Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 10/29/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SBS

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-122) Kia (+102)

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Sung Bum Na and the Kia Tigers (79-63, 3rd in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (83-58, 2nd in KBO) on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The Tigers open this game at +102 while the Lions are priced at -122. The total opens at 9.

Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .414 and have been rung up 1,017 times, while being walked on 628 occasions. They have accrued 773 runs batted in in addition to 1,350 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is at .273. The Lions have hit 222 doubles as a squad and have smacked 140 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 806 runs and have an OBP of .362. As a team, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.6 runs per contest, which puts them at 3rd in baseball.

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Lewin Diaz is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his pro baseball career, Diaz has drilled 241 baseballs over the fence while driving in 907 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .483 and he has accumulated 2,356 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 5,475 times and got on base with a base hit 1,328 times. He has been struck out 1,004 times and earned a walk on 475 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .339 on-base %. Diaz has earned a batting average of .272 for his time in baseball, with 671 scored runs and an OPS of .822.

The Lions have stolen 99 bags and have been thrown out 33 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 25.0%. The Samsung Lions have a tally of 3,840 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,387 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 1st in KBO and they have turned 113 double plays.

The Lions have compiled a team ERA of 4.31 so far this year (4th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,091 batters. Samsung has allowed 1,304 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 613 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.32 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.39. Lions pitchers have conceded 138 long balls and 669 total runs (7th in baseball).

Kia has tallied 174 home runs this season in addition to 736 runs batted in. They have put up 251 doubles, while taking a walk 515 times and putting up 769 runs. The Kia Tigers have a team on-base percentage of .347 in addition to a batting average of .271 on the season. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .435 and they are recording 5.34 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,136 occasions (4th in baseball) and have earned 1,347 base knocks.

Sung Bum Na is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. Na has drawn a walk 593 times while going down on strikes on 1,572 occasions. He has tallied 1,117 runs and also has 1,197 RBIs. His OBP sits at .381 and he holds a career OPS of .915. He has gone deep 313 times, in addition to having 3,308 total bases and a .534 slugging percentage. For the 6,192 at-bats in his professional career, Na has accumulated a batting average of .311 in addition to 1,924 base hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 122 double plays and have a fielding rate of .981 (5th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have recorded 1,307 assists, 98 errors and have 3,839 putouts this year. Of their 132 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 108 times and been caught 24 times (18.2% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.388 in addition to having a FIP of 4.67 as a team on the campaign. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.97 (1,053 strikeouts against 534 bases on balls). They are sitting at 10th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,242. They have surrendered 139 homers and they surrender 4.67 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Kia pitching staff have yielded 664 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.27 (607 earned runs yielded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung (-122)

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