NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 7/8/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Friday, July 8, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Jung Hoo Lee and the Kiwoom Heroes (51-28, 2nd in KBO) host the NC Dinos (30-43, 9th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Friday, July 8, 2022.

As a squad, the NC Dinos are knocking in 4.0 runs per outing, which ranks them 9th in KBO. They have a total of 303 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .322. The Dinos have hit 134 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 50 balls out of the park. They have 287 runs batted in and 628 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate comes in at .248. NC is slugging .366 and have been called out on strikes 528 times, while taking a walk on 244 occasions.

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Ui-ji Yang is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. For his professional baseball career, Yang has hit 217 balls out of the park while driving in 888 runs. His slugging percentage is .502 and he has racked up 2,422 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 5,619 times and has reached base with a hit 1,478 times. He has struck out 625 times and has gotten a free base on 542 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .389 on-base %. Yang has hit .307 for his time in baseball, with 732 scored runs and an OPS of .891.

The NC Dinos have 2,011 putouts thus far, in addition to 708 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .976 which is 8th in KBO and have accumulated 56 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 41 bases and have been gunned down 25 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 37.9%.

The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 3.76 on the campaign (5th in the league), and they have struck out 630 batters. Dinos pitchers have given up 53 home runs in addition to 326 runs in total (6th in the league). NC has allowed 640 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 280 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.36.

Kiwoom has tallied 54 home runs for the year in addition to 323 runs batted in. The have tallied 119 doubles, while taking a walk 307 times as well as recording 351 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with an on-base percentage of .333 and a team batting average of .248 this year. The Heroes hold a team slugging percentage of .364 and they have an average of 4.39 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have struck out on 588 occasions (4th in baseball) and have 679 hits.

Jung Hoo Lee is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Over the course of the 2,885 at-bats in his career, Lee has recorded a batting average of .340 in addition to 982 base knocks. He has homered 49 times, as well as 1,399 bases in total and a .485 slugging %. Lee has tallied a walk 311 times while going down on strikes on 264 attempts. He has accumulated 487 runs in addition to having earned 414 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .406 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .892.

The Kiwoom Heroes have twisted 71 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in KBO). The Heroes have racked up 887 assists, 64 errors and are sitting with 2,177 putouts on the season. In their 64 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 40 times and been caught 24 times (37.5% caught stealing percentage).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have relinquished 297 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.21 (259 earned runs yielded). They have given up 46 homers and they surrender 3.68 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.234 with a FIP of 3.68 as a unit this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 (570 strikeouts vs 259 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 636.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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