The Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz 5/4/24 game is taking place at Suwon KT Wiz Park. The game is being played at 4:00 AM EST. The game will be aired on MBC Sports+ and SPOTV for the local broadcasting in South Korea.
Kiwoom Heroes Preview
The Kiwoom Heroes are coming here after losing in the 10th inning against the Wiz. The game was shockingly a very low scoring game with a final score of 2-1. The Heroes are sitting in 7th place in the KBO with a record of 15-18 overall, but when playing on the road the Heroes are 6-9.
Ha Yeong-min is the starter heading here for the Heroes with a total of 6 starts under his belt. Ha has posted a 3-1 record with a 5.34 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 28 2/3 innings while giving up 18 runs of which 17 were earned. He has allowed 32 hits and 2 homers, but has walked only 9 batters while striking out 20. The Heroes are a horrible pitching team with a 5.22 ERA and have allowed 326 hits with 27 homers. As a team the Heroes are letting the opponents hit at a clip of .279 with a 1.51 WHIP.
The Kiwoom team is not hitting strong either with a .264 average with only 168 runs scored. The Heroes have recorded 301 hits with 51 doubles, 5 triples, and 34 homers. Still, the base running for Kiwoom is missing on the year with 10 steals, but only 2 runners thrown out on the year.
KT Wiz Preview
KT comes in playing decently bad, but still are a good overall team offensively. Now, the Wiz are going to have to bounce back from their loss in 10 innings. The Wiz are sitting on a record of 14-21-1 on the year which is good enough for 9th in the KBO. However, at home the Wiz have posted a 7-8 record on the year.
Yook Chung-myoung is the starter that is heading to the mound for the Wiz with 4 appearances and 3 starts. Yook has posted an 0-1 record with a 1.47 WHIP and a 4.40 ERA. He has thrown a total of 14 1/3 innings while giving up 9 runs of which 7 were earned. Yook has allowed 15 hits with 2 homers while walking only 6 batters and striking out 7. The KT are the worst team in the KBO for pitching with a 6.12 ERA and have allowed 383 hits with 40 homers given up. The Wiz have let the opponents to hit at a clip of .298 with 1.60 WHIP.
KT heads to this game here hitting at a clip of .280 with a total of 199 runs scored. The Wiz have managed to get a total of 360 hits with 50 doubles, 4 triples, and 38 homers. The Wiz have managed to get a total of 19 steals with only 7 runners caught stealing.
Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz 5/4/24 Pick: KT Wiz
The game here is one that I am going to pick the Wiz again. Yes, the KT offense is better than the Heroes which is definitely showing up. However, one thing that we also see here is the fact that Yook, the KT starter, has done really well against Kiwoom on the year so far and compared to Ha, the Kiwoom starter, is going to have a great showing in this game and that makes it easier for us to see the Wiz getting the win in this game rather easily.
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