NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/20/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, May 20, 2022

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Ah-seop Son and the NC Dinos (12-27, 10th in KBO) travel to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Friday, May 20, 2022, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (19-19, 7th in KBO).

The Dinos have earned 63 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 20 balls out of the stadium. NC owns a slugging percentage of .337 and have struck out 293 times, while taking a walk on 122 occasions. As a team, the NC Dinos are scoring 3.7 runs per contest, which is 9th in baseball. They have recorded 135 RBI's and 312 base knocks this season, and their team batting average is .240. They have earned a total of 144 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .312.

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Ah-seop Son is a batter who should impact this game for NC. Son has hit .324 for his career, in addition to 1,164 scored runs and an OPS of .865. He has gone down on strikes 1,094 times and has been walked on 813 occasions, contributing to a .400 on-base percentage. For his professional baseball career, Son has hit 165 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 882 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .465 and he has totaled 3,046 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 7,466 times and also came through with a base knock 2,127 times.

The NC Dinos have 1,030 putouts so far this season, as well as 369 assists and 42 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .971 which puts them in 9th in Korean baseball and have 29 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 24 bags and have been thrown out 14 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 36.8%.

The Dinos have a team ERA of 4.54 on the campaign (9th in the league), and their staff has struck out 324 hitters. Dinos pitchers have allowed 27 home runs and 199 runs in total (2nd in the league). NC has conceded 360 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 173 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.12 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50.

The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .391 and they have an average of 4.66 runs per contest (1st in the league). The have tallied 74 doubles, while getting a free base 147 times as well as putting up 177 runs. Kia has recorded 25 HRs for the year and 163 RBIs. They have been rung up on 272 instances (6th in KBO) and have tallied 344 base hits. The Kia Tigers hold an OBP of .349 and a team batting average of .266 on the season.

Socrates Brito is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Brito has earned a walk 381 times while fanning on 1,144 attempts. He has accumulated 751 runs in addition to having 633 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .330 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .757. He has gone yard 103 times, with 2,166 total bases and a .427 slugging %. For the 5,075 at-bats in his baseball career, Brito has accumulated a batting average of .279 in addition to having 1,417 base knocks.

In their 26 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 17 times and been caught 9 times (34.6% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 19 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .973 (7th in the league). The Tigers have 348 assists, 37 errors and have a total of 999 putouts over the course of the season.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.249 and have a FIP of 4.27 as a team so far this year. They are sitting at 7th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 311. The Kia pitching staff have conceded 158 runs this season while having a team ERA of 3.38 (125 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.78 (292 strikeouts against 105 free passes). They have given up 24 HR's and they surrender 4.27 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kia and under the total runs

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