Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos Prediction, 7/7/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos

Date: Friday, July 7, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (28-47, 10th in KBO) are headed to Changwon NC Park on Friday, July 7, 2023, where they'll meet the NC Dinos (36-36, 5th in KBO).

Samsung has a slugging rate of .356 and have struck out 528 times, while being walked on 241 occasions. They have tallied 290 RBI's as well as 643 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate is .251. The Lions have accounted for 110 doubles as a squad and have knocked 48 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 303 runs while holding a team OBP of .322. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.0 runs per game, which ranks them 10th in the league.

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Min-ho Kang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Kang has accrued an average at the plate of .276 for his career, in addition to 893 scored runs and an OPS of .817. He has gone down on strikes 1,448 times and has been walked on 742 occasions, contributing to a .355 OBP. In his career, Kang has drilled 314 balls out of the park while driving in 1,130 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .462 and he has accumulated 3,248 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 8,032 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,938 times.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for 2,006 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 739 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which ranks 3rd in KBO and have accumulated 55 double plays. The Lions have swiped 32 bags and have been thrown out 14 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 30.4%.

The Lions have an ERA of 4.77 for the year (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 501 batters. Lions pitchers have conceded 63 home runs and 393 runs in total (1st in KBO). Samsung has surrendered 742 base knocks (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 354 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.95 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50.

NC has accounted for 45 long balls on the campaign to go along with 315 runs batted in. They have hit 116 doubles, while walking 270 times and recording 338 runs. The NC Dinos have tallied an on-base percentage of .347 as well as a batting average of .266 so far this season. The Dinos hold a slugging % of .381 and they are scoring 4.63 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have been rung up on 545 occasions (4th in baseball) and have 664 base hits.

Kun Woo Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for NC. During the 3,793 at-bats in his pro career, Park has compiled an average at the plate of .324 with 1,230 base knocks. He has homered 105 times, with 1,836 total bases and also a .484 slugging percentage. Park has recorded a walk 356 times while fanning on 566 tries. He is sitting with 672 runs and also has 580 runs batted in. His on-base % is .390 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .874.

The NC Dinos have turned 68 double plays and have a fielding rate of .973 (9th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have recorded 662 assists, 72 errors and have earned a total of 1,952 putouts for the season. Out of their 76 tries at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 51 times and been caught 25 times (32.9% caught stealing rate).

The Dinos hold a team WHIP of 1.338 and have a FIP of 4.18 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 10th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 574. The NC pitching staff have surrendered 302 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.65 (264 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.02 (597 strikeouts vs 296 free passes). They have yielded 49 dingers and they allow 4.18 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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