Kia at Lotte
BUSAN (Interstat)—Kia Tigers visit Lotte Giants on Wednesday at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea, with a game-time forecast of 66 degrees Fahrenheit.
Kia enters the game 73-60-2. Lotte is 59-72-3. Kim Do-yeong is a player to watch for Kia. In his recent games, he went 1 for 3 with one home run and four RBIs against Samsung, 1 for 4 with one home run and three RBIs at LG, 0 for 2 at LG, 0 for 4 at LG, 2 for 4 against KT, 1 for 3 against KT, and 3 for 5 with one home run and two RBIs against KT.
Park Se-woong is a player to watch for Lotte. In his recent starts, he allowed two hits and no earned runs over six innings with two walks and six strikeouts against Doosan, five hits and two earned runs over 5 2/3 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts against Kiwoom, nine hits and four earned runs over 5 1/3 innings with one walk and four strikeouts at Hanwha, and eight hits and two earned runs over six innings with four walks and two strikeouts at Samsung.
The most recent meeting between the teams ended with Kia beating Lotte 16-11. Kia also won the previous meeting 8-5. Earlier in the season series, Lotte won games by scores of 11-3, 10-2, 8-3 and 7-3, while Kia won 5-2, 10-0, 5-4 and 3-1.
Kia’s most recent game was a 5-4 loss to Samsung. Kim Do-yeong went 1 for 3 with one home run and four RBIs. Kim Tae-hyeong pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and two earned runs with three walks and four strikeouts, and Lee Eui-lee pitched 2/3 of an inning with no hits, no earned runs, one walk and one strikeout. Before that, Kia won three straight at LG by scores of 6-4, 6-5 and 5-4.
Lotte’s most recent game was a 3-1 loss to Doosan. Park Se-woong pitched six innings, allowing two hits and no earned runs with two walks and six strikeouts. Víctor Reyes went 2 for 4 with one home run and one RBI, and Kim Won-jung pitched one inning with no hits, no earned runs and one strikeout.
After Wednesday, Kia is scheduled to visit NC Dinos, then host Shinsegae Landers, Lotte and LG. Lotte is set to host LG twice before visiting Kia and Doosan.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Kia Tigers 8, Lotte Giants 4. Interstat’s ELO system gives Kia a 53.2 percent probability to win.