Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/26/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2026

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-196) Kiwoom (+162)

Chi Hong An and the Kiwoom Heroes (7-15, 10th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (12-8, 4th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, April 26, 2026. The Lions open this game at -196 while the Heroes are priced at +162. The O/U has been set at 8.5.

As a squad, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.5 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They have accounted for 115 runs and hold an OBP of .373. The Lions have earned 36 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 15 balls out of the park. They have 107 RBI's in addition to 196 hits on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .269. Samsung has a slugging rate of .400 and have been called out on strikes 142 times, while being walked on 109 occasions.

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Lewin Diaz is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. In his career, Diaz has drilled 218 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 793 runs. In his time in the Majors, he stepped into the batters box 4,946 times and got on base with a base knock 1,187 times. Diaz has a batting average of .268 for his time in baseball, with 600 runs scored and an OPS of .813. His career slugging percentage is .479 and he has totaled 2,117 bases. He has fanned 921 times and has walked on 414 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .334 OBP.

The Lions have stolen 18 bags and have been caught 5 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 21.7%. The Samsung Lions have notched a total of 570 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 232 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which has them sitting 1st in KBO and have earned 19 double plays.

The Lions have a team earned run average of 4.26 over the course of the season (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 140 batters. Samsung has allowed 183 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 90 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.57 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.43. Lions pitchers have conceded 21 home runs and also 95 runs (8th in the league).

The Heroes hold a slugging percentage of .329 and they tally 3.36 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have recorded 36 doubles, while taking a walk 66 times and earning 74 runs. Kiwoom has accounted for 11 HRs so far this season in addition to 67 runs batted in. They have struck out on 183 occasions (1st in baseball) and have 171 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated an on-base percentage of .308 as well as a batting average of .232 this year.

Chi Hong An is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Over the course of the 6,401 at-bats in his pro career, Ahn has accumulated a batting average of .293 with 1,878 base hits. He has gone deep 155 times, in addition to having 2,747 total bases and a .429 slugging %. Ahn has recorded a free base 631 times while striking out on 975 plate appearances. He has a total of 911 runs in addition to having earned 931 RBIs. His on-base % is .360 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .789.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 20 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .972 (9th in the league). Out of their 18 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 14 times and been caught 4 times (22.2% caught stealing percentage). The Heroes have recorded 197 assists, 22 errors and have accounted for 575 putouts during this campaign.

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.564 and have a FIP of 5.26 as a unit on the year. They are sitting at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 221. The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 112 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.75 (101 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.94 (151 strikeouts vs 78 bases on balls). They have given up 18 homers and they give up 5.26 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+162) and under the total runs

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