Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/26/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+110) Kia (-132)

Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (7-14, 9th in KBO) go to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday, April 26, 2026, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (10-12, 5th in KBO). The Tigers open this game at -132 while the Giants are priced at +110. The over/under opens at 9.

Lotte has a slugging rate of .373 and have been called out on strikes 154 times, while drawing a walk on 61 occasions. They have compiled 61 runs batted in and 178 base knocks this season, while their batting average is .250. The Giants have tallied 32 two-baggers as a team and have hit 17 balls out of the park. They have 65 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .311. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are scoring 3.1 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball.

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Dong Hee Yoon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his career, Yoon has hit 28 baseballs over the fence while driving in 187 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .414 in addition to having tallied 548 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he faced a pitcher 1,515 times and has notched a hit 374 times. He has gone down on strikes 267 times and earned a walk on 147 occasions, contributing to a .359 on-base percentage. Yoon is sitting with a batting avereage of .282 for his career in baseball, with 200 scored runs and an OPS of .773.

The Giants have swiped 17 bases and have been caught 8 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 32.0%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 553 putouts on the year, in addition to 194 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which is 5th in the league and have accumulated 13 double plays.

The Giants have an ERA of 4.64 over the course of the season (7th in the league), and their staff has rung up 170 hitters. Lotte has given up 187 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 95 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.53. Giants pitchers have allowed 13 home runs and 106 runs in total (5th in KBO).

The Tigers have a team SLG% of .388 and they are earning 4.95 runs per game (5th in the league). They have hit 40 doubles, while taking a walk 100 times as well as earning 109 runs. Kia has compiled 17 long balls over the course of the season to go along with 105 RBIs. They have struck out on 155 instances (7th in the league) and have accounted for 198 hits. The Kia Tigers hold an OBP of .356 and a batting average of .266 so far this season.

Sun Bin Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Over the course of the 5,732 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .306 in addition to 1,755 base knocks. He has gone yard 45 times, with 2,200 total bases and also a .384 slugging %. Kim has tallied a free base 631 times while fanning on 569 occasions. He has scored 781 runs and has 680 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .377 and he has a career OPS of .761.

The Kia Tigers have turned 13 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (4th in KBO). In their 22 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 18 times and been caught 4 times (18.2% caught stealing percentage). The Tigers have accrued 193 assists, 13 errors and have 579 putouts so far this season.

The Kia pitching staff have conceded 112 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.90 (105 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 21 long balls and they surrender 5.22 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.466 with a FIP of 5.22 as a squad this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.63 (147 strikeouts vs 90 walks). They are currently ranked 5th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 193.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte (+110)

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