The Kia Tigers and Kiwoom Heroes face off on Wednesday in a KBO baseball showdown at Gwangju Kia Champions Field.
The Kia Tigers come into this game with a 16-24 record overall which puts them in ninth place inside the KBO. Coming into this game, the Kia Tigers have lost two of their last three games including the last game against the Samsung Lions. Preston Tucker comes into this game having hit three home runs and 24 RBI’s. Sun-bin Kim has also had a big year so far driving in 20 RBI’s.
On the other side of this matchup is the Kiwoom Heroes who come into this game with a 23-19 record overall and they have won seven games in a row and over the last two games they have scored 20 runs total. Dong-won Park has had a big year so far this year hitting seven home runs and driving in 17 RBI’s. Byung-ho Park has also hit five home runs and driven in 21 RBI’s.
Woo-jin An will get the start for the Kiwoom Heroes and coming into this game he sits with a 2-3 record and an ERA of 4.45.
Aaron Brooks will get the start for the Kia Tigers and coming into this game he sits with a 1-4 record and an ERA of 3.54. The weather in this game is expected to be overcast with a slight wind blowing out towards left field.
Aaron Brooks hasn’t gotten a lot of run support this season and that is going to continue in this game. Look for the Heroes to run up the score and that will lead to Kiwoom winning.