Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/1/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-122) Kia (+102)

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (5-3, 2nd in KBO) are headed to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (3-5, 8th in KBO). The Lions open this contest at -122 while the Tigers are coming in at +102. The O/U has been set at 8.

The Lions have hit 15 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 12 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .493 and have been rung up 57 times, while being walked on 34 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are compiling 8.1 runs per game, which is 1st in baseball. They have tallied 56 RBI's and 82 hits on the year, and their batting average sits at .295. They are sitting with 65 runs and have an on-base percentage of .375.

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Young Woong Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. In his professional baseball career, Kim has drilled 33 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 100 runs. In his time in the Majors, he faced a pitcher 659 times and got on base with a hit 146 times. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .247 for his career, in addition to 84 scored runs and an OPS of .773. He has earned a slugging percentage of .463 and he has totaled 274 bases. He has been struck out 198 times and earned a walk on 54 occasions, which contributes in part to a .310 OBP.

The Samsung Lions have notched a total of 213 putouts thus far, in addition to 59 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which puts them in 4th in KBO and have 10 double plays. The Lions have swiped 4 bags and have been caught 0 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 0.0%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.96 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.42. Lions pitchers have given up 6 home runs and also 42 total runs (4th in baseball). Samsung has relinquished 78 base hits (9.9 per 9 innings) as well as 40 earned runs. The Lions have an ERA of 5.07 on the year (8th in baseball), and they have struck out 68 hitters.

Kia has knocked in 13 home runs this season as well as 48 runs batted in. They hit 19 two-baggers, while getting a free base 39 times and putting up 48 runs. The Kia Tigers have compiled an OBP of .370 in addition to a batting average of .283 so far this year. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .491 and they average 6.00 runs per outing (4th in KBO). They have been rung up on 58 instances (5th in KBO) and have recorded 79 base hits.

Chan Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park has earned a walk 276 times while striking out on 467 attempts. He has tallied 440 runs in addition to having 311 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .322 and he holds a career OPS of .649. He has hit the long ball 18 times, with 1,006 bases in total and a .327 slugging percentage. In the 3,072 at-bats in his pro career, Park has earned a batting average of .262 and has racked up 805 hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 6 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (6th in KBO). The Tigers have recorded 83 assists, 7 errors and have accumulated 210 putouts for the season. In their 11 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 7 times and been caught 4 times (36.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.643 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.43 as a pitching staff this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.69 (61 strikeouts vs 36 walks). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 79. They have allowed 4 home runs and they concede 6.43 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff have yielded 50 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.89 (38 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia (+102)

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