The LG Twins are going on the road to Suwon KT Wiz Park to face the KT Wiz. The Twins vs Wiz 5/17/24 game is taking place at 5:30 AM EST. However, the game is being broadcast on SBS Sports.
LG Twins Preview
The LG Twins are coming into the game here after losing in their last game to Kiwoom. The home loss came with a final score of 6-5. The loss dropped the Twins to a tie for 5th place in the KBO. The Twins have posted a record of 23-19-2 on the year, but are 10-10-1 on the road.
Im Chan-kyu is the pitcher that is starting for his 9th start and 10th appearance overall in this game. Im has posted an 0-3 record with a hold, but has a 4.93 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 42 innings while giving up 24 runs out of which 23 are earned. Chan-kyu has allowed 52 hits and 5 homers, but has struck out 45 batters while walking only 16. As a team the Twins have posted a 4.24 ERA with 391 hits and 35 homers allowed. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .273 on the year with a 1.49 WHIP.
LG is hitting really well on the year with a .282 average with 235 runs. The Twins have put in 432 hits with 69 doubles, 9 triples, and 32 homers being part of those hits. The Twins have ended up with 73 steals and 26 runners thrown out on the year.
KT Wiz Preview
The Wiz are coming in after getting handed a loss by the Lotte Giants. The loss for the Wiz pushed them back to 7th place in the KBO with a record of 18-24-1 on the year. The Wiz have played decent at home with an 11-8-0 record on their home field.
Weon Sang-hyun is heading to the mound for his 8th start on the year out of what will be his 9th appearance for NC. Sang-Hyun has posted a 1-3 record with a 7.76 ERA and a 2.14 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 31 1/3 innings with 29 runs out of which 27 were earned runs, but has given up 55 hits and 4 homer. Hart has struck out 26 batters while allowing only 12 walks. The Wiz are coming in with a 5.90 team ERA and have allowed 462 hits with 51 homers given up. The KT club has a 1.59 WHIP with an opponent average of .297.
The hitting for KT is decent at times with a .280 average with only 236 runs scored. The Wiz have managed to record a total of 438 hits with 63 doubles, 4 triples, and 44 homers. Still, the KT club has ended up getting 23 steals and only 9 runners thrown out on the year.
Twins vs Wiz 5/17/24 Pick: Over 9.5
The Wiz are playing good on the year so far and the Twins are playing great as well. Still, the Twins vs Wiz game is going to be one that should be an offensive battle here. Now, it will not really be that good of a power game as we do not think that the power hitting is what makes the difference in the game. Instead, we think the base running is what will help get the runners moving and see a lot of runners getting brought home off of sacrifices and hit and run type of plays.
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