Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/20/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+125) Lotte (-145)

Seong Bin Hwang and the Lotte Giants (47-57, 8th in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (40-69, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, August 20, 2026. The Heroes open this contest at +125 while the Giants are coming in at -145. The total has been set at 8.

Kiwoom is slugging .357 and have struck out 950 times, while being walked on 368 occasions. They have 416 runs batted in as well as 928 hits for the year, and their team batting average sits at .246. The Heroes have earned 153 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 83 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 443 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .324. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 4.0 runs per game, which has them at 10th in KBO.

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Chi Hong An is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In his professional baseball career, Ahn has hit 164 balls out of the park while knocking in 976 runs. His slugging percentage is .428 and he has accumulated 2,861 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to bat 7,584 times and has come through with a base knock 1,956 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,013 times and earned a walk on 655 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .359 OBP. Ahn has earned a batting average of .293 for his baseball career, in addition to 947 runs scored and an OPS of .788.

The Heroes have swiped 67 bases and have been caught 31 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 31.6%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated 2,930 putouts for the season, as well as 969 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .980 which is 7th in the league and have earned 94 double plays.

The Heroes have an ERA of 5.17 on the year (9th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 813 hitters. Heroes pitchers have surrendered 105 home runs in addition to 616 runs in total (2nd in the league). Kiwoom has given up 1,088 base knocks (10.0 per 9 innings) and also 561 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.90 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.55.

The Lotte Giants have a team on-base percentage of .330 and a batting average of .267 on the season. They have struck out on 770 occasions (7th in KBO) and have recorded 989 hits. Lotte has tallied 83 home runs for the season and 471 RBIs. The Giants have a team SLG% of .392 and they score 4.71 runs per game (8th in KBO). They have hit 179 doubles, while taking a walk 327 times and racking up 499 runs.

Seong Bin Hwang is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. In the 1,428 at-bats in his pro career, Hwang has recorded a batting average of .284 and has racked up 405 hits. He has homered 6 times, as well as 523 total bases and a .366 slugging percentage. Hwang has drawn a walk 102 times while going down on strikes on 235 occasions. He has accrued 273 runs and racked up 99 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .335 and he has a career OPS of .701.

The Lotte Giants have turned 90 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (5th in Korean baseball). Out of their 78 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 53 times and been caught 25 times (32.1% caught stealing percentage). The Giants have 1,041 assists, 75 errors and have notched a total of 2,823 putouts over the course of the season.

The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 531 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.51 (472 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 95 dingers and they yield 5.08 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Giants have a WHIP of 1.474 in addition to having a FIP of 5.08 as a team this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.19 (856 strikeouts vs 390 bases on balls). They rank 5th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 997.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+125)

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