Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 10/26/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Monday, October 26, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MBC

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

Ji Chan Kim and the Samsung Lions (83-58, 2nd in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (79-63, 3rd in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Monday, October 26, 2026. The Tigers open this contest at +110 while the Lions are priced at -132. The O/U opens at 9.

Kia has a slugging percentage of .435 and have struck out 1,136 times, while being walked on 515 occasions. They have tallied 736 runs batted in and 1,347 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate is .271. The Tigers have accounted for 251 doubles as a team and have knocked 174 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 769 runs scored while having a team OBP of .347. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 5.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in the league.

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Ho Ryung Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 39 balls over the fence while driving in 229 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,439 times and got on base with a hit 540 times. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .250 for his career, in addition to 355 scored runs and an OPS of .684. He has earned a slugging percentage of .366 and he has totaled 789 bases. He has been struck out 644 times and has taken a walk on 182 occasions, which has contributed to a .318 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 3,839 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,307 assists and 98 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which is 5th in KBO and have accumulated 122 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 108 bases and have been caught 24 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 18.2%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.97 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.39. Tigers pitchers have given up 139 home runs and 664 runs in total (8th in the league). Kia has allowed 1,242 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 607 earned runs. The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.27 on the campaign (3rd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,053 hitters.

Samsung is sitting with 140 long balls for the season in addition to 773 runs batted in. They have 222 doubles, while getting a free base 628 times as well as scoring 806 runs. The Samsung Lions hold a team on-base percentage of .362 as well as a team batting average of .273 on the campaign. The Lions hold a team slugging % of .414 and they are scoring 5.60 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have struck out on 1,017 occasions (9th in KBO) and have tallied 1,350 hits.

Ji Chan Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. For the 2,420 at-bats in his career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .289 with 699 hits. He has homered 6 times, with 812 total bases and also a .336 slugging percentage. Kim has drawn a free base 301 times while going down on strikes on 303 tries. He has compiled 476 runs and racked up 179 RBIs. His on-base rate is .373 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .709.

The Samsung Lions have turned 113 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in the league). The Lions have recorded 1,387 assists, 85 errors and are sitting with 3,840 putouts for the season. Out of their 132 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 99 times and been caught 33 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.387 with a FIP of 4.70 as a staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.32 (1,091 strikeouts against 471 free passes). They come in at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,304. They have relinquished 138 home runs and they give up 4.70 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 669 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.31 (613 earned runs given up).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (+110)

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