J.A. Cavalier
Jul 31, 2023
SSG @ KT (SSG -102, 8.5)
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LANDERS vs. WIZ 8/1/23
Choi Jeong leads his SSG Landers teammates into Suwon KT Wiz Park to kick off August with a date against the hottest team in the KBO right now. The Wiz have won 8 of their last 10 games, including the last three straight in a sweep of the NC Dinos. KT won by a combined score of 23-6 and covered the run line in each game.
KT is now 44-43-2 and has an identical winning percentage with the Dinos (.506). The Wiz is one game behind the third place Doosan Bears (44-41-1). Today, they will put Ko Young-pyo on the mound. He is 8.5 with a very strong 2.68 ERA. He has not allowed more than 3 ER in a single start since May 18. Since a loss to LG on May 18, Young-pyo is 6-3 with an even stronger 2.06 ERA. Young-pyo has faced SSG twice this season and has two wins over the Landers. He pitched 7 innings in both starts and allowed 3 earned runs in one start and 2 in the other.
Young-pyo goes up against SSG pitcher Kirk McCarty who is 7-3 with the exact same 2.68 ERA. McCarty had his worst outing of the season last time out. He lasted just 2.1 innings and allowed 3 runs, 2 earned. He has only allowed more than 3 ER once the entire season and that was in his very first start of 2023. McCarty has pitched against KT once this season. On May 4, he pitched six innings, allowed two hits, and didn’t give up a run in a win over the Wiz.
KT played SSG back in mid-June. The Wiz took two of three games, winning 14-4 and 7-3. They lost the first game of the series 8-1. SSG has two players - Guillermo Heredia (.332) and Choi Jeong (.317) among the top-10 in KBO batting average. Kim Min-hyuck of KT is 10th with an average of .312.
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FREE PICK: UNDER 8.5
Two of the top pitchers in the KBO are on the hill today. They both typically go deep in games. Young-pyo has pitched at least 7 in each of his last three starts and pitched 7 in both starts against SSG. Both pitchers have ERAs of 2.68. They just don’t give up a lot of runs. Don’t forget, the Landers have the top reliever in the KBO, Seo Jin-yong, who leads the KBO with 28 saves. He has an ERA of just 1.49. The pitching is just too good here. Back the Under.