KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

How did KIA's 4-3 win over Lotte change the KBO playoff race?

Lotte

Lotte Giants

3:4

Final

KIA

KIA Tigers

📅 Sat, Apr 25, 2026📍 Gwangju Kia Champions Field

⚾ Line score

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

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

W 양현종 (2-2)L 박세웅 (0-4)S 성영탁 (0-0, 3 SV)

🎯 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

NCTragic number 122→121
DoosanTragic number 120→119
HanwhaTragic number 121→120
KiwoomTragic number 119→118
LotteTragic number 119→117

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
LotteThis result only: #10 · 7-16-0	-	-	119→117
KIAThis result only: #5 · 12-12-0	122→121	-	-

📅 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 117→116Clinch wins 117→116
LGMagic number 118→116Clinch wins 118→116
SSGMagic number 119→117Clinch wins 119→117
SamsungMagic number 121→120Clinch wins 120→119
KIAClinch wins -→120
NCTragic number 122→120
DoosanTragic number 120→118
HanwhaTragic number 121→120
KiwoomTragic number 119→118
LotteTragic number 119→117

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 →KIA scenarios →

🧾 Box score

Lotte batting

Lotte batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1한태양	2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	.257
2Victor Reyes	RF	5	2	0	1	0	0	1	.352
3전준우	LF	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	.212
4한동희	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247
박승욱	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333
5노진혁	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286
6유강남	DH	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	.188
7전민재	SS	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.214
8Son Seong-bin	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.175
정보근	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
9신윤후	CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250
장두성	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208
Totals		34	5	3	3	1	4	10

KIA batting

KIA batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1Jarryd Dale	2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.291
정현창	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071
2김호령	CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.305
3김선빈	DH	2	1	1	1	2	0	.329
4김도영	3B	3	1	0	2	0	1	.256
5Harold Castro	1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250
이호연	1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.125
Park Min	SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	.308
6나성범	RF	2	1	0	0	2	1	.260
박정우	PR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
7한준수	C	4	0	0	0	0	2	.271
8김규성	SS-1B	3	1	1	0	0	1	.250
9박재현	LF-RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	.286
Totals		27	6	4	4	5	10

Lotte pitching

Lotte pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
박세웅L	5	5	4	4	3	7	101	3.81
최이준	1 1/3	1	0	0	1	1	19	6.43
박정민	1 2/3	0	0	0	1	2	18	3.00
Totals	8	6	4	4	5	10	138

KIA pitching

KIA pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
양현종W	5	4	3	1	2	5	1	90	3.91
이태양H	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	24	1.54
정해영H	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	17	9.64
김범수H	2/3	0	0	0	1	1	0	14	6.97
성영탁S	1 1/3	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0.69
Totals	9	5	3	1	4	10	1	156

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 김도영(5회 2사 1,3루서 우익수 2루타)
Home runs: 유강남2호(4회1점 양현종)
Doubles: 김선빈(3회) 신윤후(3회) 김규성(5회) 박재현(5회) 김도영(5회)
Errors: 김규성(3회) 이태양(6회)
Caught stealing: 박정우(8회)
Double plays grounded into: 한준수(4회)
Umpires: 오훈규 박기택 박지민 정종수

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.