Kiwoom Heroes vs NC Dinos Prediction, 7/12/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs NC Dinos

Date: Friday, July 12, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Changwon NC Park is the venue where Ho Cheol Seo and the NC Dinos (40-42, 6th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (36-47, 10th in KBO) on Friday, July 12, 2024.

Kiwoom is slugging .393 and have struck out 609 times, while drawing a walk on 291 occasions. They have accrued 385 RBI's and 792 base knocks this season, and their team batting average is .275. The Heroes have compiled 134 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 61 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 403 runs scored and have an OBP of .347. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 4.9 runs per contest, which has them at 10th in KBO.

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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 36 baseballs out of the park while driving in 360 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 3,590 times and came through with a base base hit 979 times. Kim has a batting average of .304 for his career in baseball, with 557 scored runs and an OPS of .769. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .405 in addition to having tallied 1,305 bases. He has struck out 589 times and has gotten a free base on 309 occasions, which contributes in part to a .364 on-base percentage.

The Heroes have swiped 68 bases and have been caught 28 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 29.2%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for 2,200 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 772 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .978 which puts them in 7th in the league and they have turned 80 double plays.

The Heroes have a team ERA of 4.98 on the season (6th in the league), and their staff has rung up 533 hitters. Heroes pitchers have allowed 74 home runs and also 446 total runs (4th in the league). Kiwoom has relinquished 806 base hits (9.9 per 9 innings) and also 406 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.75 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51.

NC has recorded 98 long balls for the season to go along with 426 runs batted in. They have hit 126 doubles, while walking 330 times as well as recording 444 runs. The NC Dinos have compiled an OBP of .355 as well as a team batting average of .268 so far this year. The Dinos have a slugging percentage of .417 and they score 5.29 runs per outing (6th in the league). They have struck out on 713 instances (1st in the league) and have notched a total of 784 base hits.

Ho Cheol Seo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. During the 970 official at-bats in his baseball career, Seo has an average at the plate of .265 and has racked up 257 base hits. He has hit a home run 13 times, with 342 bases in total and also a .353 slugging percentage. Seo has earned a free base 66 times while fanning on 174 occasions. He has accounted for 124 runs and racked up 100 runs batted in. His OBP is .326 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .679.

The NC Dinos have turned 59 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in KBO). The Dinos have 773 assists, 54 errors and have 2,259 putouts this season. Of their 92 chances at getting a steal, they have been successful 58 times and been caught 34 times (37.0% caught stealing rate).

The NC pitching staff have given up 438 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.72 (395 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 73 homers and they allow 5.24 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Dinos are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.457 with a FIP of 5.24 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.21 (644 strikeouts vs 292 walks). They are sitting at 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 805.

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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