Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/21/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

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

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (14-35, 10th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (21-25, 8th in KBO) on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The Lions open this contest at -144 while the Heroes are coming in at +120. The O/U has been set at 9.

As a squad, the Samsung Lions are putting up 5.5 runs/g, which puts them at 2nd in baseball. They have accumulated 258 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .355. The Lions have compiled 80 doubles as a team and have hit 55 balls out of the park. They have 236 RBI's and 431 hits on the year, and their batting average is at .270. Samsung has a slugging percentage of .430 and have been rung up 377 times, while being walked on 194 occasions.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his career, Koo has hit 175 balls out of the park while driving in 815 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 5,504 times and has notched a base hit 1,539 times. Koo has earned a batting average of .316 for his baseball career, with 916 scored runs and an OPS of .896. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .512 and he has a total of 2,489 bases. He has gone down on strikes 940 times and earned a walk on 502 occasions, contributing to a .384 OBP.

The Samsung Lions have a total of 1,245 putouts on the year, in addition to 426 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which is 3rd in KBO and have a total of 34 double plays. The Lions have stolen 32 bases and have been gunned down 11 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.6%.

The Lions hold a team earned run average of 4.36 on the year (6th in the league), and they have rung up 345 batters. Samsung has allowed 409 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 201 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.23 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.36. Lions pitchers have surrendered 40 home runs and 213 runs in total (6th in KBO).

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a team on-base percentage of .302 in addition to a batting average of .227 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 437 occasions (1st in the league) and have a total of 373 hits. Kiwoom has 35 home runs on the year to go along with 169 runs batted in. The Heroes have a SLG% of .333 and they are scoring 3.67 runs per game (10th in KBO). They have 63 doubles, while getting a free base 156 times and putting up 180 runs.

Sung Mun Song is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Over the course of the 2,500 at-bats in his pro career, Song has recorded a batting average of .273 in addition to having 682 base knocks. He has hit it out of the park 62 times, with 1,022 total bases and also a .409 slugging %. Song has earned a walk 250 times while going down on strikes on 381 occasions. He has accumulated 337 runs and also has 388 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .337 and he has a lifetime OPS of .746.

Out of their 58 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 39 times and been caught 19 times (32.8% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 37 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .975 (9th in the league). The Heroes have racked up 428 assists, 43 errors and have a tally of 1,272 putouts on the season.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 327 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 6.03 (284 earned runs given up). They have given up 51 home runs and they allow 6.94 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.736 with a FIP of 6.94 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.63 (337 strikeouts vs 207 walks). They rank 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 529.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-144)

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