NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/12/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (-144) Lotte (+120)

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (14-20, 9th in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (15-20, 8th in KBO) on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The Dinos open this contest at -144 while the Giants are priced at +120. The O/U is set at 9.

NC has a slugging % of .390 and have been called out on strikes 270 times, while getting the free base on 133 occasions. They have compiled 162 runs batted in and 317 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .259. The Dinos have hit 58 doubles as a team and have hit 34 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 174 runs scored and have an OBP of .347. As a unit, the NC Dinos are notching 4.8 runs per outing, which ranks them 6th in KBO.

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Kun Woo Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for NC. For his pro baseball career, Park has slapped 140 balls out of the park while knocking in 768 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .487 in addition to racking up 2,345 bases. For his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 5,463 times and has reached base with a base knock 1,556 times. He has been struck out 741 times and has walked on 477 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .390 OBP. Park has hit .323 for his career, in addition to 824 runs scored and an OPS of .877.

The Dinos have stolen 21 bags and have been caught 6 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 22.2%. The NC Dinos have accounted for 953 putouts so far this season, as well as 330 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which puts them in 4th in KBO and have earned 28 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.58 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.41. Dinos pitchers have yielded 41 home runs in addition to 180 runs (5th in the league). NC has surrendered 280 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 168 earned runs. The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 4.77 for the season (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 262 hitters.

The Giants have a team slugging % of .366 and they tally 3.71 runs per outing (9th in KBO). They have hit 57 doubles, while getting a free base 102 times and earning 130 runs. Lotte has knocked in 24 home runs for the season to go along with 122 RBIs. They have been rung up on 266 occasions (8th in the league) and have a total of 308 hits. The Lotte Giants have accounted for a team OBP of .314 as well as a batting average of .253 on the year.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. During the 5,800 at-bats in his pro career, Reyes has accumulated a batting average of .300 with 1,738 base hits. He has gone yard 101 times, with 2,455 total bases and also a .423 slugging percentage. Reyes has recorded a walk 416 times while fanning on 1,055 chances. He is sitting with 809 runs and has 798 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .347 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .770.

The Lotte Giants have turned 23 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (5th in KBO). In their 35 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 25 times and been caught 10 times (28.6% caught stealing percentage). The Giants have 338 assists, 22 errors and have earned 937 putouts so far this season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.442 in addition to having a FIP of 4.73 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 (288 strikeouts against 150 walks). They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 300. They have conceded 28 homers and they yield 4.73 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have given up 164 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.24 (147 earned runs conceded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC (-144)

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