Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/20/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, July 20, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+125) Samsung (-150)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (43-44, 8th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (27-61, 10th in KBO) on Sunday, July 20, 2025. The Heroes open this contest at +125 while the Lions are coming in at -150. The over/under has been set at 9.

The Heroes have hit 125 doubles as a team and have knocked 64 balls out of the stadium. Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .344 and have been called out on strikes 772 times, while being walked on 272 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 3.7 runs per game, which puts them at 10th in KBO. They have recorded 311 RBI's and 736 hits on the season, and their team batting average is .237. They are sitting with 334 runs while having a team OBP of .306.

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Ju Hyoung Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. For his professional baseball career, Lee has slapped 22 baseballs out of the park while driving in 84 runs. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 863 times and has come through with a hit 193 times. Lee has recorded a batting average of .257 for his time in baseball, in addition to 117 runs scored and an OPS of .391. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .391 and he has racked up 294 bases. He has struck out 195 times and has gotten a free base on 80 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .352 OBP.

The Heroes have swiped 72 bases and have been gunned down 34 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 32.1%. The Kiwoom Heroes have notched a total of 2,412 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 809 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .976 which has them ranked 9th in the league and have a total of 74 double plays.

The Heroes hold a team earned run average of 5.47 so far this year (10th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 596 hitters. Kiwoom has yielded 943 base hits (10.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 489 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.62 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.63. Heroes pitchers have relinquished 89 long balls in addition to 549 runs in total (1st in baseball).

The Samsung Lions hold an on-base percentage of .349 in addition to a team batting average of .267 this year. They have been called out on strikes on 678 occasions (5th in the league) and have earned 796 base hits. Samsung has 93 HRs so far this year in addition to 416 RBIs. The Lions hold a team slugging % of .412 and they score 5.13 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have recorded 138 doubles, while getting a free base 342 times and earning 451 runs.

Jae Hyeon Lee is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Lee has drawn a walk 160 times while being called out on strikes on 289 occasions. His on-base rate is .335 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .722. Over the course of the 1,347 at-bats in his pro career, Lee has an average at the plate of .248 in addition to 334 base knocks. He has a total of 201 runs in addition to having 191 RBIs. He has gone yard 42 times, with 521 total bases and also a .387 slugging percentage.

Of their 84 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 67 times and been caught 17 times (20.2% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 65 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (1st in the league). The Lions have racked up 839 assists, 49 errors and have amassed 2,325 putouts for the season.

The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 398 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.26 (367 earned runs given up). They have yielded 75 home runs and they concede 4.62 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Lions have a WHIP of 1.357 in addition to having a FIP of 4.62 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.43 (657 strikeouts vs 270 walks). They sit at 5th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 782.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+125)

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