KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 4 of the season

How did NC's 8-1 win over Lotte change the KBO playoff race?

NC Dinos

8:1

Final

Lotte Giants

📅 Tue, May 12, 2026📍 Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium

⚾ Line score

Line score · NC vs Lotte
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	B
NC	0	0	1	3	1	0	3	0	0	8	9	0	10
Lotte	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2

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

W Riley Thompson (1-0)L Elvin Rodriguez (3-2)

🎯 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

LotteTragic number 107→106

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
NCThis result only: #8 · 16-20-1	-	-	107
LotteThis result only: #9 · 14-21-1	-	-	107→106

📅 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 102→101Clinch wins 102→101
LGMagic number 103→102
SamsungMagic number 104→102Clinch wins 104→102
SSGMagic number 106→104Clinch wins 106→104
KIATragic number -→106
DoosanMagic number -→106Clinch wins -→106
HanwhaTragic number 107→106
NCTragic number 107→106
LotteTragic number 107→105
KiwoomTragic number 104→102

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 →Lotte scenarios →

🧾 Box score

NC batting

NC batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1김주원	SS	5	3	3	3	1	1	1	.257
2한석현	CF-LF	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	.313
3박민우	2B	2	1	0	2	0	2	1	.339
4오영수	1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.292
도태훈	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
권희동	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083
김한별	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321
5박건우	DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.264
허윤	PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
6이우성	LF	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	.353
최정원	PR-CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.256
7서호철	3B-1B	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	.206
8김형준	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.220
9박시원	RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000
Totals		35	9	8	8	1	8	10

Lotte batting

Lotte batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1황성빈	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.274
장두성	PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.278
2고승민	2B	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.360
이호준	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115
3Victor Reyes	LF	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.342
김한홀	PR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
4전준우	DH	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	.248
5노진혁	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.226
6윤동희	RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.212
7전민재	SS	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.286
김세민	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
8박승욱	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275
손호영	3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.173
9Son Seong-bin	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.194
유강남	PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244
Totals		33	6	1	1	1	2	10

NC pitching

NC pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
Riley ThompsonW	5	3	1	1	2	5	1	91	4.50
김영규	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	3.86
전사민	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	2.81
임정호	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	3.00
박지한	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0.00
Totals	9	6	1	1	2	10	1	128

Lotte pitching

Lotte pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
Elvin RodriguezL	4 2/3	6	5	5	4	8	0	103	5.11
정현수	2/3	1	0	0	1	1	0	22	2.25
최이준	1 2/3	2	3	3	1	0	1	40	7.15
윤성빈	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	20	13.50
구승민	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.00
Totals	9	9	8	8	8	10	1	193

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 한석현(4회 2사 만루서 밀어내기 사구)
Home runs: 전민재1호(3회1점 라일리) 김주원5호(7회3점 최이준)
Doubles: 김주원2(3 6회) 박건우(5회) 전준우(8회)
Wild pitches: 로드리게스2(3회)
Umpires: 송수근 권영철 장호석 최영주

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