KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 4 of the season

How did KT's 7-4 win over NC change the KBO playoff race?

NC Dinos

4:7

Final

KT Wiz

📅 Fri, May 22, 2026📍 Suwon KT Wiz Park

⚾ Line score

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

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

W 손동현 (2-0)L 류진욱 (1-4, 3 SV)S 박영현 (3-0, 10 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

KTMagic number 97→96Clinch wins 97→96
NCTragic number 97→96

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
NCThis result only: #10 · 18-26-1	-	-	97→96
KTThis result only: #3 · 26-18-1	97→96	97→96	-

📅 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.

SamsungMagic number 96→94Clinch wins 96→94
LGMagic number 96→95Clinch wins 96→95
KTMagic number 97→95Clinch wins 97→95
KIAClinch wins -→98
LotteTragic number 98→97
NCTragic number 97→96

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 →KT scenarios →

🧾 Box score

NC batting

NC batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1김주원	SS	4	3	0	2	0	0	.296
2한석현	RF-CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.303
3박민우	2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.307
4박건우	DH	4	1	0	0	0	1	.261
5이우성	LF	4	0	0	1	0	0	.338
6Matt Davidson	1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.262
7도태훈	3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.170
권희동	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.148
8김형준	C	3	2	1	1	0	0	.223
9최정원	CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.245
오영수	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
박시원	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211
Totals		32	7	4	4	1	5

KT batting

KT batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1최원준	RF	2	1	0	3	2	0	.354
2유준규	CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.324
장성우	PH-C	2	0	0	0	0	2	.213
3김현수	1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.282
오윤석	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302
4Sam Hilliard	LF	5	3	2	0	0	2	.285
5김민혁	DH	4	3	2	1	0	0	.337
6김상수	2B	2	0	1	0	1	0	.312
7Kyoung Min Hur	3B	2	1	2	1	0	0	.404
8한승택	C	1	0	0	0	1	0	.208
배정대	PR-CF	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236
9권동진	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	.382
이정훈	PH	0	0	0	1	1	0	.367
장준원	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Totals		27	8	7	7	6	6

NC pitching

NC pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
김태경	2	4	4	4	2	2	46	3.65
이준혁	2	1	0	0	1	0	29	2.87
김진호	1	1	0	0	0	1	21	5.63
김영규	1	0	0	0	2	1	19	3.72
류진욱L	1/3	2	3	3	1	0	20	8.82
임지민	1 2/3	0	0	0	0	2	25	3.68
Totals	8	8	7	7	6	6	160

KT pitching

KT pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Young Pyo Ko	6	5	4	4	1	4	98	5.33
손동현W	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	2.57
한승혁H	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	5.24
박영현S	1	1	0	0	0	1	15	2.53
Totals	9	7	4	4	1	5	127

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 배정대(7회 1사 만루서 밀어내기 사구)
Doubles: 힐리어드(2회) 김민혁(5회) 데이비슨(5회) 김형준(5회)
Stolen bases: 박민우(6회)
Out on the bases: 김주원(3회)
Double plays grounded into: 한석현(8회)
Umpires: 김태완 문동균 박종철 장준영

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.