Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers Prediction, 5/28/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers

Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-182) SSG (+150)

Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (22-25, 6th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (28-18, 1st in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Thursday, May 28, 2026. The Lions open this matchup at -182 while the Landers are coming in at +150. The total opens at 9.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are knocking in 5.6 runs/g, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They are sitting with 261 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .368. The Lions have accumulated 75 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 39 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 249 RBI's as well as 455 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is at .278. Samsung is slugging .409 and have struck out 319 times, while taking a walk on 217 occasions.

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Lewin Diaz is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Diaz has a batting average of .270 for his career, in addition to 612 scored runs and an OPS of .813. He has struck out 937 times and earned a walk on 426 occasions, contributing to a .335 on-base percentage. In his career, Diaz has slapped 221 balls over the fence while knocking in 815 runs. His slugging percentage is .478 and he has a total of 2,163 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 5,063 times and has notched a hit 1,220 times.

The Samsung Lions have earned 1,254 putouts thus far, in addition to 477 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which has them sitting 1st in the league and they have turned 41 double plays. The Lions have swiped 37 bases and have been gunned down 10 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 21.3%.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.09 on the campaign (2nd in the league), and they have rung up 321 batters. Samsung has relinquished 399 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and also 190 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.81 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.38. Lions pitchers have surrendered 42 home runs and 208 runs in total (10th in KBO).

The Landers hold a team slugging percentage of .406 and they are scoring 5.33 runs per game (4th in the league). They have 78 doubles, while taking a walk 205 times and putting up 256 runs. SSG has accounted for 47 home runs this season as well as 241 runs batted in. They have struck out on 357 instances (6th in baseball) and have totaled 437 base hits. The SSG Landers are sitting with an OBP of .348 in addition to a team batting average of .264 on the season.

Seong Han Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Over the course of the 2,635 at-bats in his professional career, Park has an average at the plate of .288 with 760 base hits. He has hit the long ball 37 times, in addition to having 1,012 total bases and also a .384 slugging percentage. Park has tallied a free base 363 times while fanning on 449 tries. He has accounted for 371 runs in addition to having earned 301 RBIs. His OBP is .375 and he also has a career OPS of .759.

The SSG Landers have turned 44 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (6th in Korean baseball). The Landers have recorded 449 assists, 36 errors and are sitting with 1,274 putouts for the season. Out of their 42 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 32 times and been caught 10 times (23.8% caught stealing percentage).

The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 263 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 5.05 (238 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 46 long balls and they concede 5.57 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Landers have a WHIP of 1.521 with a FIP of 5.57 as a staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.62 (359 strikeouts against 221 walks). They sit at 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 424.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-182)

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