SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 10/9/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers
Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: SPO-2T
Odds/Point Spread: SSG (+150) Kia (-182)
Ho Ryung Kim and the Kia Tigers (75-62, 3rd in KBO) play the SSG Landers (63-73, 6th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Friday, October 9, 2026. The line on this contest has the Landers priced at +150 and the Tigers are at -182. The total opens at 8.
The Landers have hit 213 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 140 balls out of the stadium. SSG has a slugging rate of .398 and have been rung up 1,148 times, while being walked on 535 occasions. As a team, the SSG Landers are notching 4.9 runs per contest, which is 7th in KBO. They have earned 651 RBI's and 1,248 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is at .258. They have tallied 692 runs while having a team OBP of .336.
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Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In his career, Choi has hit 49 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 321 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 3,890 times and has delivered a base hit 947 times. Choi has hit .273 for his time in baseball, in addition to 536 runs scored and an OPS of .717. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .382 in addition to having tallied 1,328 bases. He has struck out 526 times and has gotten a free base on 305 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .335 OBP.
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The Landers have stolen 69 bases and have been caught 28 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 28.9%. The SSG Landers have a tally of 3,733 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,333 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 3rd in Korean baseball and they have turned 135 double plays.
The Landers have an ERA of 5.19 on the season (8th in the league), and they have struck out 1,082 hitters. Landers pitchers have given up 154 home runs and also 785 total runs (3rd in baseball). SSG has given up 1,278 base knocks (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 717 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.74 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.53.
The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .432 and they average 5.30 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have hit 243 two-baggers, while taking a walk 500 times as well as notching 737 runs. Kia has accounted for 166 home runs so far this year to go along with 706 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,097 occasions (4th in the league) and have totaled 1,294 hits. The Kia Tigers have compiled a team OBP of .346 as well as a batting average of .270 on the season.
Ho Ryung Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Kim has recorded a free base 180 times while being called out on strikes on 641 attempts. His OBP sits at .317 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .684. During the 2,144 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has hit .250 with 537 hits. He has accounted for 355 runs in addition to having earned 227 RBIs. He has homered 39 times, as well as 786 total bases and a .367 slugging %.
The Kia Tigers have turned 116 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (6th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 1,263 assists, 97 errors and have a total of 3,704 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 130 tries at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 107 times and been caught 23 times (17.7% caught stealing percentage).
The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.398 and have a FIP of 4.72 as a squad so far this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.95 (1,020 strikeouts vs 522 walks). They sit at 10th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,204. They have given up 133 dingers and they concede 4.72 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 647 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.30 (590 earned runs surrendered).
Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG (+150)
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