Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/5/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (12-17, 8th in KBO) travel to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (21-10, 1st in KBO). The line on this matchup has the Giants coming in at +106 and the Wiz are at -128. The O/U opens at 8.

As a unit, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 3.6 runs/g, which is 9th in KBO. They have 108 runs and have an OBP of .312. The Giants have hit 49 doubles as a team and have knocked 22 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 100 RBI's and 260 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is .250. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .366 and have been called out on strikes 229 times, while drawing a walk on 89 occasions.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In his career, Reyes has hit 101 balls out of the park while driving in 795 runs. For his career, he came to bat 6,311 times and got on base with a base hit 1,731 times. Reyes has recorded a batting average of .300 for his career in baseball, with 805 runs scored and an OPS of .770. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .423 and he has a total of 2,446 bases. He has been struck out 1,054 times and has walked on 415 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .347 on-base percentage.

The Lotte Giants have earned 805 putouts on the year, as well as 294 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which is 4th in KBO and have accumulated 21 double plays. The Giants have swiped 22 bases and have been caught 10 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 31.3%.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 4.36 for the season (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 250 batters. Lotte has given up 257 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 130 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.92 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.44. Giants pitchers have allowed 23 home runs and also 144 total runs (7th in baseball).

The Wiz have a team SLG% of .402 and they have an average of 5.74 runs per game (1st in KBO). They hit 54 doubles, while taking a walk 141 times and scoring 178 runs. KT has hit 24 long balls so far this year in addition to 169 RBIs. They have been rung up on 236 instances (3rd in the league) and have 300 base knocks. The KT Wiz have earned an on-base percentage of .364 and a batting average of .276 for the season.

Sam Hilliard is a batter who should impact this game for KT. Over the course of the 4,397 official at-bats in his baseball career, Hilliard has recorded a batting average of .269 with 1,182 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 210 times, in addition to having 2,170 total bases and a .494 slugging %. Hilliard has recorded a walk 511 times while striking out on 1,401 occasions. He has accrued 779 runs and racked up 740 RBIs. His on-base rate is .345 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .839.

The KT Wiz have turned 35 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (6th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have racked up 316 assists, 22 errors and have earned 840 putouts on the season. Out of their 35 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 28 times and been caught 7 times (20.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.368 in addition to having a FIP of 4.28 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.67 (256 strikeouts vs 96 bases on balls). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 287. They have conceded 22 homers and they surrender 4.28 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The KT pitching staff have conceded 133 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 3.89 (121 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT (-128)

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