those in South Korea is being broadcast on KBS N Sports.
KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Prediction
The KT Wiz are heading here after shocking the Kia Tigers in their last game. The win for the Wiz came by a score of 11-4. The win allowed the Wiz to hold onto 9th place in the KBO, but have posted a 12-20-1 record on the year overall, but on the road the KT team is sitting on a 6-12-1 record.
Weon Sang-hyun is the starter heading to the mound for his 6th start and 7th appearance overall. Weon has posted a 1-1 record with a 1.91 WHIP and a 5.73 ERA. He has thrown a total of 22 innings with 15 runs and 14 earned runs. Weon has allowed 33 hits, 1 homer, and 9 walks while striking out 21 batters. As a team the Wiz have posted a 6.22 ERA and have allowed 354 hits with 35 homers given up. The Wiz have a .301 opponent average and a 1.62 WHIP.
The Wiz hitting is decent with a .285 average with 184 runs scored. The KT club has ended up with 337 hits, with 44 doubles, 4 triples, and 37 homers. Still, KT has ended up getting 18 stolen bases with only 7 runners thrown out.
KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Pick
The Tigers loss was a shocker to a lot of people, including us. The way the loss happened really was the shocker as we did not expect KT to have the offensive power to get the job done. The Tigers are now sitting in first place, but with a 21-10 record, but are 9-4 at home.
Yang Hyeon-jong is the starter heading out for his 7th start on the year. He has posted a 2-1 record with a 3.53 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. Yang has thrown a total of 35 2/3 innings with 14 runs, all of them earned given up. Yang has allowed 31 hits, 4 homers, and walked 11 batters, but has struck out 27. The Tigers are coming to the game with a 3.98 team ERA, but have allowed 279 hits and 26 homers. The Tigers have allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .261 with a 1.48 WHIP.
The hitting for Kia is coming in at an average of .296 with 184 runs scored. The Tigers have managed to get 325 hits, but has 61 doubles, 4 triples, and 34 homers. The Tigers have been amazing on the base running with 45 steals and 11 runners thrown out.
KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers 5/1/24 Pick: Kia Tigers
The game here is one that we are going to take the Tigers to win. The Kia Tigers are coming in with a strong offense, but have a great pitching staff. This is going to make it easier for the Tigers to get the win here as the Wiz pitching staff will get rocked in this game here. With that being the case, though, we are going to take the over here as well because both of these teams have a ton of offensive potential.
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