GWANGJU (Interstat) — The KT Wiz will visit the Kia Tigers on Thursday at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea. KT enters the game 79-48-4. Kia is 70-58-2. The forecast for game time is 71 degrees.

KT has won the last three meetings between the teams. The Wiz beat Kia 3-2 in the latest matchup and 8-5 in 10 innings in the previous game. The teams have split their last 10 meetings. Earlier this season, Kia won 8-3, 6-3 and 4-3 in 10 innings at home. KT won 10-9 and 6-4, and Kia won 11-5 and 11-3. Sam Hilliard homered and drove in two runs in the most recent game for KT, and Kwon Dong-jin also homered. Kia’s Harold Castro homered and drove in two runs in that game, while Cho Sang-woo pitched a scoreless inning.

Pitcher Daniel Davis is a player to watch for KT. In his latest outing against Kia, he worked 6 innings, allowed 6 hits and 2 earned runs, walked 1 and struck out 13 in a 3-2 win. He also struck out 10 over 7 shutout innings against NC and allowed 1 earned run in 6 innings against Doosan. Davis has recorded 13 strikeouts in a game this season and has reached double digits in strikeouts in two of his last three starts.

Pitcher Kim Tae-hyeong is a player to watch for Kia. In his latest start against KT, he pitched 5 scoreless innings, allowed 6 hits and 1 walk and struck out 1 in a 3-2 loss. He also allowed 3 earned runs over 4 innings with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts at Shinsegae. Kim has allowed no earned runs in his most recent game against KT.

KT has won seven of its last 10 games. The Wiz beat Doosan 12-6 and 15-3, topped Shinsegae 8-2, defeated NC 3-2 and beat Kia twice in that stretch. KT also lost to Kiwoom, NC and LG. Kia has won six of its last 10 games. The Tigers beat LG 5-1, NC 8-6 and 5-1, Kiwoom 2-0, Hanwha 9-2 and Shinsegae 5-2. Kia lost to KT twice, Doosan and Shinsegae in that span.

KT will host Lotte in its next series before visiting Kiwoom and facing Samsung. Kia will visit LG in its next series before hosting Samsung and traveling to Lotte.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of KT Wiz 7, Kia Tigers 9. Interstat’s ELO system gives KT a 50.4 percent probability to win.