Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/12/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-122) Samsung (+102)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (51-55, 8th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (50-50, 6th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. The Tigers open this contest at -122 while the Lions are coming in at +102. The total opens at 8.

Kia has a slugging rate of .398 and have struck out 842 times, while drawing a walk on 396 occasions. They have tallied 461 runs batted in in addition to 925 hits so far this year, while their batting average is sitting at .259. The Tigers have accounted for 183 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 97 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 495 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .337. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are earning 4.8 runs per contest, which puts them at 5th in KBO.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Choi has accumulated a batting average of .310 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,347 runs scored and an OPS of .931. He has struck out 1,479 times and has taken a walk on 1,181 occasions, contributing to a .400 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Choi has hit 412 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,714 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .531 in addition to earning 4,370 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 9,637 times and has come through with a base knock 2,555 times.

The Tigers have swiped 81 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 26.4%. The Kia Tigers are sitting with 2,737 putouts this year, as well as 1,035 assists and 88 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .977 which is 7th in Korean baseball and they have turned 95 double plays.

The Tigers have compiled a team ERA of 4.42 for the season (7th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 759 hitters. Tigers pitchers have given up 72 home runs in addition to 503 total runs (4th in the league). Kia has surrendered 937 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 452 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.42.

The Lions have a slugging percentage of .417 and they have an average of 5.10 runs per contest (2nd in KBO). They have recorded 172 doubles, while taking a walk 402 times as well as putting up 546 runs. Samsung has accounted for 117 HRs so far this year to go along with 507 RBIs. They have been rung up on 814 occasions (5th in the league) and have totaled 971 base hits. The Samsung Lions have recorded an OBP of .348 and a batting average of .268 on the year.

Jae Hyeon Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Lee has drawn a walk 166 times while fanning on 306 occasions. He has compiled 209 runs in addition to having 196 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .333 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .718. He has homered 43 times, with 543 total bases and also a .385 slugging %. Over the course of the 1,412 at-bats in his pro career, Lee has an average at the plate of .246 and has racked up 348 hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 84 double plays and have a fielding rate of .984 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have recorded 1,013 assists, 63 errors and are sitting with 2,789 putouts so far this season. In their 98 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 78 times and been caught 20 times (20.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 479 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.17 (434 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 96 long balls and they relinquish 4.60 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The Lions have a WHIP of 1.347 in addition to having a FIP of 4.60 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.41 (781 strikeouts against 324 free passes). They come in at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 938.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (-122)

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