Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 9/3/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+120) Samsung (-144)

Seong Bin Hwang and the Lotte Giants (50-62, 7th in KBO) travel to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Thursday, September 3, 2026, where they'll meet the Samsung Lions (69-44, 1st in KBO). The odds on this contest have the Giants priced at +120 and the Lions are at -144. The over/under has been set at 8.5.

Lotte owns a slugging percentage of .393 and have been called out on strikes 826 times, while getting the free base on 354 occasions. They have earned 512 RBI's as well as 1,068 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is .269. The Giants have tallied 193 doubles as a unit and have hit 89 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 542 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .332. As a team, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.8 runs per contest, which is 8th in KBO.

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Seong Bin Hwang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. For his career, Hwang has hit 6 balls over the fence while driving in 99 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 1,612 times and also came through with a base knock 412 times. Hwang has an average at the plate of .282 for his baseball career, in addition to 278 runs scored and an OPS of .699. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .364 in addition to racking up 531 bases. He has gone down on strikes 239 times and has been walked on 104 occasions, which contributes in part to a .335 OBP.

The Giants have stolen 55 bags and have been gunned down 25 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 31.3%. The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 3,023 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,100 assists and 77 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which has them sitting 5th in KBO and have earned 95 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.18 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.49. Giants pitchers have yielded 101 home runs and 578 runs in total (6th in KBO). Lotte has surrendered 1,072 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 518 earned runs. The Giants have an ERA of 4.63 on the year (5th in the league), and their staff has rung up 923 hitters.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for an OBP of .371 and a batting average of .280 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 817 occasions (10th in the league) and have recorded 1,125 base hits. Samsung has 110 home runs this year to go along with 648 runs batted in. The Lions have a SLG% of .419 and they average 5.82 runs per game (1st in the league). The have tallied 187 doubles, while getting a free base 533 times and notching 675 runs.

Lewin Diaz is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Diaz has drawn a walk 461 times while striking out on 994 chances. He has scored 659 runs in addition to having 880 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .337 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .818. He has hit a home run 236 times, with 2,304 total bases and a .481 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 4,790 at-bats in his pro career, Diaz has hit .271 and has racked up 1,297 base hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 100 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in KBO). Out of their 113 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 84 times and been caught 29 times (25.7% caught stealing rate). The Lions have accrued 1,114 assists, 72 errors and have accounted for 3,096 putouts for the season.

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.371 and have a FIP of 4.55 as a squad so far this year. They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,023. The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 522 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 4.14 (475 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio is 2.27 (889 strikeouts against 392 walks). They have conceded 107 long balls and they yield 4.55 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (+120)

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