Hanwha Eagles vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 10/1/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Samsung Lions
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea
TV: TVING
Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (+102) Samsung (-122)
Lewin Diaz and the Samsung Lions (79-52, 2nd in KBO) host the Hanwha Eagles (55-77, 9th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The Lions open this contest at -122 while the Eagles are coming in at +102. The over/under opens at 9.
Hanwha is slugging .429 and have struck out 1,084 times, while getting the free base on 514 occasions. They have accumulated 732 runs batted in in addition to 1,308 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average sits at .273. The Eagles have accumulated 211 doubles as a team and have hit 168 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 779 runs while having a team OBP of .350. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are earning 5.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in KBO.
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Yonathan Perlaza is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Perlaza has hit .277 for his career in baseball, with 642 scored runs and an OPS of .832. He has gone down on strikes 911 times and earned a walk on 502 occasions, contributing to a .365 on-base %. In his career, Perlaza has slapped 133 baseballs out of the park while driving in 581 runs. His slugging percentage is .467 and he has totaled 1,715 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 4,240 times and has come through with a hit 1,019 times.
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The Eagles have swiped 62 bases and have been gunned down 33 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 34.7%. The Hanwha Eagles have a total of 3,605 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,303 assists and 105 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .979 which ranks 10th in the league and have earned 128 double plays.
Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.82 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.57. Eagles pitchers have yielded 133 long balls and 788 runs in total (1st in KBO). Hanwha has yielded 1,337 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 703 earned runs. The Eagles have an earned run average of 5.27 so far this year (9th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 992 batters.
Samsung has tallied 128 home runs so far this year to go along with 739 RBIs. They have hit 213 doubles, while getting a free base 596 times as well as recording 772 runs. The Samsung Lions have recorded an OBP of .367 and a batting average of .277 on the season. The Lions have a slugging percentage of .418 and they have an average of 5.76 runs per outing (1st in KBO). They have struck out on 941 occasions (10th in KBO) and have 1,280 hits.
Lewin Diaz is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. For the 4,853 at-bats in his baseball career, Diaz has accumulated a batting average of .271 and has racked up 1,317 hits. He has gone yard 240 times, as well as 2,340 bases in total and also a .482 slugging %. Diaz has tallied a free base 472 times while striking out on 1,001 plate appearances. He has scored 669 runs in addition to having earned 898 runs batted in. His on-base % is .338 and he also has a career OPS of .820.
The Samsung Lions have turned 105 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in the league). Out of their 125 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 92 times and been caught 33 times (26.4% caught stealing rate). The Lions have racked up 1,299 assists, 80 errors and have accumulated 3,576 putouts so far this season.
The Lions have a WHIP of 1.369 with a FIP of 4.61 as a staff so far this season. They rank 7th in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,193. The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 610 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.23 (560 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.33 (1,025 strikeouts against 439 bases on balls). They have given up 125 home runs and they allow 4.61 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball).
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha (+102)
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