KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season

How did LG's 5-1 win over NC change the KBO playoff race?

NC Dinos

1:5

Final

LG Twins

📅 Fri, May 1, 2026📍 Jamsil Baseball Stadium

⚾ Line score

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

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

W Anders Tolhurst (4-1)L Toda Natsuki (1-4)

🎯 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 112→111
LGMagic number 114→112Clinch wins 113→112
SSGMagic number 114→113
SamsungClinch wins 117→116
KIAClinch wins -→116
NCClinch wins 117→-Tragic number 117→116

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
NCThis result only: #6 · 13-15-0	-	117→-	117→116
LGThis result only: #2 · 18-10-0	114→112	113→112	-

📅 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 112→109Clinch wins 111→109
LGMagic number 114→111Clinch wins 113→111
SSGMagic number 114→112Clinch wins 113→112
SamsungClinch wins 117→115
NCClinch wins 117→116Tragic number 117→116
DoosanTragic number 116→-
HanwhaTragic number 115→114
KiwoomTragic number 114→113

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:NC scenarios →LG scenarios →

🧾 Box score

NC batting

NC batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	SO	AVG
1김주원	SS	3	0	0	0	1	.255
김한별	SS	2	1	1	0	0	.333
2박민우	2B	4	2	0	0	0	.343
3박건우	DH	5	1	0	0	2	.292
4Matt Davidson	1B	5	3	0	1	1	.265
5이우성	LF	2	0	0	0	0	.316
고준휘	LF	3	0	0	0	1	.150
6한석현	RF	3	1	0	0	1	.370
7안중열	C	3	0	0	0	1	.250
8도태훈	3B	4	0	0	0	1	.143
9최정원	CF	2	0	0	0	0	.231
윤준혁	CF	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		38	8	1	1	8

LG batting

LG batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1홍창기	RF	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	.165
2천성호	3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.364
3Austin Dean	1B	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	.357
4문보경	DH	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	.304
5송찬의	LF	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	.438
최원영	PR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
6오지환	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.241
신민재	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.159
7박해민	CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.247
8박동원	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222
9구본혁	2B-SS	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.273
Totals		24	5	5	5	2	3	7

NC pitching

NC pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
Toda NatsukiL	5	5	5	5	2	4	2	82	6.11
하준영	2/3	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	6.75
김태경	2 1/3	0	0	0	1	1	0	33	0.00
Totals	8	5	5	5	3	7	2	127

LG pitching

LG pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	SO	NP	ERA
Anders TolhurstW	6 1/3	7	1	1	5	101	3.90
김진성H	2/3	0	0	0	0	5	4.05
우강훈	1	0	0	0	1	14	4.73
장현식	1	1	0	0	2	15	3.00
Totals	9	8	1	1	8	135

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 오스틴(3회 2사 3루서 좌월 홈런)
Home runs: 오스틴7호(3회2점 토다) 송찬의4호(3회2점 토다)
Triples: 천성호(3회)
Doubles: 데이비슨(4회)
Errors: 구본혁2(1 8회) 오스틴(6회)
Caught stealing: 최원영(8회)
Double plays grounded into: 천성호(7회)
Umpires: 오훈규 박기택 구명환 이호성

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.