KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 9 of the season

How did Samsung's 9-7 win over Lotte change the KBO playoff race?

Samsung

Samsung Lions

9:7

Final

Lotte

Lotte Giants

📅 Fri, Jul 31, 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	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	9	14	1	5
Lotte	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	13	0	2

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

W 원태인 (6-5)L Iimura Shota (1-2)S 이승민 (4-0, 1 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

SamsungMagic number 38→37Clinch wins 38→37
LotteTragic number 39→38

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
SamsungThis result only: #1 · 59-37-2	38→37	38→37	-
LotteThis result only: #8 · 42-54-2	-	-	39→38

📅 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 38→36Clinch wins 38→36
KTMagic number 40→38Clinch wins 40→38
LGMagic number 41→40Clinch wins 43→42
KIAMagic number 44→43Clinch wins 44→43
DoosanMagic number 46→44Clinch wins 46→44
HanwhaTragic number 46→44
NCTragic number 42→41
LotteTragic number 39→37
SSGTragic number 33→31
KiwoomTragic number 30→29

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	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1김현준	CF	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	.281
2김성윤	RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.307
3Ja Wook Koo	LF	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	.350
4최형우	DH	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	.325
김영웅	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175
5이재현	SS	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.242
6Lewin Diaz	1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.295
7전병우	3B	5	3	3	2	1	0	1	.231
8김도환	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.265
강민호	C	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	.275
장승현	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.107
9심재훈	2B	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.275
류지혁	PH-2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.290
박계범	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171
Totals		40	14	9	9	1	5	9

Lotte batting

Lotte batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1황성빈	CF	4	2	0	0	0	0	.297
김동혁	PR-CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	.188
2고승민	2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.277
한태양	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264
3Victor Reyes	LF	5	2	2	1	0	1	.351
4한동희	DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	.290
5나승엽	1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	.252
6윤동희	RF	5	3	1	2	0	1	.247
7노진혁	3B	3	1	0	1	0	2	.219
8Son Seong-bin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236
유강남	C	4	2	0	1	0	1	.241
9박승욱	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.252
전민재	PH-SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	.266
Totals		39	13	7	7	1	8

Samsung pitching

Samsung pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
원태인W	6 2/3	9	6	6	1	5	98	4.14
이승현	0	3	1	1	0	0	12	4.41
장찬희H	1	1	0	0	0	2	14	4.42
이승민S	1 1/3	0	0	0	0	1	20	1.94
Totals	9	13	7	7	1	8	144

Lotte pitching

Lotte pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
김진욱	5	4	1	1	1	6	1	75	3.13
Iimura ShotaL	1/3	6	6	6	0	1	0	16	9.00
이영재	1/3	1	0	0	1	1	0	12	0.00
정철원	1 1/3	3	2	2	1	1	0	31	6.75
박정민	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	4.33
현도훈	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	4.05
Totals	9	14	9	9	5	9	1	168

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 강민호(6회 1사 1,3루서 중전 안타)
Home runs: 전병우7호(2회1점 김진욱)
Doubles: 윤동희(4회) 레이예스2(4 7회) 심재훈(5회) 디아즈(6회) 구자욱2(6회) 나승엽(7회) 한동희(7회) 김현준(7회) 강민호(7회)
Errors: 이재현(3회)
Out on the bases: 김영웅(8회)
Double plays grounded into: 박승욱(3회)
Umpires: 박근영 윤태수 송수근 정은재

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