Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/29/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+132) Samsung (-160)

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Samsung Lions (57-35, 1st in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (50-44, 4th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The Tigers open this matchup at +132 while the Lions are priced at -160. The total is set at 9.

The Tigers have tallied 168 two-baggers as a team and have hit 121 balls out of the park. Kia is slugging .437 and have been called out on strikes 756 times, while drawing a walk on 346 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are putting up 5.3 runs per outing, which has them at 4th in the league. They have tallied 488 runs batted in as well as 887 base knocks so far this year, while their batting average is .269. They have a total of 507 runs while holding a team OBP of .344.

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Do Yeong Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Kim has a batting average of .308 in his time in baseball, with 349 scored runs and an OPS of .937. He has struck out 326 times and has been walked on 190 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .385 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Kim has drilled 85 baseballs over the fence while driving in 283 runs. His slugging percentage is .552 and he has a total of 869 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 1,804 times and has delivered with a hit 485 times.

The Tigers have swiped 82 bags and have been caught 16 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 16.3%. The Kia Tigers have earned a total of 2,552 putouts on the year, in addition to 887 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which ranks 5th in the league and they have turned 78 double plays.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.38 on the campaign (3rd in KBO), and the staff has rung up 690 hitters. Tigers pitchers have conceded 94 home runs in addition to 458 runs (7th in the league). Kia has given up 843 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 414 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.92 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41.

The Lions have a team SLG% of .407 and they score 5.67 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have recorded 142 doubles, while getting a free base 440 times and scoring 533 runs. Samsung has accounted for 81 home runs this year as well as 507 RBIs. They have struck out on 644 occasions (10th in KBO) and have notched a total of 895 base hits. The Samsung Lions have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .369 as well as a team batting average of .276 on the campaign.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. For the 8,664 official at-bats in his professional career, Choi has earned a batting average of .310 in addition to 2,690 hits. He has gone deep 431 times, in addition to having 4,582 bases in total and a .529 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a free base 1,252 times while going down on strikes on 1,560 tries. He is sitting with 1,407 runs and has 1,806 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .401 and he has a career OPS of .930.

The Samsung Lions have turned 77 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (1st in Korean baseball). In their 90 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 65 times and been caught 25 times (27.8% caught stealing percentage). The Lions have racked up 922 assists, 54 errors and are sitting with 2,508 putouts this season.

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.372 and have a FIP of 4.44 as a staff so far this year. They rank 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 817. The Samsung pitching staff have allowed 412 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.06 (377 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.10 (694 strikeouts against 330 walks). They have yielded 87 homers and they allow 4.44 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung (-160) and under the total runs

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