GWANGJU (Interstat) — The Samsung Lions will be the visiting team against the Kia Tigers on Friday in Game 4 of their playoff series at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea. The forecast for game time is 53 degrees Fahrenheit.

Samsung enters with an 83-59-3 record. Kia is 82-65-2. The series continues after Samsung’s 6-4 victory in the most recent meeting, a game in which Lewin Díaz and Ryu Ji-hyuk each homered and drove in two runs for the Lions. Lee Jae-hee pitched two scoreless innings of one-hit relief in that game, walking one and striking out one. Kia’s Kim Do-yeong went 2 for 4 with a home run and an RBI. The teams have split their 10 meetings this season, and Samsung has won four of the past five.

Lee Jae-hee is a player to watch for Samsung. Over his last four appearances, he has allowed no earned runs across 4 2/3 innings, yielding four hits, walking one and striking out two. He allowed one hit over two scoreless innings with a walk and a strikeout in the most recent game at Kia. He also had a two-thirds-inning outing against KT in which he allowed two hits and struck out one, and he worked scoreless relief against Shinsegae and Kia.

Shirakawa Keisho is a player to watch for Kia. In his most recent outing against Samsung, he allowed four earned runs over 4 1/3 innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Over his last four appearances, he has struck out 19 and walked three while allowing 11 earned runs over 16 2/3 innings. He allowed one earned run over five innings with nine strikeouts at LG, three earned runs over four innings with two walks and two strikeouts against Shinsegae, and three earned runs over 3 1/3 innings with four strikeouts at LG.

Samsung’s most recent previous result was the 6-4 win at Kia. Before that, Samsung lost 5-1 at home to Kia and 4-2 at home to KT. Kia’s most recent previous result was the 6-4 loss to Samsung. Before that, Kia lost 8-3 at Samsung and won 13-1 at LG. Kia has recent home wins over LG by scores of 6-3, 5-1 and 4-2, plus an 8-5 home win over Shinsegae. Samsung also lost 3-1 at Shinsegae and 9-3 at KT in recent road games.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Samsung 3, Kia 8. Interstat’s ELO system gives Kia a 52.6 percent probability to win. Kia is installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under is 7.5.