Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/5/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+172) Lotte (-210)

Seung Yeup Na and the Lotte Giants (32-25, 3rd in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (16-45, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The Heroes open this game at +172 while the Giants are priced at -210. The total has been set at 9.

Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .332 and have struck out 530 times, while getting the free base on 181 occasions. They have accounted for 202 RBI's in addition to 483 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .231. The Heroes have compiled 80 doubles as a team and have knocked 40 balls out of the park. They have racked up 214 runs and have an OBP of .300. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 3.5 runs per game, which is 10th in the league.

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Ruben Cardenas is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In his career, Cardenas has hit 120 baseballs out of the park while driving in 487 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .478 and he has accumulated 1,314 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 3,105 times and has come through with a base hit 748 times. He has struck out 657 times and has walked on 276 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .345 on-base percentage. Cardenas has accrued an average at the plate of .272 for his time in baseball, in addition to 431 scored runs and an OPS of .823.

The Heroes have stolen 46 bags and have been caught 26 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 36.1%. The Kiwoom Heroes have amassed 1,626 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 560 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .976 which is 9th in the league and have accumulated 49 double plays.

The Heroes have an earned run average of 5.85 on the campaign (10th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 413 hitters. Heroes pitchers have given up 61 long balls and 400 total runs (1st in KBO). Kiwoom has surrendered 654 base hits (10.9 per 9 innings) as well as 352 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.58 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.69.

The Lotte Giants have a team OBP of .362 in addition to a team batting average of .287 for the season. They have been called out on strikes on 404 occasions (10th in KBO) and have tallied 596 base knocks. Lotte has hit 36 home runs for the year and 288 RBIs. The Giants hold a slugging % of .402 and they are recording 5.10 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). The have tallied 112 doubles, while taking a walk 219 times and scoring 306 runs.

Seung Yeup Na is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Na has earned a walk 119 times while striking out on 151 chances. He has recorded 101 runs in addition to having 107 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .380 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .801. He has hit a home run 16 times, with 303 bases in total and a .421 slugging %. Over the course of the 719 at-bats in his baseball career, Na has hit .277 and has racked up 199 base hits.

The Lotte Giants have turned 48 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Giants have 575 assists, 49 errors and have earned a total of 1,601 putouts on the season. Out of their 54 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 46 times and been caught 8 times (14.8% caught stealing rate).

The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 306 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.69 (278 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 50 homers and they surrender 5.16 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Giants have a WHIP of 1.467 in addition to having a FIP of 5.16 as a staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.94 (486 strikeouts against 250 walks). They rank 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 532.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+172)

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