Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/3/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (-122) Kiwoom (+102)

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Ju Hyoung Lee and the Kiwoom Heroes (28-69, 10th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (55-43, 3rd in KBO) on Sunday, August 3, 2025. The Heroes open this contest at +102 while the Giants are priced at -122. The total has been set at 8.5.

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .388 and have been rung up 681 times, while taking a walk on 365 occasions. They have tallied 463 runs batted in and 966 hits on the year, while their team batting average is .279. The Giants have tallied 181 doubles as a unit and have hit 53 balls out of the park. They have earned 495 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .354. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.9 runs per game, which is 3rd in the league.

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Seung Min Go is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Go has hit .287 for his time in baseball, in addition to 212 scored runs and an OPS of .771. He has struck out 273 times and has been walked on 153 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .354 on-base %. In his career, Go has hit 26 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 183 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .417 in addition to having tallied 588 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 1,593 times and has delivered with a base hit 404 times.

The Giants have stolen 85 bases and have been caught 14 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 14.1%. The Lotte Giants have notched a total of 2,690 putouts on the year, in addition to 955 assists and 77 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .979 which is 6th in KBO and have 81 double plays.

The Giants have a team ERA of 4.59 for the year (8th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 827 hitters. Giants pitchers have allowed 86 home runs in addition to 503 total runs (2nd in KBO). Lotte has allowed 932 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) and 457 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.17 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.47.

The Heroes hold a slugging percentage of .346 and they tally 3.74 runs per game (10th in the league). They have hit 142 doubles, while taking a walk 301 times as well as racking up 378 runs. Kiwoom has tallied 73 home runs this season to go along with 353 runs batted in. They have struck out on 871 instances (1st in baseball) and have totaled 819 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have tallied an OBP of .306 as well as a team batting average of .237 so far this season.

Ju Hyoung Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In the 788 at-bats in his professional career, Lee is sitting with a batting avereage of .256 in addition to 202 base hits. He has homered 22 times, as well as 303 total bases and a .385 slugging percentage. Lee has tallied a free base 81 times while striking out on 206 tries. He has accounted for 123 runs and has 87 runs batted in. His OBP is .351 and he has a lifetime OPS of .677.

In their 126 tries at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 86 times and been caught 40 times (31.7% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 84 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .976 (10th in the league). The Heroes have accrued 907 assists, 88 errors and are sitting with 2,671 putouts this year.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 629 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 5.65 (559 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 108 long balls and they surrender 6.36 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.635 in addition to having a FIP of 6.36 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.60 (659 strikeouts vs 411 bases on balls). They rank 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,044.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (-122)

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