Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/25/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+125) Kia (-145)

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Ho Ryung Kim and the Kia Tigers (60-50, 4th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (50-58, 6th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The Tigers open this matchup at -145 while the Giants are coming in at +125. The O/U is set at 9.

As a unit, the Lotte Giants are recording 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in KBO. They are sitting with 523 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .331. The Giants have earned 188 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 86 balls out of the stadium. They have amassed 493 RBI's in addition to 1,026 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate comes in at .267. Lotte is slugging .392 and have struck out 799 times, while being walked on 343 occasions.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Reyes has hit 108 baseballs over the fence while driving in 853 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .427 in addition to having tallied 2,606 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 6,660 times and has come through with a base hit 1,845 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,085 times and earned a walk on 444 occasions, contributing to a .350 on-base percentage. Reyes is sitting with a batting avereage of .303 for his baseball career, in addition to 854 scored runs and an OPS of .777.

The Lotte Giants have accounted for 2,928 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,078 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which has them ranked 5th in the league and they have turned 93 double plays. The Giants have stolen 54 bases and have been thrown out 25 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 31.6%.

The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.45 for the year (5th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 891 hitters. Lotte has allowed 1,026 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 483 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.19 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.47. Giants pitchers have surrendered 95 home runs in addition to 543 runs (6th in the league).

Kia has recorded 143 HRs for the season to go along with 582 RBIs. They have hit 195 doubles, while taking a walk 399 times as well as notching 606 runs. The Kia Tigers have recorded a team OBP of .346 as well as a batting average of .272 for the season. The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .440 and they have an average of 5.41 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have struck out on 884 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,052 hits.

Ho Ryung Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. During the 2,052 at-bats in his career, Kim has hit .250 in addition to 513 base hits. He has hit a home run 39 times, with 759 total bases and also a .370 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a walk 174 times while being called out on strikes on 612 tries. He has a total of 346 runs and notched 220 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .318 and he has a lifetime OPS of .688.

The Kia Tigers have turned 95 double plays and have a fielding rate of .981 (7th in KBO). Out of their 109 attempts at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 91 times and been caught 18 times (16.5% caught stealing rate). The Tigers have 1,027 assists, 79 errors and have amassed 2,974 putouts during this campaign.

The Kia pitching staff have conceded 535 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.39 (483 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 110 HR's and they surrender 4.86 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.414 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.86 as a squad on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.91 (802 strikeouts against 419 free passes). They come in at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 982.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (+125)

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