Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/6/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+150) Samsung (-182)

Gun Hee Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (12-19, 10th in KBO) head to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, where they'll meet the Samsung Lions (15-14, 4th in KBO). The odds on this matchup have the Heroes priced at +150 and the Lions are at -182. The over/under has been set at 8.

As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are recording 3.6 runs per contest, which puts them at 10th in KBO. They have earned 110 runs and have an OBP of .314. The Heroes have hit 51 doubles as a unit and have hit 15 balls out of the park. They have recorded 100 RBI's in addition to 247 hits for the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .238. Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .334 and have been called out on strikes 259 times, while taking a walk on 99 occasions.

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Gun Hee Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has recorded a batting average of .250 for his career in baseball, with 58 runs scored and an OPS of .667. He has fanned 220 times and earned a walk on 46 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .294 OBP. For his career, Kim has slapped 13 baseballs over the fence while driving in 77 runs. His career slugging percentage is .373 and he has racked up 255 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 745 times and has reached base with a hit 171 times.

The Heroes have swiped 18 bags and have been thrown out 4 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 18.2%. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with 818 putouts thus far, in addition to 288 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .974 which puts them in 9th in KBO and they have turned 26 double plays.

The Heroes have a team earned run average of 4.93 over the course of the season (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 218 hitters. Kiwoom has given up 316 base hits (10.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 149 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.86 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.59. Heroes pitchers have surrendered 25 long balls and 163 runs in total (2nd in the league).

Samsung has a total of 22 long balls this year as well as 136 runs batted in. They have notched 46 doubles, while taking a walk 141 times as well as racking up 145 runs. The Samsung Lions have compiled an OBP of .364 and a batting average of .269 on the year. The Lions have a team SLG% of .394 and they earn 4.83 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have been rung up on 217 instances (9th in KBO) and have earned 281 hits.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Choi has recorded a walk 1,221 times while fanning on 1,514 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .401 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .931. Over the course of the 8,453 at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has an average at the plate of .310 with 2,623 base hits. He has accounted for 1,381 runs and racked up 1,758 runs batted in. He has homered 424 times, with 4,483 total bases and also a .530 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 28 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (1st in KBO). The Lions have recorded 315 assists, 14 errors and have amassed 801 putouts for the year. In their 32 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 25 times and been caught 7 times (21.9% caught stealing rate).

The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 145 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 4.62 (137 earned runs surrendered). They have yielded 30 dingers and they concede 4.89 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.494 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.89 as a team for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.58 (199 strikeouts vs 126 bases on balls). They come in at 5th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 273.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-182)

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