Lotte Giants vs NC Dinos Prediction, 7/13/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs NC Dinos

Date: Thursday, July 13, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Changwon NC Park is the venue where Ju Won Kim and the NC Dinos (37-38, 5th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (38-37, 4th in KBO) on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

The Giants have tallied 102 two-baggers as a team and have hit 33 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .346 and have struck out 516 times, while taking a walk on 263 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 6th in baseball. They have 298 RBI's in addition to 647 base knocks this season, while their batting average is at .257. They have accounted for 324 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .329.

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Seung Min Go is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Go has hit 8 baseballs out of the park while driving in 60 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .395 and he has racked up 230 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 665 times and has reached base with a base hit 159 times. He has fanned 136 times and has gotten a free base on 69 occasions, contributing to a .349 OBP. Go has earned a batting average of .273 for his career in baseball, with 80 runs scored and an OPS of .744.

The Giants have swiped 52 bases and have been thrown out 23 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 30.7%. The Lotte Giants have 2,008 putouts thus far, in addition to 706 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .985 which puts them in 1st in KBO and have earned 58 double plays.

The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 4.32 this year (8th in the league), and they have rung up 552 batters. Lotte has given up 698 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 321 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.84 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.49. Giants pitchers have allowed 44 long balls and also 344 total runs (6th in KBO).

NC has tallied 45 HRs for the year in addition to 320 RBIs. They hit 118 two-baggers, while walking 276 times and notching 343 runs. The NC Dinos have earned a team OBP of .342 as well as a team batting average of .262 on the season. The Dinos hold a team slugging % of .374 and they are earning 4.51 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have been rung up on 570 occasions (4th in KBO) and have earned 680 base hits.

Ju Won Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. Kim has drawn a free base 73 times while going down on strikes on 222 attempts. He has tallied 88 runs and also has 93 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .326 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .699. He has hit it out of the park 21 times, with 254 total bases and also a .373 slugging percentage. During the 681 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .232 in addition to 158 base hits.

Of their 81 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 55 times and been caught 26 times (32.1% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos have twisted 70 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in KBO). The Dinos have 696 assists, 75 errors and have accumulated 2,036 putouts for the season.

The Dinos have a team WHIP of 1.349 in addition to having a FIP of 4.26 as a staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.98 (612 strikeouts vs 309 free passes). They come in at 10th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 606. They have surrendered 50 homers and they allow 4.26 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The NC pitching staff have allowed 321 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.70 (279 earned runs allowed).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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