KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 8 of the season

How did NC's 5-4 win over KIA change the KBO playoff race?

NC Dinos

5:4

Final

KIA Tigers

📅 Sat, Jul 4, 2026📍 Gwangju Kia Champions Field

⚾ Line score

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

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

W Riley Thompson (4-0)L Shirakawa Keisho (2-3)S 임지민 (3-4, 2 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

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
NCThis result only: #7 · 38-41-1	-	-	62
KIAThis result only: #4 · 44-37-2	59	59	-

📅 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.

LGClinch wins 54→53
SamsungClinch wins 56→55
KTMagic number 59→60(6th place changed from Doosan to Hanwha, so the reference team changed)
KIAMagic number 59→60(6th place changed from Doosan to Hanwha, so the reference team changed)
HanwhaMagic number 64→-Tragic number 65→63
NCTragic number 62→61
LotteTragic number 60→59
SSGTragic number 54→52
KiwoomTragic number 50→48

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.

The magic number is the 6th-place team's maximum possible wins + 1 − own wins (same calculation as the club pages). It drops by one with each own win and each loss or tie by the 6th-place team. When a different team moves into 6th, the reference changes and the number can go up.

Current numbers, including the day's other games, on the club pages:NC scenarios →KIA scenarios →

🧾 Box score

NC batting

NC batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1김주원	SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	.311
2권희동	RF-LF	4	2	0	1	0	0	.263
3Blaine Crim	1B	3	1	0	1	0	1	.125
신재인	PR-1B	0	0	1	0	0	0	.188
4이우성	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.338
최정원	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270
5박건우	DH	3	1	0	1	1	2	.285
6김휘집	3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.256
7김형준	C	3	0	1	0	1	2	.244
8천재환	CF-RF	4	1	0	2	0	1	.287
9김한별	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1	.250
고준휘	PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	.222
도태훈	2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.154
Totals		30	7	5	5	4	8

KIA batting

KIA batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1김호령	CF	5	1	1	0	0	2	.279
2박상준	1B	5	1	1	0	0	2	.317
3김도영	3B	2	1	2	1	1	0	.297
4나성범	RF	4	2	0	1	0	0	.294
김민규	PR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
5Harold Castro	DH	3	1	0	1	0	0	.304
6한준수	C	4	1	0	1	0	1	.328
7김선빈	2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.249
정현창	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140
8박재현	LF-RF	3	2	0	0	1	0	.284
9김규성	SS-2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.243
Totals		33	9	4	4	3	7

NC pitching

NC pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Riley ThompsonW	6	5	3	3	2	4	101	3.53
전사민H	1	1	0	0	0	1	13	3.93
김진호H	2/3	1	1	1	1	1	15	6.46
임지민S	1 1/3	2	0	0	0	1	26	4.42
Totals	9	9	4	4	3	7	155

KIA pitching

KIA pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Shirakawa KeishoL	4	4	4	4	4	2	83	4.88
성영탁	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	3.41
조상우	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	1.57
전상현	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	5.91
정해영	1	2	1	1	0	0	16	5.02
곽도규	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	1.38
Totals	9	7	5	5	4	8	141

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 천재환(4회 1사 2,3루서 좌중간 안타)
Triples: 박재현(9회)
Doubles: 나성범(1회) 김호령(3회) 김도영(6회) 박건우(8회)
Stolen bases: 천재환(4회)
Out on the bases: 고준휘(7회)
Double plays grounded into: 블레인(1회) 김형준(2회) 김호령(5회)
Balks: 시라카와(4회)
Umpires: 김태완 문동균 박종철 김정

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.