The Kiwoom Heroes get to stay on the road this week, but this time face the LG Twins at Jamsil Baseball Stadium. The Heroes vs Twins 5/16/24 game is set to take place at 530 AM EST. The game will be broadcast locally in Korea on MBC Sports+.
Kiwoom Heroes Preview
The Kiwoom Heroes are coming here after getting handed a nice win over the LG Twins in the opening game of the series. The Heroes ended up winning the game by a score of 5-0. With the win Kiwoom moved to 8th place in the KBO with a 17-24 record overall, but on the road the Heroes are 8-12.
Ariel Jurado is heading into the game here for his 9th start of the year with 9 appearances total. Ariel has posted a 3-4 record on the year with a 4.00 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP. Jurado has thrown a total of 54 innings on the year with 24 earned runs out of 24 runs total. Ariel Jurado has allowed 58 hits, 7 homers, and 12 walks on the season while striking out 41 batters. The Heroes are a horrible pitching team with a 5.23 ERA and have allowed 417 hits with 33 homers. As a team the Heroes are letting the opponents hit at a clip of .286 with a 1.54 WHIP.
The Kiwoom team is not hitting strong either with a .264 average with only 196 runs scored. The Heroes have recorded 376 hits with 60 doubles, 6 triples, and 38 homers. Still, the base running for Kiwoom is missing on the year with 13 steals, but only 5 runners thrown out on the year.
LG Twins Preview
the loss for LG was a disappointment, but it was one that the Twins were not expecting. What did not help was the complete lack of offensive showing from the Twins. The Twins are sitting in 5th place in the KBO currently with a record of 23-19-2. The Twins are at home in this game and have posted a 13-9-1 record.
Dietrich Enns comes to this mound here for his 10th start of the year out of 10 total appearances. Im enters the game with a 4-1 record and a 4.66 ERA with a 1.41 WHIP. Enns has thrown a total of 48 1/3 innings with 25 earned runs out of 29 runs total. Enns has allowed 55 hits, 4 homers, 13 walks while striking out 48 batters. LG heads to the game here with a 4.20 ERA on the year and have allowed 418 hits with 33 homers. The Twins have allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .272 with a 1.48 WHIP.
The Twins are hitting at a clip of only .281 with a total of 230 runs scored. LG has ended up with 421 hits with 66 doubles, 9 triples, and 32 homers. However, LG has ended up getting only 71 steals and 24 runners have been thrown out.
Heroes vs Twins 5/16/24 Pick: LG Twins
This is one game that the Twins should still be able to win. The Heroes have not been that consistent on the year and are now coming off of a rainout of the game on Wednesday. However, the Twins decided to switch up the starter and is putting a stronger starter on the mound in this game and that makes it easier for us to see the Twins getting the win secured in this game here with the better overall pitching.
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