Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/26/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-275) Kiwoom (+220)

Trenton Brooks and the Kiwoom Heroes (20-27, 9th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (24-22, 4th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Tigers open this game at -275 while the Heroes are priced at +220. The over/under is set at 8.

The Tigers have hit 84 doubles as a unit and have hit 57 balls out of the stadium. Kia is slugging .433 and have struck out 353 times, while being walked on 192 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are recording 5.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have accounted for 238 RBI's and 431 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average sits at .270. They are sitting with 251 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .352.

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Ho Ryung Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 34 balls out of the park while driving in 188 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .371 and he has racked up 672 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he approached the plate 2,063 times and has come through with a base hit 455 times. He has struck out 536 times and has taken a walk on 160 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .323 on-base percentage. Kim has earned a batting average of .251 in his time in baseball, in addition to 312 scored runs and an OPS of .694.

The Kia Tigers have amassed 1,251 putouts on the year, as well as 435 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which is 5th in the league and they have turned 40 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 40 bases and have been thrown out 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 21.6%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.87 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.39. Tigers pitchers have yielded 46 home runs in addition to 218 total runs (8th in the league). Kia has conceded 399 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and also 199 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 4.29 on the campaign (3rd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 335 batters.

The Heroes hold a team SLG% of .329 and they average 3.52 runs per outing (10th in the league). They have 67 doubles, while taking a walk 151 times and recording 169 runs. Kiwoom has 28 long balls this year to go along with 154 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 408 instances (1st in KBO) and have tallied 376 base hits. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with an OBP of .309 and a team batting average of .233 on the season.

Trenton Brooks is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Brooks has tallied a walk 557 times while going down on strikes on 681 tries. He has accrued 612 runs in addition to having 631 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .365 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .788. He has hit the long ball 102 times, as well as 1,673 total bases and also a .423 slugging percentage. For the 3,954 official at-bats in his professional career, Brooks has accumulated a batting average of .271 with 1,073 base hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 43 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (9th in KBO). In their 41 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 32 times and been caught 9 times (22.0% caught stealing percentage). The Heroes have recorded 437 assists, 40 errors and have amassed 1,268 putouts so far this season.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 248 runs for the season while having an ERA of 4.97 (233 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 38 home runs and they surrender 5.28 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.556 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.28 as a staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.90 (346 strikeouts vs 182 bases on balls). They rank 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 475.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (-275)

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