KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season

How did KT's 9-4 win over Hanwha change the KBO playoff race?

KT

KT Wiz

9:4

Final

Hanwha

Hanwha Eagles

📅 Tue, Mar 31, 2026📍 Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark

⚾ Line score

Line score · KT vs Hanwha
Team123456789RHEB
KT100010313912212
Hanwha0000000404936

B = BB+HBP (walks plus hit-by-pitch). The BB columns in the box score below count walks only.

W Caleb Boushley (1-0)L Owen White (0-1)

🎯 What this result changed

Standings entering the day (results through the previous day), plus this game only. Other games played the same day are not included.

This game alone

  • KTMagic number 142→141Clinch wins 142→141
  • HanwhaClinch wins 142→-

Before → with this result only

TeamMagic numberClinch winsTragic number
KTThis result only: #1 · 3-0-0142→141142→141-
HanwhaThis result only: #4 · 2-1-0142142→--

📅 After all games that day

Standings entering the day (results through the previous day), plus the 5 games finished that day. Clinches and eliminations that took more than one of those results show up only here.

  • KTMagic number 142→140Clinch wins 142→140
  • HanwhaMagic number 142→141Clinch wins 142→141
  • LotteMagic number 142→141Clinch wins 142→141
  • SSGMagic number 142→140Clinch wins 142→140
  • DoosanTragic number -→141
  • NCMagic number -→141Clinch wins -→141
  • LGTragic number 142→140
  • SamsungTragic number 142→140
  • KIATragic number 142→141
  • KiwoomTragic number 142→140

Games counted that day:

Magic-number changes larger than that club's games left (still far off) are left out of this list. Clubs that clinch or are eliminated are always listed; both clubs' numbers are in the table below.

Current numbers, including the day's other games, on the club pages:KT scenarios →Hanwha scenarios →

🧾 Box score

KT batting

KT batting
BatterPosABHRRBIHRBBSOAVG
1최원준CF4120010.308
배정대PH-CF1000001.000
2김현수1B4210021.231
안치영PR0010000.000
오윤석1B0000000.000
3안현민RF4212020.364
4Sam HilliardLF6112001.286
5장성우DH5322100.500
6김상수2B3101020.571
7Kyoung Min Hur3B2000001.600
류현인PR-3B3000002.222
8한승택C3010023.091
9이강민SS5200001.417
Totals4012971910

Hanwha batting

Hanwha batting
BatterPosABHRRBIHRBBSOAVG
1오재원CF3210020.429
2Yonathan PerlazaRF3102021.500
3문현빈LF4100011.417
4노시환3B5000005.200
5강백호DH5200002.313
최유빈PR0000000.000
6채은성1B5100000.308
7하주석2B3100011.400
황영묵PR-2B0010000.000
8최재훈C2000001.125
허인서PH-C2112100.250
9심우준SS3000000.273
이도윤SS1010000.000
Totals369441611

KT pitching

KT pitching
PitcherIPHRERBBSOHRNPERA
Caleb BoushleyW5500270920.00
한승혁H1000110156.75
Yong Ju Jeon2/3000210160.00
Sugimoto Koki12421112627.00
김민수1/310000070.00
주권1100010110.00
Totals99426111167

Hanwha pitching

Hanwha pitching
PitcherIPHRERBBSOHRNPERA
Owen WhiteL2 1/3411120573.86
강재민2/3100000127.71
조동욱1000010100.00
엄상백1/32110001327.00
윤산흠1 2/3000210396.00
김도빈11333203313.50
원종혁1211121256.75
박준영12332203110.13
Totals912999101220

AVG and ERA are season figures through this game. BB excludes hit-by-pitch.

Game notes

Game-winning RBI
None
Home runs
장성우1호(8회1점 원종혁) 허인서1호(8회2점 스기모토)
Triples
힐리어드(9회)
Doubles
최원준(1회) 장성우(5회) 김상수(5회) 안현민(7회) 페라자(8회) 김현수(9회)
Errors
최재훈(2회) 채은성(2회) 허경민(2회) 심우준(6회) 류현인(8회)
Caught stealing
문현빈(1회)
Double plays grounded into
채은성(9회)
Wild pitches
화이트(1회) 김도빈(7회) 스기모토(8회)
Umpires
장준영 김태완 이기중 박종철

Entries are shown as published in Korean.

Game data: Naver Sports. Magic numbers, clinch wins and tragic numbers are computed by this site.