Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/27/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+106) Kia (-128)

Sung Bum Na and the Kia Tigers (61-50, 4th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (50-59, 6th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, August 27, 2026. The Giants open this matchup at +106 while the Tigers are coming in at -128. The O/U opens at 8.5.

The Giants have hit 190 two-baggers as a team and have hit 86 balls out of the park. Lotte owns a slugging percentage of .392 and have been called out on strikes 805 times, while getting the free base on 345 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are earning 4.8 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 8th in KBO. They have tallied 498 RBI's and 1,037 hits so far this year, and their team batting average sits at .268. They have earned a total of 528 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .331.

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Seong Bin Hwang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Hwang has hit .284 for his time in baseball, with 277 runs scored and an OPS of .702. He has struck out 237 times and has gotten a free base on 104 occasions, which contributes in part to a .336 OBP. For his pro baseball career, Hwang has hit 6 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 99 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .366 and he has racked up 530 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 1,601 times and came through with a base hit 411 times.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 2,954 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,086 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .982 which ranks 5th in KBO and have 94 double plays. The Giants have stolen 54 bases and have been thrown out 25 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 31.6%.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 4.49 so far this year (5th in the league), and the staff has struck out 898 batters. Giants pitchers have allowed 97 home runs in addition to 551 runs (6th in the league). Lotte has conceded 1,039 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 491 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.20 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47.

The Tigers have a team slugging % of .441 and they have an average of 5.43 runs per outing (4th in baseball). They have 197 doubles, while getting a free base 402 times as well as scoring 614 runs. Kia has compiled 145 home runs so far this season in addition to 590 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 891 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have totaled 1,065 base hits. The Kia Tigers have recorded an on-base percentage of .347 in addition to a team batting average of .273 this year.

Sung Bum Na is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Na has recorded a walk 580 times while being called out on strikes on 1,533 occasions. He has amassed 1,100 runs and notched 1,177 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .380 and he also has a career OPS of .914. He has homered 306 times, with 3,244 total bases and also a .534 slugging percentage. For the 6,071 at-bats in his pro career, Na has accrued an average at the plate of .311 in addition to 1,886 base hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 97 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (7th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 1,043 assists, 79 errors and are sitting with 3,001 putouts for the season. Of their 109 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 91 times and been caught 18 times (16.5% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.414 and have a FIP of 4.86 as a unit for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 (808 strikeouts against 421 bases on balls). They are sitting at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 993. They have conceded 110 dingers and they relinquish 4.86 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have yielded 540 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.39 (488 earned runs relinquished).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (+106)

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