Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/4/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+172) Lotte (-210)

Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (43-54, 8th in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (38-63, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The Giants open this matchup at -210 while the Heroes are coming in at +172. The over/under opens at 8.5.

The Heroes have accounted for 144 two-baggers as a team and have hit 72 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .351 and have been called out on strikes 878 times, while drawing a walk on 349 occasions. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are putting up 3.9 runs per game, which is 10th in KBO. They have compiled 378 RBI's and 854 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .244. They have notched a total of 403 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .323.

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Joo Hwan Choi is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Choi has earned a batting average of .274 for his career, in addition to 630 scored runs and an OPS of .770. He has struck out 795 times and has been walked on 486 occasions, which contributes in part to a .343 OBP. For his career, Choi has drilled 143 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 782 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .427 in addition to earning 2,113 bases. For his career, he approached the plate 5,595 times and has come through with a base hit 1,356 times.

The Heroes have stolen 63 bases and have been caught 30 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 32.3%. The Kiwoom Heroes have notched a total of 2,726 putouts for the season, in addition to 889 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which has them sitting 7th in KBO and they have turned 87 double plays.

The Heroes have an ERA of 5.06 on the campaign (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 774 batters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 98 long balls in addition to 555 total runs (2nd in KBO). Kiwoom has given up 999 hits (9.9 per 9 innings) and 511 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.52.

The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .384 and they are earning 4.54 runs per contest (9th in KBO). They hit 169 two-baggers, while taking a walk 299 times as well as scoring 449 runs. Lotte has hit 72 HRs on the season as well as 422 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 731 occasions (7th in baseball) and have notched a total of 911 base knocks. The Lotte Giants have an on-base percentage of .326 as well as a batting average of .264 for the season.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has earned a free base 440 times while being called out on strikes on 1,081 tries. He has amassed 844 runs and notched 846 RBIs. His on-base % is .349 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .776. He has hit a home run 108 times, as well as 2,582 total bases and a .427 slugging percentage. In the 6,051 at-bats in his pro career, Reyes has an average at the plate of .302 in addition to having 1,826 base hits.

The Lotte Giants have turned 84 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (4th in the league). In their 77 attempts at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 53 times and been caught 24 times (31.2% caught stealing rate). The Giants have racked up 965 assists, 67 errors and have notched a total of 2,640 putouts this season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.476 with a FIP of 4.99 as a unit for the year. They are sitting at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 922. The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 488 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.46 (436 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.14 (805 strikeouts vs 377 walks). They have surrendered 88 dingers and they surrender 4.99 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+172)

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