Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 9/11/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, September 11, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+125) Samsung (-145)

Geon-chang Seo and the Kiwoom Heroes (45-80, 10th in KBO) are headed to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Friday, September 11, 2026, where they'll meet the Samsung Lions (73-47, 1st in KBO). The Heroes open this matchup at +125 while the Lions are priced at -145. The total has been set at 8.5.

Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .353 and have been called out on strikes 1,113 times, while drawing a walk on 428 occasions. They have accrued 465 runs batted in and 1,050 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average sits at .243. The Heroes have accounted for 177 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 91 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 493 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .322. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 3.9 runs per contest, which puts them at 10th in KBO.

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Geon-chang Seo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Seo has a batting average of .303 for his career, with 837 runs scored and an OPS of .789. He has struck out 533 times and has gotten a free base on 582 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .384 on-base %. In his career, Seo has hit 38 balls out of the park while driving in 502 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .409 and he has a total of 1,915 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 5,442 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,417 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned 3,385 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,119 assists and 90 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .980 which has them ranked 7th in KBO and have a total of 105 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 77 bases and have been caught 37 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 32.5%.

The Heroes have compiled a team ERA of 5.29 so far this year (9th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 937 hitters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 121 home runs and 727 runs (1st in the league). Kiwoom has given up 1,262 hits (10.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 663 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.88 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.56.

Samsung has accounted for 112 HRs over the course of the season as well as 678 RBIs. The have tallied 195 doubles, while getting a free base 554 times as well as racking up 708 runs. The Samsung Lions have an on-base percentage of .368 and a team batting average of .278 over the course of the season. The Lions hold a slugging % of .415 and they average 5.76 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They have been rung up on 864 instances (9th in the league) and have accounted for 1,181 base knocks.

Ji Chan Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In the 2,374 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .290 and has racked up 689 base knocks. He has hit a home run 6 times, with 802 total bases and also a .338 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a walk 301 times while striking out on 296 chances. He has accrued 472 runs in addition to having 178 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .376 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .714.

The Samsung Lions have turned 101 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (1st in Korean baseball). The Lions have recorded 1,186 assists, 74 errors and have amassed 3,288 putouts so far this season. Out of their 119 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 88 times and been caught 31 times (26.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.360 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.49 as a unit this season. They are currently ranked 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,083. The Samsung pitching staff have given up 547 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.11 (500 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.31 (944 strikeouts vs 408 bases on balls). They have surrendered 113 long balls and they surrender 4.49 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-145)

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