Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/18/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+110) Lotte (-132)

Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (46-57, 8th in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (40-68, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The line on this game has the Heroes priced at +110 and the Giants are at -132. The O/U is set at 8.5.

As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 3.9 runs per contest, which puts them at 10th in baseball. They have 433 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .324. The Heroes have earned 152 doubles as a team and have hit 79 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 406 runs batted in as well as 915 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .246. Kiwoom is slugging .354 and have struck out 946 times, while getting the free base on 367 occasions.

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Geon-chang Seo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In his career, Seo has drilled 37 balls out of the park while driving in 491 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .408 and he has a total of 1,878 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 5,347 times and has reached base with a hit 1,391 times. He has gone down on strikes 522 times and earned a walk on 571 occasions, which contributes in part to a .384 on-base percentage. Seo has hit .303 for his time in baseball, with 824 runs scored and an OPS of .788.

The Heroes have swiped 66 bases and have been gunned down 31 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 32.0%. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with 2,906 putouts on the year, in addition to 960 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .980 which is 7th in KBO and have a total of 93 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54. Heroes pitchers have yielded 103 home runs in addition to 601 runs (2nd in baseball). Kiwoom has allowed 1,072 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) and 553 earned runs. The Heroes hold a team earned run average of 5.14 on the year (9th in the league), and their staff has rung up 807 batters.

The Giants have a team slugging % of .389 and they score 4.61 runs per game (9th in baseball). They have put up 176 two-baggers, while getting a free base 320 times as well as scoring 484 runs. Lotte has recorded 81 home runs this year and 456 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 764 occasions (7th in baseball) and have earned 973 hits. The Lotte Giants have tallied an OBP of .328 in addition to a team batting average of .266 for the year.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has drawn a free base 442 times while going down on strikes on 1,084 chances. His OBP comes in at .350 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .777. For the 6,076 official at-bats in his professional career, Reyes has accrued an average at the plate of .302 in addition to 1,837 base hits. He has accrued 849 runs and racked up 848 RBIs. He has hit a home run 108 times, with 2,594 total bases and a .427 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 88 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (5th in KBO). The Giants have 1,024 assists, 74 errors and have a total of 2,796 putouts for the year. Out of their 78 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 53 times and been caught 25 times (32.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Lotte pitching staff have given up 521 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.47 (463 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 91 dingers and they concede 5.03 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.473 and have a FIP of 5.03 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.19 (852 strikeouts against 389 free passes). They are sitting at 5th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 984.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+110)

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