The Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz 5/5/24 game is taking place at Suwon KT Wiz Park. The game is being played at 1:00 AM EST. The game will be aired on MBC Sports+ and SPOTV for the local broadcasting in South Korea.
Kiwoom Heroes Preview
The Heroes are heading to the game here after losing in their last game. The loss for Kiwoom came against the KT Wiz by a score of 6-2. The loss dropped the Heroes to 7th place in the KBO, but the Heroes do have a 15-18 record. When playing on the road the Heroes have posted a 6-10 record on the year.
Yun Seok-won is heading to the mound for the Heroes and this will be his first start with 5 appearances. Yun has posted a 12.46 ERA and a 2.31 WHIP, but has thrown 8 2/3 innings. Yun has given up 13 runs of which 12 were earned, but has allowed 16 hits, a homer, and walked 4 batters while striking out only 1. The Heroes are a horrible pitching team with a 5.26 ERA and have allowed 340 hits with 28 homers. As a team the Heroes are letting the opponents hit at a clip of .283 with a 1.53 WHIP.
The Kiwoom team is not hitting strong either with a .263 average with only 170 runs scored. The Heroes have recorded 309 hits with 52 doubles, 6 triples, and 34 homers. Still, the base running for Kiwoom is missing on the year with 11 steals, but only 3 runners thrown out on the year.
KT Wiz Preview
The win for the Wiz was impressive, but it was a win that did not really improve the Wiz in the standings as they are still sitting in 9th place. The KT Wiz have posted a record of 14-21-1 on the year, but when playing at home the Wiz are 8-8 on the season.
Han Cha-hyeon is the starter for the Wiz in this game for his first start and game since 2021. In the 2012 season he appeared in only 3 games with a 19.64 ERA and a 3.27 WHIP. He threw a total of 3 2/3 innings while giving up 8 runs all of them earned, but also gave up 10 hits and 3 homers while walking 2 and striking out 3. The KT are the worst team in the KBO for pitching with a 6.00 ERA and have allowed 391 hits with 40 homers given up. The Wiz have let the opponents to hit at a clip of .296 with 1.58 WHIP.
KT heads to this game here hitting at a clip of .284 with a total of 205 runs scored. The Wiz have managed to get a total of 374 hits with 53 doubles, 4 triples, and 39 homers. The Wiz have managed to get a total of 19 steals with only 7 runners caught stealing.
Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz 5/5/24 Pick: KT Wiz
Kiwoom and KT are a couple of teams that have not really shown up that good on the year. That is going to make it difficult to see either one of these teams being able to really take off and win in the game here. Still, we are going to take the Wiz to win this game at home as the Heroes have struggled as of late and have not really bounced back from their slump they hit earlier this season.
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