Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/5/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+125) Lotte (-145)

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (57-44, 3rd in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (48-47, 5th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. The line on this game has the Tigers coming in at +125 and the Giants are at -145. The over/under is set at 8.5.

The Tigers have tallied 179 doubles as a squad and have knocked 91 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging rate of .398 and have struck out 792 times, while drawing a walk on 380 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.8 runs/g, which has them at 5th in baseball. They have accounted for 438 RBI's in addition to 882 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average sits at .259. They have notched a total of 470 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .338.

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Patrick Wisdom is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. For his career, Wisdom has hit 272 balls out of the park while driving in 860 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .460 in addition to racking up 2,412 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 5,933 times and came through with a base base hit 1,264 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,680 times and earned a walk on 580 occasions, contributing to a .321 on-base percentage. Wisdom has accrued an average at the plate of .241 for his career in baseball, with 790 runs scored and an OPS of .781.

The Kia Tigers have accumulated 2,635 putouts this season, as well as 992 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .978 which has them sitting 7th in KBO and have accumulated 90 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 80 bases and have been caught 27 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 25.2%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.06 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.42. Tigers pitchers have yielded 67 long balls and also 470 runs in total (5th in KBO). Kia has yielded 898 base knocks (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 424 earned runs. The Tigers have an earned run average of 4.35 on the year (7th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 722 batters.

The Lotte Giants have accumulated an OBP of .352 in addition to a batting average of .277 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 703 occasions (10th in KBO) and have tallied 988 base hits. Lotte is sitting with 53 home runs this year as well as 475 RBIs. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .384 and they are earning 4.88 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have hit 183 doubles, while walking 375 times as well as putting up 507 runs.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. For the 6,836 at-bats in his professional career, Jeon is sitting with a batting avereage of .299 with 2,044 base hits. He has gone deep 220 times, in addition to having 3,168 bases in total and also a .463 slugging %. Jeon has recorded a walk 642 times while being called out on strikes on 1,149 occasions. He has a total of 1,100 runs and also has 1,034 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .364 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .827.

Of their 99 chances at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 85 times and been caught 14 times (14.1% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 84 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in KBO). The Giants have 980 assists, 79 errors and have a total of 2,768 putouts this year.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.455 with a FIP of 4.97 as a unit this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.19 (854 strikeouts against 390 walks). They are sitting at 2nd in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 952. They have surrendered 86 dingers and they surrender 4.97 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 510 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.53 (464 earned runs relinquished).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (+125)

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