Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/5/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

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

Gun Hee Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (38-63, 10th in KBO) head to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (43-54, 8th in KBO). The Heroes open this game at +172 while the Giants are priced at -210. The total is set at 8.

As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are putting up 3.9 runs per outing, which ranks them 10th in baseball. They have 403 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .323. The Heroes have tallied 144 doubles as a team and have knocked 72 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 378 RBI's in addition to 854 hits on the season, while their average at the plate is .244. Kiwoom is slugging .351 and have been called out on strikes 878 times, while being walked on 349 occasions.

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Gun Hee Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. In his career, Kim has slapped 19 balls out of the park while knocking in 106 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .383 and he has accumulated 337 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 962 times and has delivered with a base knock 225 times. He has gone down on strikes 271 times and has taken a walk on 60 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .301 OBP. Kim has a batting average of .255 for his time in baseball, in addition to 75 runs scored and an OPS of .684.

The Kiwoom Heroes have 2,726 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 889 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which has them sitting 7th in Korean baseball and they have turned 87 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 63 bases and have been thrown out 30 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 32.3%.

The Heroes are sitting with a team ERA of 5.06 so far this year (9th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 774 batters. Kiwoom has given up 999 base knocks (9.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 511 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.02 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.52. Heroes pitchers have allowed 98 home runs and 555 runs (2nd in the league).

The Lotte Giants have an on-base percentage of .326 as well as a batting average of .264 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 731 occasions (7th in baseball) and have earned a total of 911 base hits. Lotte has a total of 72 home runs for the season in addition to 422 RBIs. The Giants have a team SLG% of .384 and they are recording 4.54 runs per outing (9th in KBO). They hit 169 doubles, while taking a walk 299 times as well as putting up 449 runs.

Min Jae Jeon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Jeon has tallied a walk 61 times while fanning on 207 attempts. His OBP sits at .319 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .681. During the 965 at-bats in his pro career, Jeon has accrued an average at the plate of .272 and has racked up 262 hits. He has accumulated 123 runs in addition to having earned 122 RBIs. He has gone yard 15 times, with 349 total bases and also a .362 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 84 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (4th in the league). The Giants have 965 assists, 67 errors and have accumulated 2,640 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 77 chances at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 53 times and been caught 24 times (31.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 488 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.46 (436 earned runs given up). They have given up 88 long balls and they allow 4.99 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.476 and have a FIP of 4.99 as a staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.14 (805 strikeouts against 377 walks). They are currently ranked 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 922.

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

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

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