Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/2/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (-128) Kiwoom (+106)

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (28-68, 10th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (54-43, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, August 2, 2025. The Heroes open this game at +106 while the Giants are priced at -128. The over/under has been set at 9.

Lotte has a slugging % of .387 and have been rung up 677 times, while being walked on 357 occasions. They have recorded 453 RBI's as well as 955 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .279. The Giants have hit 180 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 52 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 484 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .352. As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in the league.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Reyes has slapped 92 balls out of the park while driving in 744 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 5,975 times and got on base with a hit 1,636 times. Reyes has recorded a batting average of .298 for his time in baseball, in addition to 772 runs scored and an OPS of .764. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .420 in addition to racking up 2,303 bases. He has fanned 1,017 times and has taken a walk on 380 occasions, which contributes in part to a .344 on-base percentage.

The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 2,663 putouts for the season, as well as 949 assists and 77 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .979 which is 6th in the league and have accumulated 81 double plays. The Giants have stolen 85 bags and have been caught 14 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 14.1%.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.59 on the season (8th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 821 hitters. Giants pitchers have given up 86 long balls in addition to 498 runs (2nd in KBO). Lotte has yielded 924 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 452 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.17 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.47.

Kiwoom has hit 72 home runs so far this season to go along with 351 RBIs. They hit 140 doubles, while getting a free base 296 times and scoring 376 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for an OBP of .306 in addition to a team batting average of .238 on the season. The Heroes have a SLG% of .347 and they score 3.76 runs per game (10th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 859 instances (1st in the league) and have tallied 814 base hits.

Sung Mun Song is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Song has drawn a free base 274 times while going down on strikes on 412 occasions. His on-base percentage is .343 and he has a career OPS of .762. Over the course of the 2,706 at-bats in his baseball career, Song has recorded a batting average of .279 in addition to having 754 base hits. He has recorded 369 runs and has 420 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 70 times, with 1,133 bases in total and also a .419 slugging %.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 84 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .976 (10th in KBO). The Heroes have racked up 898 assists, 88 errors and are sitting with 2,647 putouts this year. Out of their 123 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 84 times and been caught 39 times (31.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.637 with a FIP of 6.38 as a squad on the year. They come in at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,039. The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 625 runs this season while having a team ERA of 5.66 (555 earned runs given up). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.61 (654 strikeouts against 405 bases on balls). They have given up 108 home runs and they relinquish 6.38 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+106)

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