Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 7/3/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Friday, July 3, 2026

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+102) KT (-122)

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Hyun Soo Kim and the KT Wiz (43-32, 3rd in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (33-42, 8th in KBO) on Friday, July 3, 2026. The line on this game has the Giants coming in at +102 and the Wiz are at -122. The over/under opens at 9.

The Giants have earned 122 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 59 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .378 and have been called out on strikes 570 times, while being walked on 232 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 9th in baseball. They have amassed 315 runs batted in as well as 685 hits for the season, and their team batting average is .257. They have earned a total of 334 runs and have an OBP of .320.

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Seong Bin Hwang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Hwang has drilled 6 balls over the fence while driving in 90 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .365 and he has a total of 477 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 1,451 times and has delivered a base hit 371 times. He has gone down on strikes 218 times and has taken a walk on 99 at-bats, contributing to a .337 OBP. Hwang has hit .284 for his baseball career, with 253 runs scored and an OPS of .702.

The Lotte Giants have accumulated 2,060 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 761 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding rate is at .980 which is 8th in KBO and have accumulated 66 double plays. The Giants have swiped 47 bags and have been thrown out 19 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 28.8%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.03 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.49. Giants pitchers have yielded 67 home runs and 393 runs (3rd in KBO). Lotte has given up 715 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 347 earned runs. The Giants have an ERA of 4.55 so far this season (6th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 620 batters.

The KT Wiz are sitting with an OBP of .370 and a batting average of .285 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 571 instances (5th in the league) and have recorded 754 base hits. KT has compiled 54 long balls so far this year to go along with 402 RBIs. The Wiz hold a slugging percentage of .404 and they average 5.64 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have put up 128 two-baggers, while taking a walk 330 times as well as scoring 429 runs.

Hyun Soo Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Over the course of the 8,987 official at-bats in his professional career, Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .310 with 2,782 hits. He has homered 274 times, with 4,185 bases in total and a .466 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a walk 1,177 times while being called out on strikes on 1,118 plate appearances. He has accounted for 1,356 runs in addition to having earned 1,618 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .390 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .856.

The KT Wiz have turned 71 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (2nd in KBO). The Wiz have 768 assists, 51 errors and are sitting with 2,032 putouts on the season. In their 77 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 60 times and been caught 17 times (22.1% caught stealing rate).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.472 with a FIP of 5.16 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.35 (578 strikeouts vs 246 free passes). They are sitting at 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 751. They have given up 61 homers and they allow 5.16 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The KT pitching staff have allowed 388 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.79 (360 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte (+102)

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