Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/25/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Ji Chan Kim and the Samsung Lions (65-44, 2nd in KBO) are headed to Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (42-72, 10th in KBO). The line on this matchup has the Lions priced at -196 and the Heroes are at +162. The over/under opens at 9.

The Lions have accumulated 175 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 105 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .417 and have been called out on strikes 772 times, while getting the free base on 511 occasions. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.8 runs per outing, which is 2nd in KBO. They have accumulated 611 RBI's in addition to 1,067 hits on the season, and their team batting average is at .278. They have tallied 638 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .369.

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Ji Chan Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 6 baseballs over the fence while driving in 174 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,743 times and has delivered a base hit 673 times. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .289 for his baseball career, in addition to 460 scored runs and an OPS of .710. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .334 in addition to earning 778 bases. He has struck out 292 times and has taken a walk on 299 occasions, contributing to a .376 on-base percentage.

The Lions have swiped 83 bases and have been gunned down 28 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.2%. The Samsung Lions have accumulated 2,955 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,068 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and have a total of 94 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.21 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.38. Lions pitchers have surrendered 105 home runs and also 513 runs in total (8th in baseball). Samsung has given up 983 base knocks (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 466 earned runs. The Lions have an earned run average of 4.26 on the season (2nd in baseball), and they have struck out 843 batters.

Kiwoom has knocked in 85 HRs for the year to go along with 432 RBIs. They have put up 159 doubles, while taking a walk 388 times as well as putting up 460 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have recorded a team OBP of .325 and a batting average of .246 so far this season. The Heroes have a team SLG% of .355 and they are recording 3.97 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 999 occasions (1st in baseball) and have earned 963 hits.

Geon-chang Seo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Seo has recorded a free base 574 times while striking out on 526 attempts. His on-base % is .385 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .789. For the 4,621 at-bats in his pro career, Seo has a batting average of .303 with 1,402 base hits. He has compiled 828 runs in addition to having 496 RBIs. He has homered 37 times, with 1,890 total bases and a .409 slugging percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 96 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (6th in KBO). The Heroes have recorded 1,022 assists, 80 errors and have notched a total of 3,061 putouts so far this year. Of their 100 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 69 times and been caught 31 times (31.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have surrendered 647 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 5.22 (592 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 110 long balls and they allow 5.71 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.554 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.71 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.88 (840 strikeouts against 446 free passes). They come in at 1st in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,139.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+162)

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