Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 6/3/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: SPO-2T
Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+125) Kia (-145)
Do Yeong Kim and the Kia Tigers (28-25, 4th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (21-30, 9th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. The Tigers open this contest at -145 while the Giants are priced at +125. The O/U has been set at 8.5.
Lotte has a slugging percentage of .383 and have been called out on strikes 407 times, while being walked on 150 occasions. They have 203 RBI's in addition to 468 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate sits at .258. The Giants have hit 90 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 40 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 215 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .317. As a team, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.1 runs per game, which ranks them 9th in KBO.
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Min Jae Jeon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In his career, Jeon has hit 12 balls out of the park while knocking in 96 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .357 and he has racked up 290 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped into the batters box 898 times and came through with a base base hit 221 times. He has struck out 171 times and has been walked on 51 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .319 on-base percentage. Jeon has hit .272 for his time in baseball, in addition to 106 scored runs and an OPS of .676.
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The Lotte Giants have accounted for 1,389 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 509 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which has them sitting 4th in the league and have accumulated 37 double plays. The Giants have stolen 39 bags and have been caught 12 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 23.5%.
The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.51 so far this year (6th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 424 batters. Lotte has surrendered 465 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 232 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.97 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.47. Giants pitchers have yielded 43 home runs and also 264 runs in total (6th in KBO).
The Kia Tigers have an on-base percentage of .344 as well as a team batting average of .264 so far this season. They have been rung up on 409 instances (2nd in the league) and have notched a total of 486 base hits. Kia is sitting with 63 long balls on the year as well as 266 RBIs. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .422 and they are earning 5.17 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have hit 94 doubles, while taking a walk 209 times and scoring 279 runs.
Do Yeong Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. During the 1,414 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has an average at the plate of .305 in addition to having 431 base hits. He has gone deep 69 times, with 756 bases in total and also a .535 slugging %. Kim has drawn a walk 166 times while being called out on strikes on 294 plate appearances. He has a total of 308 runs in addition to having earned 245 runs batted in. His OBP is .380 and he has a career OPS of .915.
The Kia Tigers have turned 44 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Tigers have racked up 495 assists, 34 errors and have a total of 1,431 putouts this season. Out of their 55 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 44 times and been caught 11 times (20.0% caught stealing percentage).
The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.371 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.60 as a team this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.98 (392 strikeouts against 198 free passes). They are sitting at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 456. They have given up 51 HR's and they relinquish 4.60 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have conceded 244 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 4.17 (221 earned runs surrendered).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kia (-145) and under the total runs
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