KT Wiz vs. KIA Tigers
Wiz moneyline: -132
Tigers moneyline: +104
Over/under: 9.5
Time: 5:30 a.m. ET
TV: ESPN

Probable Pitchers: KT Wiz (Odrisamer Despaigne) vs. KIA Tigers (Min-woo Lee)

The KT Wiz (26-28) and KIA Tigers (27-24) continue a series on Wednesday following an 8-2 victory by the Wiz on Tuesday, who moved to 4-3 on the season against the Tigers.

The Wiz are 7-3 in their past ten games, while the Tigers are 4-6, and the two teams are only separated by 2.5 games in the standings. Additionally, the longshot Wiz are now just three games out of a playoff spot, as the LG Twins (29-25) continue their backward slide.

KT will continue to lean on KBO innings leader Odrisamer Despaigne (4.33 FIP) who will make his league-leading 13th start on Wednesday against Min-woo Lee (4.49 FIP).

He defeated the Eagles on June 28 and pitched well in his last outing against the Heroes (7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K) — I’m just getting concerned about his continually high pitch counts (117, 102, 94, 109, 99, 104 in his past six starts) causing cumulative fatigue as the season wears on.

But Despaigne will continue to throw the kitchen sink (fastball, cutter, two-seamer, curveball, slider) at opponents and take the ball as often as possible.

Lee got crushed by the Wiz on June 11 (3.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 1 BB, 2 K), and his four best starts this season have come against the three worst teams in the league — the Eagles, Giants, and Wyverns. I view him as a back-end rotation filler for the KBO level.

Giants @ Eagles
Lotte Giants (24-28)
Straily is 0-0, 2.74 in his last seven starts, 0-2, 4.35 in seven road starts.
Teams’ record in his starts: lost last four Team in first 5 innings: 1-4-5
Allowed run in first inning: 1-11 Totals: under 7-3-1

— Giants lost seven of their last ten games.
— Lotte lost seven of its last nine road games.
— Over is 5-2 in Giants’ last seven games.
— Lotte is 5-4 in 2nd game of a series, 3-3 if they lost the opener

Hanwha Eagles (14-40):
Saupold is 3-1, 4.94 in his last four starts, 2-3, 4.50 at home.
Teams’ record in his starts: 5-6 Team in first 5 innings: 6-5
Allowed run in first inning: 3-11 Totals: under 9-2

— Hanwha lost six of its last eight games.
— Eagles lost five of their last seven home games.
— Over is 10-6 in their last 16 home games.
— Eagles are 0-4 in the 2nd game of a series.

Twins @ Bears
LG Twins (29-25)
Kelly is 0-2, 4.74 in his last three starts, 1-1, 7.07 in three road starts.
Teams’ record in his starts: 1-5 in last six Team in first 5 innings: 3-5-2
Allowed run in first inning: 4-10 Totals: under 4-1 last five

— Twins lost five of their last six games.
— Twins won seven of their last 11 road games.
— Over is 3-0-1 in Twins’ last four games.
— Twins are 3-5 in 2nd game of a series, 2-2 if they lost the opener

Doosan Bears (32-22):
JGPark is 1-1, 3.79 in four starts this season.
Teams’ record in his starts: 1-3 Team in first 5 innings: 2-1-1
Allowed run in first inning: 1-4 Totals: 2-2

— Bears won three of their last four games.
— Doosan is 5-5 in its last ten home games.
— Under is 12-6-1 in Bears’ last 19 home games.
— Doosan is 6-5 in 2nd game of a series, 3-1 if they won the opener

Lions @ Heroes
Samsung Lions (30-25):
TIWon is 4-1, 2.53 in his last seven starts, 2-1, 3.41 in five road outings.
Teams’ record in his starts: 6-4 Team in first 5 innings: 5-3-2
Allowed run in first inning: 5-10 Totals: over 5-4-1

— Lions won 11 of their last 14 games.
— Samsung won four of last five road games.
— Over is 5-1-2 in Lions’ last eight road games.
— Lions are 8-1 in 2nd game of a series, 3-0 if they won the opener

Kiwoom Heroes (33-22):
SHMoon is making his first ’20 start; he’s allowed two runs in 8.1 IP in seven relief stints.
Teams’ record in his starts: 0-0 Team in first 5 innings: 0-0
Allowed run in first inning: 0-0 Totals: 0-0

— Heroes won 13 of their last 18 games.
— Kiwoom won nine of its last 12 home games.
— Over is 8-3 in last 11 Kiwoom games.
— Kiwoom is 4-4 in 2nd game of a series, 2-2 if they lost the opener

Wiz @ Tigers
KT Wiz (26-28):
Despaigne is 2-2, 5.25 in his last four starts, 2-2, 4.89 in six road starts.
Teams’ record in his starts: 4-7 Team in first 5 innings: 6-3-2
Allowed run in first inning: 4-11 Totals: under 4-1 last five

— Wiz won seven of their last nine games.
— Wiz are 8-2 in their last ten road games.
— Over is 3-0 in their last three games.
— Wiz are 3-3 in 2nd game of a series, 1-1 if they won the opener

Kia Tigers (27-24):
MWLee is 1-0, 3.27 in his last two starts, 2-0, 3.00 in his last three home starts.
Teams’ record in his starts: 6-3 Team in first 5 innings: 5-4
Allowed run in first inning: 4-9 Totals: over 5-4

— Tigers are 4-7 in their last 11 games.
— Kia won nine of its last 11 home games.
— Under is 3-2-1 in last six Tiger home games.
— Tigers are 2-3 in 2nd game of a series, 2-1 if they lost the opener

Dinos @ Wyverns
NC Dinos (37-16)
JHLee is 0-2, 7.56 in his last four starts, 1-0, 3.57 in four road starts.
Teams’ record in his starts: 7-3 Team in first 5 innings: 5-5
Allowed run in first inning: 4-10 Totals: over 6-3-1

— NC won six of its last eight games.
— Dinos are 5-2 in their last seven road games.
— Over is 7-2-2 in their last 11 games.
— Dinos are 6-5 in 2nd game of a series, 4-2 if they won the opener

SK Wyverns (16-38):
GWLee is 2-2, 3.48 in seven starts, 1-0, 0.00 in two home starts (11 IP)
Teams’ record in his starts: 4-3 Team in first 5 innings: 3-2-2
Allowed run in first inning: 1-7 Totals: under 5-2

— Wyverns lost 15 of their last 19 games.
— SK lost eight of its last ten home games.
— Wyverns’ bullpen is 3-13 this season.
— Under is 13-6-2 in Wyverns’ last 21 games.
— SK is 2-10 in 2nd game of a series, 1-5 if they lost the opener

Umpires:
Wiz-Tigers: Not enough info on HSWon.
Twins-Bears: Under is 4-1-1 in JGKim games.
Giants-Eagles: Over is 3-2-1 in BDBae games.
Dinos-Wyverns: Over is 4-2 in last six JWKim games.
Lions-Heroes: Under is 4-1 in last five KTPark games.