Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/27/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (+120) Lotte (-144)

Seong Bin Hwang and the Lotte Giants (59-71, 7th in KBO) host the Hanwha Eagles (54-74, 9th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Sunday, September 27, 2026. The Eagles open this game at +120 while the Giants are coming in at -144. The total opens at 8.

Hanwha is slugging .431 and have been called out on strikes 1,055 times, while getting the free base on 501 occasions. They have 712 RBI's in addition to 1,276 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average sits at .274. The Eagles have accrued 207 doubles as a team and have hit 164 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 759 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .351. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 5.8 runs per game, which ranks them 1st in the league.

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Yonathan Perlaza is a hitter who should impact this game for Hanwha. In his pro baseball career, Perlaza has drilled 133 balls out of the park while knocking in 580 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .468 and he has racked up 1,713 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 4,227 times and has come through with a hit 1,017 times. He has gone down on strikes 910 times and has gotten a free base on 500 at-bats, contributing to a .365 on-base percentage. Perlaza has hit .278 in his time in baseball, with 641 runs scored and an OPS of .833.

The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 3,506 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,271 assists and 101 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which is 10th in the league and have 128 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 58 bases and have been thrown out 31 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 34.8%.

The Eagles have a team earned run average of 5.25 on the year (9th in the league), and the staff has struck out 966 hitters. Hanwha has given up 1,301 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 682 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.84 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.56. Eagles pitchers have relinquished 130 long balls and also 765 total runs (2nd in the league).

Lotte has 104 home runs for the year to go along with 602 runs batted in. They have 227 two-baggers, while walking 406 times as well as putting up 635 runs. The Lotte Giants have compiled an on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a batting average of .273 for the year. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .400 and they average 4.81 runs per game (8th in the league). They have been rung up on 968 occasions (8th in baseball) and have a total of 1,261 hits.

Seong Bin Hwang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. For the 1,524 official at-bats in his career, Hwang has hit .284 with 433 base hits. He has homered 6 times, in addition to having 557 total bases and a .365 slugging percentage. Hwang has tallied a free base 111 times while striking out on 247 occasions. He has compiled 291 runs in addition to having earned 107 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .337 and he has a career OPS of .702.

The Lotte Giants have turned 113 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .980 (8th in KBO). Of their 97 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 70 times and been caught 27 times (27.8% caught stealing rate). The Giants have 1,257 assists, 99 errors and have amassed 3,500 putouts so far this season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.491 in addition to having a FIP of 5.30 as a squad on the season. They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,254. The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 687 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.79 (621 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.21 (1,074 strikeouts vs 485 free passes). They have given up 119 long balls and they relinquish 5.30 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha (+120)

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