CHANGWON, South Korea (Interstat) — The Hanwha Eagles will visit the NC Dinos on Saturday at Masan Baseball Stadium in a Korea Baseball Organization game. Hanwha will be the visiting team, and NC will be the home team.

Hanwha enters with a 52-71-5 record. NC is 57-67-2. NC has won eight of the 10 meetings between the teams this season. The Dinos took the most recent matchup 8-7. NC also won the previous meeting 9-7. Earlier in the season, NC won 9-6, 6-0, 5-4, 6-5, 6-4 and 5-3 against Hanwha. Hanwha’s wins in the series were 6-4 and 18-7.

Kang Baek-ho is a player to watch for Hanwha. The first baseman went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs in the most recent game against NC. Over his last eight games, Kang has two home runs and five RBIs. He went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Samsung and 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs against KT. He also had two hits against KT in another recent game and a 1-for-3 game against Lotte. Hanwha’s Heo In-seo also went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs in the latest meeting. Joo Hyun-sang pitched two scoreless innings of relief, allowed no hits and struck out two.

Koo Chang-mo is a player to watch for NC. The pitcher worked six innings in the most recent win over Hanwha, giving up five hits, two earned runs and two walks while striking out four. He also pitched five innings against Kia, allowing eight hits, four earned runs and one walk with four strikeouts. Bae Jae-whan pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout, and Shin Yeong-woo worked two-thirds of an inning, allowing two hits and striking out one.

The forecast for game time calls for 75 degrees.

Hanwha has lost nine of its last 10 games, with one tie. The Eagles lost to NC 8-7, lost to Lotte 9-5 and 7-0, fell to LG 4-3 and 2-1, lost to Samsung 10-4, tied KT 4-4 in 11 innings, lost to KT 13-3, fell to Kia 9-2 and lost to NC 9-7. NC has lost eight of its last 10. The Dinos beat Hanwha 8-7, lost to KT 3-2, beat KT 10-3, lost to Samsung 8-5, lost to Kia 8-6 and 5-1, lost to Lotte 9-6, lost to Shinsegae 2-1, lost to LG 9-2 and 3-2.

After this game, Hanwha will visit Lotte and Samsung. NC will host Kiwoom and visit Doosan.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a 4-0 NC win. Interstat’s ELO system gives NC a 52 percent probability to win.