Kiwoom at KT

SUWON (Interstat) — The Kiwoom Heroes will visit the KT Wiz on Saturday at Suwon Baseball Stadium in Suwon-si, South Korea, with game-time weather forecast at 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

Kiwoom enters with 47 wins, 79 losses and 4 ties. KT enters with 76 wins, 47 losses and 4 ties. Jhun Jun-pyo is a player to watch for Kiwoom after he worked five innings and allowed two earned runs on seven hits with two walks and one strikeout in his most recent appearance. Kiwoom’s latest game was a 5-3 home loss to the Doosan Bears. Park Jun-hyun pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts, and Hiura Keston went 1 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs in that defeat.

KT will counter with Daniel Davis. In his most recent outing, Davis threw seven scoreless innings in a 3-2 win over the NC Dinos. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out 10. In his previous start, he gave up one earned run over six innings on six hits with two walks and five strikeouts against Doosan. Son Dong-hyun also pitched a scoreless inning in KT’s latest win, while Sam Hilliard went 1 for 3 with a home run and one RBI.

KT has won seven of the past eight meetings between the teams. The most recent series saw KT take two of three games, closing with a 6-2 victory after Kiwoom won 10-5 in the middle game. KT also won 7-3 and 3-0 in July. In May, the teams played to a 6-6 tie in 11 innings, Kiwoom won 5-1, and KT won 7-1, 8-7 and 5-1. Kiwoom’s most recent win in the series came during the August series.

Kiwoom’s recent results include a 10-5 loss at Shinsegae Landers, a 6-6 tie at Doosan, a 2-0 loss at Kia, an 8-0 home loss to Lotte and a 6-4 loss at Samsung. KT’s recent results include a 3-2 win over NC, a 10-3 loss to NC, an 8-2 win at Shinsegae Landers, a 9-8 win over Doosan and a 15-3 win over Doosan.

Kiwoom’s upcoming schedule includes a trip to NC Dinos, two games at Lotte Giants, three at Hanwha Eagles, a home game against KT and a home game against Hanwha Eagles. KT will visit Doosan Bears, play three at Kia Tigers, host three against Lotte Giants, visit Kiwoom and host Samsung Lions.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Kiwoom Heroes 1, KT Wiz 6. Interstat’s ELO system gives KT a 73 percent probability to win.