KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 4 of the season

How did Lotte's 7-5 win over Samsung change the KBO playoff race?

Samsung

Samsung Lions

5:7

Final

Lotte

Lotte Giants

📅 Sat, May 23, 2026📍 Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium

⚾ Line score

Line score · Samsung vs Lotte
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	B
Samsung	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	14	0	4
Lotte	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	X	7	12	0	6

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

W 최준용 (2-1, 7 SV)L 임기영 (0-1)

🎯 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

This result did not change any club's magic number, clinch wins or tragic number.

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
SamsungThis result only: #1 · 27-18-1	94	94	-
LotteThis result only: #9 · 19-25-1	-	-	97

📅 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:Samsung scenarios →Lotte scenarios →

🧾 Box score

Samsung batting

Samsung batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1김성윤	RF	5	1	1	0	0	2	.286
장승현	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111
2Ja Wook Koo	LF	4	4	1	3	1	0	.327
3최형우	DH	4	0	0	0	1	2	.353
4Lewin Diaz	1B	5	1	0	0	0	1	.304
5류지혁	2B	4	2	0	0	1	1	.333
6강민호	C	1	1	0	2	0	0	.253
박세혁	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	.175
박승규	PH-RF	2	1	0	0	0	0	.294
7전병우	3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.266
8이재현	SS	4	1	0	0	0	0	.217
박계범	PR-SS	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111
김헌곤	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270
9김지찬	CF	4	2	1	0	0	0	.284
Totals		40	14	5	5	4	7

Lotte batting

Lotte batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1황성빈	CF	4	2	0	1	0	0	.303
2고승민	2B-1B	5	2	1	0	0	0	.391
3Victor Reyes	RF-LF	3	1	2	0	2	1	.350
4나승엽	1B	3	0	0	0	2	1	.356
한태양	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
이호준	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097
5전준우	LF	3	1	0	0	1	0	.239
장두성	RF	1	1	0	2	0	0	.278
6전민재	SS	4	0	1	0	1	2	.270
7김동현	DH	4	2	2	2	0	1	.333
8박승욱	3B	4	2	1	2	0	0	.295
9Son Seong-bin	C	4	1	0	0	0	1	.228
Totals		35	12	7	7	6	6

Samsung pitching

Samsung pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
장찬희	4 2/3	8	5	5	3	5	103	4.31
Miyaji Yura	1 1/3	2	0	0	1	0	18	5.40
임기영L	1 2/3	1	2	2	1	1	19	4.37
김무신	0	1	0	0	1	0	11	0.00
양현	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.00
Totals	8	12	7	7	6	6	155

Lotte pitching

Lotte pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
박세웅	6 1/3	8	2	2	3	4	106	4.71
홍민기H	2/3	1	0	0	0	1	6	0.00
박정민	2/3	4	3	3	0	1	29	5.16
최준용W	1 1/3	1	0	0	1	1	17	2.66
Totals	9	14	5	5	4	7	158

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 장두성(8회 2사 만루서 우전 안타)
Triples: 김동현(5회)
Doubles: 김동현(2회) 박승욱2(2 5회) 손성빈(4회) 고승민(8회) 구자욱(8회)
Stolen bases: 박승욱(2회)
Double plays grounded into: 박세혁(5회)
Umpires: 정종수 오훈규 최수원 구명환

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