KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 15 of the season

How did Samsung's 6-4 win over KIA change the KBO playoff race?

KIA

KIA Tigers

4:6

Final

Samsung

Samsung Lions

📅 Tue, Sep 8, 2026📍 Daegu Samsung Lions Park

⚾ Line score

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

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

W 최원태 (7-4)L Shirakawa Keisho (3-5)

🎯 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 12→11Clinch wins 11→10

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
KIAThis result only: #4 · 66-53-2	18	18	-
SamsungThis result only: #1 · 73-46-3	12→11	11→10	-

📅 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 12→10Clinch wins 11→9
KTMagic number 15→13Clinch wins 14→12
LGMagic number 16→15Clinch wins 16→15
KIAMagic number 18→17Clinch wins 18→17
DoosanClinch wins 20→19
NCTragic number 21→20
SSGTragic number 11→10

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:KIA scenarios →Samsung scenarios →

🧾 Box score

KIA batting

KIA batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1박재현	LF	5	3	1	1	1	0	1	.293
2박상준	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.269
변우혁	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188
이호연	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
3김도영	3B	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	.307
4Harold Castro	1B	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.326
5나성범	RF	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.301
6김선빈	2B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.277
7하주석	SS	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.264
8김태군	C	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.268
주효상	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
9김호령	CF	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270
Totals		38	12	4	4	2	3	4

Samsung batting

Samsung batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1김지찬	CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.327
2박승규	RF	3	1	3	2	1	1	0	.282
3Ja Wook Koo	LF	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	.362
4최형우	DH	3	1	0	2	0	1	1	.321
5Lewin Diaz	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295
6류지혁	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289
양우현	PH-2B	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	.177
7강민호	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269
박세혁	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154
8김영웅	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181
9이재현	SS	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.230
Totals		29	6	6	5	1	6	2

KIA pitching

KIA pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
Shirakawa KeishoL	4 2/3	3	4	4	5	1	0	90	4.91
김범수	1/3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5.79
이태양	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	3.07
홍건희	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	18	4.50
한재승	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	4.50
Totals	8	6	6	6	6	2	1	139

Samsung pitching

Samsung pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
최원태W	5	4	1	1	2	3	0	77	4.37
Miyamori Satoshi	2/3	2	1	1	1	0	1	19	7.45
이승민H	1 1/3	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	2.41
장찬희	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	4.07
김재윤	1	3	2	2	0	0	1	27	3.32
Totals	9	12	4	4	3	4	2	162

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: None
Home runs: 김도영40호(6회1점 사토시) 박승규10호(7회2점 홍건희) 박재현16호(9회1점 김재윤)
Doubles: 나성범(8회) 카스트로(9회)
Out on the bases: 김태군(5회)
Double plays grounded into: 디아즈(4회)
Wild pitches: 최원태2(5회)
Umpires: 이용혁 김정국 함지웅 김성철

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.