Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/19/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+110) Samsung (-132)

Seong Bin Hwang and the Lotte Giants (38-45, 8th in KBO) are headed to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Sunday, July 19, 2026, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (51-32, 1st in KBO). The Giants open this matchup at +110 while the Lions are priced at -132. The total opens at 9.

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .380 and have been rung up 625 times, while drawing a walk on 255 occasions. They have accumulated 353 runs batted in as well as 770 hits for the year, while their team batting average is .260. The Giants have tallied 135 two-baggers as a team and have hit 64 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 375 runs scored and hold an OBP of .323. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.4 runs/g, which is 9th in the league.

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Seong Bin Hwang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his career, Hwang has hit 6 balls out of the park while driving in 92 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 1,491 times and got on base with a hit 380 times. Hwang has an average at the plate of .282 for his career in baseball, in addition to 259 runs scored and an OPS of .698. His career slugging percentage is .363 and he has racked up 488 bases. He has struck out 227 times and has gotten a free base on 100 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .335 on-base percentage.

The Giants have stolen 49 bases and have been thrown out 19 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.9%. The Lotte Giants have accumulated 2,273 putouts on the year, as well as 833 assists and 61 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .981 which ranks 5th in KBO and have 73 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.14 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.45. Giants pitchers have given up 73 home runs and 418 runs (4th in KBO). Lotte has allowed 778 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 371 earned runs. The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.41 this season (4th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 685 batters.

The Samsung Lions are sitting with an OBP of .369 as well as a team batting average of .275 for the year. They have been rung up on 584 occasions (10th in the league) and have a total of 805 hits. Samsung has a total of 75 home runs for the season to go along with 461 runs batted in. The Lions hold a slugging percentage of .409 and they tally 5.71 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have recorded 131 doubles, while taking a walk 403 times and putting up 485 runs.

Lewin Diaz is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Diaz has earned a walk 448 times while fanning on 966 attempts. His on-base percentage is .337 and he holds a career OPS of .818. For the 4,676 at-bats in his baseball career, Diaz is sitting with a batting avereage of .270 with 1,263 hits. He has scored 638 runs in addition to having 850 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 231 times, as well as 2,249 total bases and a .481 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 73 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in Korean baseball). In their 86 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 61 times and been caught 25 times (29.1% caught stealing rate). The Lions have 838 assists, 51 errors and have earned 2,265 putouts on the season.

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.385 with a FIP of 4.51 as a team so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 (617 strikeouts vs 309 bases on balls). They come in at 9th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 737. They have allowed 81 long balls and they yield 4.51 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 378 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.11 (345 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (+110)

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