KBO Picks & Odds (May 14): Twins’ Odds Take Major Jump After Blowout Over Wyverns

• The Korea Baseball Organization featured a trio of one-run games on Wednesday
• The LG Twins trounced the SK Wyverns, which drastically altered the odds for their matchup on Thursday
• Find the odds and best bets for all the May 14th games in the article below

For the second consecutive day, the Korea Baseball Organization featured three one-run games. With runlines set at the standard 1.5, tight scores like that can be nerve-racking for bettors.

The LG Twins offered no such drama, trouncing the SK Wyverns 14-2 on Wednesday. The Twins had a mere -105 moneyline for that game. After their big win, those odds look quite a bit different ahead of Thursday’s matchup with the Wyverns.

Here’s a look at the entire slate of KBO games for Thursday. All games are set to begin at 5:30 AM ET (2:30 AM PT).

KBO Odds: Thursday, May 14

Odds taken May 13.

Twins’ Odds Take A Jump

As you can see, the Twins’ odds have changed quite a bit, after Wednesday’s blowout in which they scored 10 runs (seven of which were unearned) in the first three innings.

LG has now won three in a row — including back-to-back against SK — and will attempt the sweep with Tyler Wilson on the mound.

Wilson’s first start was horrendous (seven earned runs allowed in 4 .1 innings), but he has proven to be an excellent pitcher in two prior seasons — leading to a 3.13 ERA in his KBO career.

Tyler Wilson (LG Twins):

Another former Orioles who came over to the KBO in 2018. This will be his third season pitching in Korea after being in Baltimore 2015-17 with a career 5.02 ERA.

Wilson did, however, throw 8 scoreless innings in a start on June 16, 2016 at Fenway Park. pic.twitter.com/Fv5FC7T4j5

— Connor Newcomb (@ConnorNewcomb_) May 4, 2020

Each of LG’s past five games have resulted in double-digit run totals (as is the case in four of SK’s past five), so consider taking the over here, along with an LG sweep.

Pick: LG Twins -1.5 (+105); Over 9.5 (-115)

Giant Scoring

After suffering their first loss the day prior, the Lotte Giants bounced back with a back-and-forth 10-9 win over the Doosan Bears on Wednesday.

The rubber match of this series should be anybody’s game, which means betting on the 6-1 Giants with a +1.5 runline should feel like the right move. They might win the game outright, and if not, they’ve shown they’re good enough to cover.

REAL TIME LEGEND
DIXON TIME EVERYDAY#KBO_IS_WILD #KBO #LotteGiants #Giants #KBOONESPN #KBOLeague #DIXON pic.twitter.com/s8ttv9ZK1d

— ToptteGiants (Lotte Giants) (@GiantsToptte) May 13, 2020

Oh, and do I have to justify my over/under pick here? There have been 36 combined runs in two games between these teams. Smash the over.

Pick: Lotte Giants +1.5 (-120); Over 10.5 (-115)

Hanwha Covers Again

At first glance, the Hanwha Eagles are just a team that has lost five-straight and hasn’t generated much pizazz in the process.

But look closer. See how close those games are? They’ve lost their past five games by just nine total runs. That includes a pair of one-run losses in their current series against the KIA Tigers.

In other words, they’ve covered their +1.5 spread in both of those games.

Jared Hoying with his 1st HR of 2020 to put the Eagles up 2-0 in the 1st. #HoyingWatch2020 #KBO #HanwhaEagles pic.twitter.com/qtA4jG00mz

— KBO Collections (@kbocollections) May 10, 2020

With Tigers pitcher Drew Gagnon getting the start (who allowed four runs in 5 1/3 innings to the hapless Samsung Lions’ offense in his first outing), go ahead and put a little bit of faith in the Eagles. Even if they lose again, they have a chance to go three-for-three against the spread!

Pick: Hanwha Eagles +1.5 (-165)