SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/1/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (+110) Kia (-130)

Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (30-45, 9th in KBO) go to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (42-35, 4th in KBO). The moneyline on this game has the Landers priced at +110 and the Tigers are at -130. The O/U has been set at 8.5.

As a unit, the SSG Landers are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which is 7th in baseball. They have tallied 386 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .343. The Landers have tallied 120 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 82 balls out of the park. They have 365 runs batted in as well as 692 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average sits at .262. SSG is slugging .410 and have been called out on strikes 567 times, while drawing a walk on 307 occasions.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In his career, Choi has drilled 45 baseballs out of the park while driving in 293 runs. For his career, he came to bat 3,626 times and came through with a base hit 884 times. Choi has a batting average of .273 in his time in baseball, in addition to 496 runs scored and an OPS of .716. His slugging percentage is .382 in addition to having tallied 1,239 bases. He has struck out 479 times and has been walked on 278 occasions, which contributes in part to a .334 on-base %.

The SSG Landers have earned 2,022 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 705 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which has them ranked 4th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 69 double plays. The Landers have swiped 41 bases and have been caught 16 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.1%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.60 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.60. Landers pitchers have given up 84 home runs in addition to 468 total runs (1st in the league). SSG has conceded 718 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 431 earned runs. The Landers have an earned run average of 5.76 on the campaign (10th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 575 batters.

The Tigers hold a team SLG% of .425 and they score 5.24 runs per outing (4th in KBO). They have put up 133 doubles, while walking 289 times and recording 409 runs. Kia has knocked in 93 home runs on the year to go along with 394 RBIs. They have been rung up on 597 instances (3rd in baseball) and have earned a total of 707 base hits. The Kia Tigers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .343 as well as a batting average of .266 for the season.

Ho Ryung Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Kim has drawn a walk 166 times while going down on strikes on 575 attempts. He has accounted for 327 runs and also has 207 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .321 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .692. He has gone yard 37 times, as well as 716 total bases and also a .371 slugging %. Over the course of the 1,928 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .252 in addition to 485 base knocks.

The Kia Tigers have turned 67 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in KBO). The Tigers have accrued 711 assists, 50 errors and have earned a total of 2,069 putouts on the season. Of their 85 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 70 times and been caught 15 times (17.6% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.364 in addition to having a FIP of 4.53 as a team for the year. They have a ranking of 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 654. The Kia pitching staff have allowed 347 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.07 (312 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.94 (556 strikeouts vs 286 walks). They have surrendered 71 homers and they surrender 4.53 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG (+110)

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