Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 10/12/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Monday, October 12, 2026

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+162) Doosan (-196)

Seong Bin Hwang and the Lotte Giants (61-76, 8th in KBO) travel to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Monday, October 12, 2026, where they'll meet the Doosan Bears (73-65, 5th in KBO). The Bears open this matchup at -196 while the Giants are coming in at +162. The total opens at 9.

Lotte is slugging .397 and have been called out on strikes 1,036 times, while getting the free base on 426 occasions. They have accumulated 622 runs batted in and 1,330 base knocks this season, while their team batting average comes in at .271. The Giants have accumulated 240 doubles as a team and have smacked 108 balls out of the park. They have racked up 656 runs scored while having a team OBP of .333. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are recording 4.7 runs per game, which has them at 9th in KBO.

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Seong Bin Hwang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Hwang has hit 6 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 109 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .362 and he has totaled 564 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 1,725 times and has delivered with a hit 440 times. He has fanned 254 times and has taken a walk on 114 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .336 OBP. Hwang has compiled an average at the plate of .282 for his time in baseball, with 292 scored runs and an OPS of .698.

The Lotte Giants have 3,716 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,337 assists and 106 errors. Their fielding rate is at .979 which ranks 9th in the league and have earned 118 double plays. The Giants have swiped 71 bases and have been caught 28 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.3%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.26 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.49. Giants pitchers have allowed 127 long balls and 732 total runs (5th in KBO). Lotte has allowed 1,336 base knocks (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 661 earned runs. The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.80 for the year (6th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 1,138 batters.

The Bears have a team slugging percentage of .393 and they are recording 4.78 runs per game (8th in the league). They have recorded 213 doubles, while getting a free base 480 times as well as putting up 684 runs. Doosan has hit 114 home runs so far this season to go along with 643 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 995 instances (9th in the league) and have accounted for 1,309 base hits. The Doosan Bears have compiled an OBP of .339 and a batting average of .267 for the year.

Ui-ji Yang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. During the 6,823 at-bats in his career, Yang has compiled an average at the plate of .306 with 2,085 hits. He has hit it out of the park 307 times, with 3,401 total bases and also a .498 slugging percentage. Yang has drawn a free base 776 times while going down on strikes on 882 occasions. He has compiled 990 runs in addition to having earned 1,280 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .388 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .886.

The Doosan Bears have turned 100 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (7th in the league). Of their 121 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 92 times and been caught 29 times (24.0% caught stealing percentage). The Bears have recorded 1,240 assists, 103 errors and have earned a total of 3,821 putouts this year.

The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 623 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 3.84 (543 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 118 long balls and they concede 4.40 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.342 with a FIP of 4.40 as a staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.67 (1,240 strikeouts vs 465 bases on balls). They come in at 8th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,243.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte (+162)

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