[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]XS Sports Picks Thursday (KBO)
KBO (192-114) 63%
Today (1-2) -$4,400
This Week So Far (7-5) 58%-$950
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$1000 LG Twins Over 9.5 -110 (Winner 10 Runs)
The Giants will turn to Jun-won Seo in this spot, who is 7-4 on the season with an ERA of 4.72. His last five starts have been decent at best, having allowed 11 runs over his last 22.2 innings. The Twins finally snapped their four-game losing streak on Wednesday, but are not in danger, sitting 3rd in the KBO. They will look to maintain that spot however, and will do so by starting Tyler Wilson. He is 8-7 on the year, but has an ERA of 4.50. He is coming off his worst start of the season, allowing eight runs over 6.0 innings to the Kiwoom Heroes. His last five starts as a whole have been pretty terrible as well, allowing a total of 22 runs over his last 30.2 innings. On another note, the Twins are allowing an average of 7.0 runs per game over their last five games. At the same time, they are only scoring 3.8 runs, so the offense has not been the greatest. The opposite of this is true for the Giants, who have scored an average of 6.0 runs over their last five games. The over is 5-4 in the nine meetings between these teams this season and I look for both pitchers to lack quality here.
$3000 Samsung Lions +110 (Lost)
Looking to fade Ki-young Im and the KIA Tigers as he is 6-8 on the season with an ERA of 4.81. He has been absolutely terrible over his last five starts, allowing 20 runs over his last 26.2 innings. I will be facing Dae-woo Kim, who is 3-5 with an ERA of 3.71 for the Lions. He has not been amazing recently, but he has been very good against Kia. In three appearances against the Tigers, he has allowed one run in 8.0 innings.
$2000 Kiwoom Heroes Over 8.5 -120 (Lost 7 Runs) -2400
I am looking to fade two lackluster pitchers here as the Hanwha Eagles will start Shi-hwan Jang and the Kiwoom Heroes will start Jake Brigham. Jang is 3-11 this season with an ERA of 4.50. He is 0-5 over his last six starts, posting an ERA of 5.36. Brigham is 6-3 with an ERA of 4.06. His last six starts have been decent, allowing 12 runs over his last 29.1 innings. The over is 4-1 in Kiwoom’s last five games and 3-0 in the Eagles last three games. The over is also 6-5 in the 11 meetings this season, so I will back the over here.
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