SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/29/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (+132) Kia (-160)

Jun Jae Jeong and the SSG Landers (48-64, 9th in KBO) travel to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday, August 29, 2026, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (62-50, 3rd in KBO). The odds on this contest have the Landers priced at +132 and the Tigers are at -160. The total is set at 8.5.

As a team, the SSG Landers are scoring 5.0 runs per outing, which puts them at 7th in the league. They have accumulated 589 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .341. The Landers have tallied 184 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 124 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 557 runs batted in and 1,065 hits for the year, and their team batting average comes in at .263. SSG has a slugging % of .410 and have been called out on strikes 931 times, while drawing a walk on 452 occasions.

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Jun Jae Jeong is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Jeong has hit .270 for his career, with 161 scored runs and an OPS of .687. He has gone down on strikes 211 times and earned a walk on 117 occasions, contributing to a .351 OBP. In his pro baseball career, Jeong has drilled 2 balls over the fence while knocking in 83 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .336 and he has racked up 337 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 1,168 times and has reached base with a base knock 271 times.

The SSG Landers have earned a total of 3,097 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,103 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which has them ranked 3rd in KBO and have a total of 112 double plays. The Landers have swiped 65 bases and have been gunned down 23 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 26.1%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.69 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.57. Landers pitchers have surrendered 134 home runs and also 689 runs in total (1st in baseball). SSG has surrendered 1,090 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 626 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.46 so far this year (10th in the league), and they have rung up 887 hitters.

The Kia Tigers have accounted for an OBP of .348 and a batting average of .274 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 903 occasions (3rd in the league) and have accounted for 1,078 base hits. Kia has 148 HRs on the season as well as 605 RBIs. The Tigers have a team slugging % of .444 and they average 5.53 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They have hit 201 two-baggers, while walking 409 times and racking up 630 runs.

Do Yeong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. Kim has tallied a walk 203 times while fanning on 342 attempts. His OBP is .387 and he has a career OPS of .949. For the 1,641 official at-bats in his professional career, Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .310 in addition to 508 base hits. He has tallied 371 runs in addition to having 300 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 94 times, in addition to having 923 bases in total and a .562 slugging percentage.

The Kia Tigers have turned 97 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (6th in Korean baseball). Out of their 109 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 91 times and been caught 18 times (16.5% caught stealing rate). The Tigers have accrued 1,051 assists, 79 errors and have 3,028 putouts on the season.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.424 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.91 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 (815 strikeouts vs 424 bases on balls). They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,013. They have given up 112 long balls and they allow 4.91 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have given up 551 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.45 (499 earned runs given up).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG (+132)

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