The LG Twins are going on the road to Suwon KT Wiz Park to face the KT Wiz. The Twins vs Wiz 5/19/24 game is taking place at 1:00 AM EST. However, the game is being broadcast on KBS N Sports.
LG Twins Preview
The Twins are coming into the game here after getting a nice win over the KT Wiz. The win came by a close score of 7-6. The Twins are now sitting on a record of 25-20-2 overall, but when playing on the road the LG Twins are sitting on a 12-10-1 record.
Song Ju-young is the pitcher that is starting for his 9th start and 9th appearance overall in this game. Song has posted a 2-2 record, but has a 3.23 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 39 innings while giving up 17 runs out of which 14 are earned. Ju-young has allowed 43 hits and 5 homers, but has struck out 29 batters while walking only 16. As a team the Twins have posted a 4.30 ERA with 451 hits and 35 homers allowed. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .274 on the year with a 1.51 WHIP.
LG is hitting really well on the year with a .284 average with 255 runs. The Twins have put in 456 hits with 72 doubles, 10 triples, and 34 homers being part of those hits. The Twins have ended up with 74 steals and 29 runners thrown out on the year.
KT Wiz Preview
KT is coming in dropping back to 8th place in the KBO. The Wiz are sitting on a record overall at 18-27-1 record on the season. The KT Wiz when playing at their home field have posted an 11-11-0 record on the year so far.
Seong Jae-heon is heading to the mound for his 1st start on the year out of what will be his 5th appearance for NC. Seong has posted a 0-0 record with a 11.25 ERA and a 2.50 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 4 innings with 5 runs out of which 5 were earned runs, but has given up 7 hits and 1 homers. Seong has struck out 1 batters while allowing only 3 walks. The Wiz are coming in with a 6.00 team ERA and have allowed 486 hits with 53 homers given up. The KT club has a 1.60 WHIP with an opponent average of .298.
The hitting for KT is decent at times with a .281 average with only 247 runs scored. The Wiz have managed to record a total of 459 hits with 66 doubles, 4 triples, and 46 homers. Still, the KT club has ended up getting 23 steals and only 9 runners thrown out on the year.
Twins vs Wiz 5/19/24 Pick: LG Twins
The Wiz are trying out all the stops on the pitching side of the ball and that will not help the Wiz out in this game here. The Wiz should play good in the game, but with the the pitcher only throwing 4 innings on the year and giving up 7 hits and 5 runs it will be hard to pick the Wiz as the Twins will be able to light up the scoreboard.
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