KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season

How did NC's 9-2 win over Lotte change the KBO playoff race?

Lotte Giants

2:9

Final

NC Dinos

📅 Tue, Mar 31, 2026📍 Changwon NC Park

⚾ Line score

Line score · Lotte vs NC
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	B
Lotte	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	5
NC	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	1	X	9	8	1	7

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

W Toda Natsuki (1-0)L 박세웅 (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

LotteClinch wins 142→-
DoosanTragic number -→142
LGTragic number 142→141
SamsungTragic number 142→141
KIATragic number 142→141
KiwoomTragic number 142→141

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
LotteThis result only: #5 · 2-1-0	142	142→-	-
NCThis result only: #4 · 2-1-0	-→142	-	-

📅 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:Lotte scenarios →NC scenarios →

🧾 Box score

Lotte batting

Lotte batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1Victor Reyes	LF	5	0	0	0	0	1	.250
2손호영	3B	3	0	1	0	1	2	.231
3윤동희	RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.333
4전준우	DH	4	2	1	0	0	0	.417
5노진혁	1B	3	2	0	2	1	1	.455
6유강남	C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.091
Son Seong-bin	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
7한태양	2B	3	1	0	0	1	2	.300
이서준	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
8전민재	SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.125
이호준	SS	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
9황성빈	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333
김민성	PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
장두성	PR-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		32	5	2	2	5	11

NC batting

NC batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1김주원	SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	.167
오영수	PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2박민우	2B	2	0	1	0	2	1	.200
허윤	PR	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
김한별	2B	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
3Matt Davidson	DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	.300
고준휘	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
4박건우	RF	3	2	1	1	1	0	.500
한석현	PR-RF	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
5김휘집	3B-SS	4	2	1	4	0	0	.400
6김형준	C	2	1	1	1	1	1	.182
김정호	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
7서호철	1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.125
신재인	PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
8이우성	LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
천재환	LF	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000
9최정원	CF	3	1	0	1	1	0	.143
Totals		32	8	9	8	6	9

Lotte pitching

Lotte pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
박세웅L	5	5	4	0	1	3	84	0.00
Kyoyama Masaya	2/3	2	2	2	1	1	19	6.75
윤성빈	2/3	0	2	2	2	1	18	27.00
박준우	2/3	1	0	0	0	2	14	0.00
이민석	1	0	1	1	2	2	25	9.00
Totals	8	8	9	5	6	9	160

NC pitching

NC pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Toda NatsukiW	5	3	2	2	4	4	79	3.60
이준혁H	1	1	0	0	0	1	21	0.00
김영규	1	0	0	0	1	3	20	10.80
신영우	1	0	0	0	0	2	11	0.00
원종해	1	1	0	0	0	1	21	0.00
Totals	9	5	2	2	5	11	152

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 김휘집(3회 2사 2,3루서 중전 안타)
Doubles: 전준우(2회) 노진혁2(2 6회) 박건우(3회) 서호철(6회)
Errors: 전민재(3회) 윤성빈(6회) 김한별(9회)
Stolen bases: 김휘집(3회) 허윤(7회)
Caught stealing: 박민우(5회)
Double plays grounded into: 전민재(2회)
Wild pitches: 쿄야마(6회) 박준우2(7회) 이민석2(8회)
Umpires: 윤태수 최영주 권영철 박근영

Entries are shown as published in Korean.

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