KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 5 of the season

How did KT's 10-5 win over NC change the KBO playoff race?

NC Dinos

5:10

Final

KT Wiz

📅 Sat, May 23, 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	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	5	12	1	6
KT	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	X	10	14	1	7

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

W Matt Sauer (3-2)L 구창모 (4-2)

🎯 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

KTMagic number 95→94Clinch wins 95→94
NCTragic number 96→95

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
NCThis result only: #10 · 18-27-1	-	-	96→95
KTThis result only: #2 · 27-18-1	95→94	95→94	-

📅 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.

SamsungClinch wins 94→93
KTMagic number 95→94Clinch wins 95→93
LGMagic number 95→94Clinch wins 95→93
KIAMagic number 98→97Clinch wins 98→96
HanwhaClinch wins -→98
KiwoomTragic number 96→95
NCTragic number 96→95

Games counted that day:

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	HR	SO	AVG
1김주원	SS	4	2	1	0	0	0	.301
2한석현	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.297
박시원	PH-CF	3	1	0	1	0	0	.227
3박민우	2B	3	1	0	0	0	1	.308
김한별	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250
4박건우	RF	4	3	1	0	0	0	.274
최정원	PR-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.242
5이우성	DH	3	1	0	1	0	0	.338
오영수	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244
6Matt Davidson	1B	4	1	0	1	0	0	.262
7권희동	LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.161
8김형준	C	2	1	0	0	0	1	.228
안중열	C	2	0	0	0	0	1	.238
9도태훈	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167
신재인	3B	2	1	1	2	1	0	.170
Totals		37	12	5	5	1	3

KT batting

KT batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1최원준	RF	5	4	2	1	0	0	.366
2김상수	2B	2	0	1	1	1	0	.307
3김현수	1B	5	1	0	1	0	0	.280
오윤석	PR-1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302
4Sam Hilliard	CF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.286
배정대	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.228
5김민혁	LF	5	4	1	2	0	0	.358
주권	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
6장성우	DH	3	0	1	0	1	3	.209
유준규	PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.314
7Kyoung Min Hur	3B	3	2	2	1	1	0	.420
이정훈	PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.367
장준원	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
8한승택	C	5	1	1	1	0	0	.208
9권동진	SS	2	1	1	1	1	1	.389
Totals		36	14	10	9	5	6

NC pitching

NC pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
구창모L	2 2/3	10	9	6	2	2	78	4.47
손주환	1 1/3	2	1	1	1	1	32	11.05
김준원	3	1	0	0	1	2	39	0.00
신영우	1	1	0	0	1	1	12	5.63
Totals	8	14	10	6	5	6	161

KT pitching

KT pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	NP	ERA
Matt SauerW	5 1/3	9	4	4	3	1	105	4.82
Sugimoto Koki	1 2/3	1	0	0	0	0	25	6.00
우규민	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	3.46
주권	1	1	1	1	0	0	17	4.05
Totals	9	12	5	5	3	1	157

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 최원준(2회 1사 2,3루서 유격수 안타)
Home runs: 신재인3호(6회2점 사우어)
Doubles: 허경민(3회) 힐리어드(3회)
Errors: 김주원(3회) 김민혁(5회)
Out on the bases: 김민혁(8회)
Double plays grounded into: 김현수(2회) 박건우(5회) 이우성(7회)
Wild pitches: 사우어(2회) 손주환(3회) 구창모(3회)
Umpires: 박종철 장준영 문동균 나광남

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