KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/19/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: KT (-152) Samsung (+126)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Ji Hyuk Ryu and the Samsung Lions (24-17, 3rd in KBO) will play the KT Wiz (25-16, 1st in KBO) on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. The Wiz open this game at -152 while the Lions are coming in at +126. The total has been set at 9.

KT has a slugging rate of .410 and have been called out on strikes 319 times, while drawing a walk on 198 occasions. They have tallied 234 runs batted in as well as 424 base knocks for the year, and their batting average is sitting at .287. The Wiz have earned 69 doubles as a team and have hit 33 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 244 runs while having a team OBP of .374. As a squad, the KT Wiz are putting up 5.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in KBO.

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Sam Hilliard is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. In his career, Hilliard has slapped 216 balls out of the park while knocking in 753 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he faced a pitcher 5,030 times and has come through with a base hit 1,196 times. Hilliard is sitting with a batting avereage of .269 for his career, in addition to 792 runs scored and an OPS of .841. His slugging percentage is .496 in addition to racking up 2,203 bases. He has fanned 1,412 times and has gotten a free base on 518 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .345 on-base percentage.

The KT Wiz have earned a total of 1,141 putouts so far this season, in addition to 428 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which ranks 2nd in Korean baseball and have accumulated 40 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 35 bases and have been caught 8 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 18.6%.

The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.38 this season (4th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 345 batters. Wiz pitchers have relinquished 35 home runs and also 203 total runs (8th in the league). KT has surrendered 391 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and also 185 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.54 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39.

Samsung has knocked in 37 HRs on the campaign as well as 210 RBIs. They have hit 63 doubles, while taking a walk 203 times as well as putting up 221 runs. The Samsung Lions have recorded an OBP of .363 as well as a batting average of .267 on the season. The Lions hold a team slugging % of .400 and they are scoring 5.26 runs per outing (4th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 289 occasions (9th in the league) and have earned 386 hits.

Ji Hyuk Ryu is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Ryu has drawn a free base 268 times while striking out on 463 chances. His on-base percentage comes in at .356 and he has a career OPS of .686. Over the course of the 2,446 official at-bats in his professional career, Ryu has accrued an average at the plate of .272 in addition to having 666 hits. He has recorded 397 runs and also has 280 runs batted in. He has gone deep 19 times, in addition to having 835 total bases and a .341 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 38 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (1st in KBO). Out of their 44 chances at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 35 times and been caught 9 times (20.5% caught stealing rate). The Lions have 439 assists, 20 errors and have accounted for 1,122 putouts over the course of the season.

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.393 and have a FIP of 4.55 as a unit so far this year. They rank 9th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 359. The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 189 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.19 (174 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.75 (284 strikeouts against 162 walks). They have allowed 39 home runs and they allow 4.55 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT (-152)

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