Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/26/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-130) Kiwoom (+110)

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Gun Hee Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (42-72, 10th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (65-44, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. The Lions open this game at -130 while the Heroes are coming in at +110. The O/U is set at 8.5.

Samsung has a slugging % of .417 and have struck out 772 times, while being walked on 511 occasions. They have tallied 611 RBI's and 1,067 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average comes in at .278. The Lions have tallied 175 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 105 balls out of the park. They have 638 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .369. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are putting up 5.8 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Choi has hit .311 in his time in baseball, with 1,418 runs scored and an OPS of .930. He has struck out 1,570 times and has gotten a free base on 1,260 at-bats, which has contributed to a .401 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Choi has slapped 434 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,823 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .529 and he has a total of 4,616 bases. For his time in the league, he came to bat 10,226 times and came through with a base base hit 2,710 times.

The Lions have stolen 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 this year, as well as 1,068 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which is 2nd in the league and they have turned 94 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.21 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.38. Lions pitchers have given up 105 long balls and also 513 total runs (8th in KBO). Samsung has surrendered 983 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 466 earned runs. The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.26 over the course of the season (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 843 batters.

Kiwoom has accumulated 85 long balls on the campaign in addition to 432 RBIs. They have put up 159 doubles, while getting a free base 388 times and racking up 460 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with an on-base percentage of .325 as well as a batting average of .246 this year. The Heroes have a team slugging % of .355 and they are scoring 3.97 runs per outing (10th in the league). They have been rung up on 999 instances (1st in baseball) and have a total of 963 base hits.

Gun Hee Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has drawn a free base 61 times while fanning on 284 chances. He has scored 83 runs and has 110 runs batted in. His on-base % is .301 and he also has a career OPS of .687. He has hit it out of the park 20 times, in addition to having 358 total bases and a .386 slugging %. Over the course of the 928 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .258 in addition to having 239 hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 96 double plays and have a fielding rate of .981 (6th in Korean baseball). In their 100 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 69 times and been caught 31 times (31.0% caught stealing percentage). The Heroes have 1,022 assists, 80 errors and have earned 3,061 putouts over the course of the season.

The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.554 with a FIP of 5.71 as a staff for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.88 (840 strikeouts vs 446 free passes). They have a ranking of 1st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,139. They have allowed 110 dingers and they concede 5.71 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Kiwoom pitching staff have relinquished 647 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 5.22 (592 earned runs surrendered).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+110) and under the total runs

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