Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/22/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, August 22, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (53-58, 8th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (36-75, 10th in KBO) on Friday, August 22, 2025. The Lions open this matchup at -132 while the Heroes are coming in at +110. The total is set at 8.

The Heroes have accrued 161 doubles as a squad and have hit 85 balls out of the stadium. Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .350 and have struck out 979 times, while drawing a walk on 352 occasions. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are earning 3.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball. They have accumulated 413 runs batted in and 938 base knocks so far this season, while their batting average comes in at .239. They have tallied 442 runs and hold an OBP of .309.

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Sung Mun Song is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. In his professional baseball career, Song has hit 74 baseballs out of the park while driving in 430 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .423 in addition to racking up 1,170 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped into the batters box 3,101 times and has delivered with a hit 773 times. He has gone down on strikes 421 times and has been walked on 284 occasions, contributing to a .345 on-base percentage. Song has accumulated a batting average of .280 for his career in baseball, with 382 runs scored and an OPS of .768.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a total of 3,058 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,048 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .977 which has them sitting 7th in the league and have 94 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 94 bases and have been caught 43 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 31.4%.

The Heroes hold a team earned run average of 5.45 over the course of the season (10th in baseball), and they have rung up 760 batters. Kiwoom has conceded 1,166 base hits (10.3 per 9 innings) as well as 617 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.66 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.59. Heroes pitchers have given up 119 home runs in addition to 695 runs in total (1st in KBO).

The Lions have a team slugging % of .414 and they have an average of 5.08 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have recorded 179 doubles, while walking 426 times as well as recording 574 runs. Samsung has a total of 123 home runs so far this year to go along with 533 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 863 occasions (5th in the league) and have tallied 1,021 hits. The Samsung Lions have an OBP of .346 as well as a team batting average of .266 this season.

Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. Koo has drawn a walk 533 times while being called out on strikes on 984 tries. He has accumulated 959 runs in addition to having 851 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .386 and he also has a career OPS of .897. He has hit it out of the park 181 times, in addition to having 2,614 total bases and also a .511 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 5,114 official at-bats in his baseball career, Koo has hit .318 in addition to 1,624 hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 89 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have recorded 1,084 assists, 70 errors and have notched a total of 2,981 putouts for the year. In their 104 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 84 times and been caught 20 times (19.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.354 in addition to having a FIP of 4.67 as a team over the course of the season. They rank 4th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 998. The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 516 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.22 (466 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio is 2.39 (828 strikeouts against 347 free passes). They have allowed 105 long balls and they relinquish 4.67 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+110)

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