Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/30/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+110) Lotte (-130)

Min Jae Jeon and the Lotte Giants (59-72, 7th in KBO) host the Kiwoom Heroes (47-86, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. The Giants open this contest at -130 while the Heroes are priced at +110. The over/under is set at 8.5.

The Heroes have accumulated 188 doubles as a team and have smacked 104 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .357 and have been called out on strikes 1,208 times, while drawing a walk on 462 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 3.9 runs per contest, which is 10th in baseball. They have compiled 498 RBI's as well as 1,128 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is .244. They have tallied 529 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .323.

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Gun Hee Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .257 for his baseball career, with 83 scored runs and an OPS of .683. He has struck out 290 times and has taken a walk on 62 occasions, contributing to a .300 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Kim has slapped 20 balls out of the park while knocking in 113 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .383 and he has totaled 367 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 1,043 times and has come through with a base hit 246 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for 3,622 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,201 assists and 93 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which puts them in 5th in the league and have a total of 115 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 80 bags and have been gunned down 40 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 33.3%.

The Heroes are sitting with a team ERA of 5.29 this year (10th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 997 hitters. Kiwoom has conceded 1,354 hits (10.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 709 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.89 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.56. Heroes pitchers have given up 131 home runs and 774 runs in total (2nd in baseball).

The Lotte Giants have a team OBP of .335 as well as a team batting average of .272 so far this season. They have been rung up on 976 occasions (8th in the league) and have earned a total of 1,269 base hits. Lotte is sitting with 104 home runs for the season in addition to 604 runs batted in. The Giants have a team SLG% of .399 and they tally 4.79 runs per game (8th in KBO). They have hit 228 doubles, while walking 413 times and putting up 637 runs.

Min Jae Jeon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has earned a walk 71 times while being called out on strikes on 228 plate appearances. His on-base rate is .322 and he holds a career OPS of .680. Over the course of the 1,089 official at-bats in his career, Jeon has compiled an average at the plate of .274 in addition to 298 base knocks. He has recorded 137 runs and racked up 137 runs batted in. He has gone yard 15 times, as well as 390 bases in total and also a .358 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 115 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (8th in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,269 assists, 100 errors and have accounted for 3,527 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 97 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 70 times and been caught 27 times (27.8% caught stealing rate).

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.488 and have a FIP of 5.31 as a staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.23 (1,083 strikeouts vs 485 walks). They are sitting at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,264. They have allowed 120 homers and they allow 5.31 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Lotte pitching staff have given up 693 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.79 (626 earned runs conceded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+110)

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