Thursday will showcase a game in the KBO between the Lotte Giants and the KIA Tigers. The game is slated to take place at 5:30 AM at Gwangju Kia Champions Field. The game is slated to be broadcast on SPOTV. Now, this game does have a chance of being rained out as rain is predicted in the region.
Lotte Giants Preview
The Lotte Giants are coming in without a win on the year so far. The Giants are sitting on an 0-4 record on the season. The last game on the field for the Giants ended up being a 8-2 loss to the Tigers. The Giants are hitting at a clip of .225 with 3 homers, but have a horrible 5.34 ERA on the year.
Lotte has seen Jeong Bo-keun be the leader in the hitting, but he has only had two plate appearances on the year and recorded a hit in each chance. Victor Reyes and Kim Min-sung both lead the Giants in the power department with a homer each. Go Seung-min has managed to drive in a total of 3 runners on the year so far.
Lee In-bok is the starter pitcher that is slated to start for the Giants. In-bok last season posted a 1-4 record in 10 games pitched with 7 of those being starts. In-bok managed to post a 6.48 ERA and a 1.92 WHIP. Lee In-bok threw a total of 33 1/3 innings with 54 hits allowed, but walked 10 batters and struck out only 15 batters.
KIA Tigers Preview
KIA is coming in after beating the Giants in their last game. The win moved the Tigers to a record of 3-0 on the year so far. When it comes to hitting on the season the Tigers have hit at a clip of .299 with 3 homers, but have posted a 2.00 ERA on the year as a team.
The leader in hitting for the Tigers is Socrates Brito who hits at a clip of .444. When it comes to bringing home the runners that has been led by Choi Hyoung-woo who has ended up getting 3 RBIs.. The power hitting for the Tigers was handled by Choi Won-jun and Choi Hyoung-woo who have each managed to get a homer on the year.
Lee Eui-lee is the starter that takes the mound for Kia in this game. Last year Lee started in 28 games and posted an 11-7 record. Lee Eui-lee ended up getting a 1.49 WHIP and 3.96 ERA on the year. Lee threw a total of 131 2/3 innings while giving up 103 hits and allowing 93 walks, but struck out a total of 156 batters.
Tigers vs Giants Pick: KIA Tigers
Lotte has struggled on the year so far and are now putting a pitcher on the mound who has ended up getting roughed up last season. Now, with that being the case it will be easy to see the Tigers are going to pick up the win in this game here as the Giants struggles on the mound continue in this game here.
Keep up with all our Korean Baseball Previews.
Check out all the KIA Tigers Previews.
Check out all the Lotte Giants Previews.
