NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/4/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+110) Kia (-132)

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Ho Ryung Kim and the Kia Tigers (44-35, 4th in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (36-41, 7th in KBO) on Saturday, July 4, 2026. The Dinos open this matchup at +110 while the Tigers are coming in at -132. The O/U is set at 9.

The Dinos have compiled 121 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 73 balls out of the stadium. NC is slugging .408 and have been called out on strikes 579 times, while being walked on 283 occasions. As a squad, the NC Dinos are earning 5.1 runs per outing, which is 6th in the league. They have 378 RBI's as well as 735 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate comes in at .277. They have accumulated 401 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .360.

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Kun Woo Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .322 for his career in baseball, with 845 scored runs and an OPS of .875. He has fanned 769 times and earned a walk on 492 occasions, contributing to a .389 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Park has hit 146 balls out of the park while knocking in 791 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .486 and he has a total of 2,409 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 5,623 times and has delivered with a hit 1,598 times.

The Dinos have swiped 42 bags and have been caught 13 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 23.6%. The NC Dinos have notched a total of 2,054 putouts this year, in addition to 714 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .981 which has them ranked 6th in Korean baseball and they have turned 57 double plays.

The Dinos have a team earned run average of 4.58 on the season (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 629 batters. NC has given up 646 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 348 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.94 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42. Dinos pitchers have surrendered 82 long balls in addition to 398 runs in total (5th in the league).

Kia has a total of 98 home runs so far this season as well as 414 RBIs. They have recorded 139 doubles, while walking 299 times and recording 433 runs. The Kia Tigers have compiled an OBP of .346 as well as a batting average of .270 over the course of the season. The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .431 and they earn 5.35 runs per outing (4th in KBO). They have struck out on 622 occasions (3rd in the league) and have a total of 753 base knocks.

Ho Ryung Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In the 1,943 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .252 with 489 hits. He has hit it out of the park 37 times, in addition to having 721 total bases and a .371 slugging percentage. Kim has earned a walk 167 times while striking out on 580 tries. He has a total of 329 runs and has 207 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .321 and he also has a career OPS of .692.

The Kia Tigers have turned 71 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in the league). The Tigers have accrued 742 assists, 53 errors and have earned a total of 2,156 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 88 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 73 times and been caught 15 times (17.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.370 in addition to having a FIP of 4.55 as a unit so far this season. They have a ranking of 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 686. The Kia pitching staff have allowed 363 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.07 (325 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.95 (582 strikeouts vs 298 walks). They have given up 75 HR's and they relinquish 4.55 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC (+110)

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