KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 12 of the season

How did KIA's 8-3 win over KT change the KBO playoff race?

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Final

KIA Tigers

📅 Sun, Sep 6, 2026📍 Gwangju Kia Champions Field

⚾ Line score

Line score · KT vs KIA
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	B
KT	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	11	1	2
KIA	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	X	8	12	1	7

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

W James Naile (10-6)L Davis Daniel (1-2)

🎯 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

KIAMagic number 20→19Clinch wins 20→19

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
KTThis result only: #2 · 69-46-3	16	15	-
KIAThis result only: #4 · 66-52-2	20→19	20→19	-

📅 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 14→12Clinch wins 13→11
KTMagic number 16→15Clinch wins 15→14
LGMagic number 17→16Clinch wins 17→16
KIAMagic number 20→18Clinch wins 20→18
DoosanClinch wins 22→20
NCTragic number 23→21
SSGTragic number 13→11
HanwhaTragic number 15→14
LotteTragic number 16→14

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:KT scenarios →KIA scenarios →

🧾 Box score

KT batting

KT batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1최원준	CF	4	1	0	0	1	0	.339
2김민혁	DH	5	2	0	0	0	1	.302
3안현민	RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.287
4Sam Hilliard	LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.295
5김현수	1B	4	2	1	1	0	0	.271
6Kyoung Min Hur	3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	.337
7김상수	2B	2	1	0	0	0	0	.289
류현인	2B	2	1	0	1	0	0	.301
8한승택	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	.225
오윤석	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.288
9권동진	SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.262
장진혁	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.273
손민석	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
배정대	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.206
Totals		36	11	3	3	2	8

KIA batting

KIA batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1이호연	2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.233
정현창	PR-SS	1	0	2	0	0	0	.139
2박재현	LF	4	2	2	0	1	0	.290
3김도영	3B	4	4	3	0	1	0	.306
4Harold Castro	1B	4	4	1	6	0	0	.328
변우혁	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190
5나성범	RF	4	1	0	2	0	1	.300
박정우	PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309
6김선빈	DH	3	1	0	0	1	0	.277
김민규	PR-DH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.295
7김호령	CF	4	0	0	0	1	2	.270
8김태군	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	.268
9하주석	SS-2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.256
Park Min	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205
Totals		35	12	8	8	5	6

KT pitching

KT pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Davis DanielL	3	5	3	3	3	3	72	2.88
오원석	2 2/3	3	1	1	0	1	38	5.97
손동현	1/3	1	1	1	1	0	8	3.35
우규민	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	2.72
Sugimoto Koki	1/3	1	2	1	0	0	7	5.71
박영현	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	2.73
이정현	2/3	0	0	0	0	2	13	2.25
Totals	8	12	8	7	5	6	153

KIA pitching

KIA pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
James NaileW	6	9	2	2	1	4	93	3.66
정해영H	1	1	1	1	0	2	12	6.08
김범수H	1/3	1	0	0	0	0	6	5.84
성영탁H	2/3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.12
이의리	1	0	0	0	1	2	19	7.52
Totals	9	11	3	3	2	8	134

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 카스트로(3회 무사 1,2루서 좌중간 2루타)
Doubles: 카스트로3(3 6 8회) 최원준(5회) 김현수(6회) 나성범(8회) 안현민(8회)
Errors: 김호령(2회) 손민석(8회)
Stolen bases: 카스트로(1회)
Double plays grounded into: 김현수(3회) 김호령(5회) 한승택(6회)
Wild pitches: 손동현(6회)
Umpires: 이계성 구명환 정은재 박기택

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