KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 16 of the season

How did Lotte's 9-6 win over NC change the KBO playoff race?

NC Dinos

6:9

Final

Lotte Giants

📅 Fri, Sep 18, 2026📍 Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium

⚾ Line score

Line score · NC vs Lotte
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	B
NC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	6	7	1	0
Lotte	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	X	9	18	2	5

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

W Elvin Rodriguez (9-11)L 이재학 (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

KTClinched a postseason spotMagic number 3→ClinchedClinch wins 1→Clinched
SamsungMagic number 4→3Clinch wins 3→2
LGMagic number 7→6Clinch wins 7→6
KIAMagic number 10→9Clinch wins 10→9
DoosanMagic number 14→13Clinch wins 12→11
NCTragic number 13→12

Before → with this result only

Team	Magic number	Clinch wins	Tragic number
NCThis result only: #6 · 59-65-2	-	-	13→12
LotteThis result only: #9 · 54-71-2	-	-	6

📅 After all games that day

Standings entering the day (results through the previous day), plus the 4 games finished that day. Clinches and eliminations that took more than one of those results show up only here.

KTClinched a postseason spotMagic number 3→ClinchedClinch wins 1→Clinched
SamsungMagic number 4→2Clinch wins 3→1
LGMagic number 7→5Clinch wins 7→5
KIAMagic number 10→9Clinch wins 10→9
DoosanMagic number 14→13Clinch wins 12→11
NCTragic number 13→11
HanwhaTragic number 7→5
LotteTragic number 6→5

Games counted that day:

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

🧾 Box score

NC batting

NC batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	SO	AVG
1권희동	RF-LF	4	2	0	1	0	1	.250
김건	PR-SS	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
2이우성	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.291
윤준혁	RF	1	1	1	2	1	0	.400
3박민우	2B	4	2	2	1	1	0	.325
4Blaine Crim	1B	4	1	1	2	1	2	.257
5박건우	DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	.297
6김휘집	3B	4	1	0	0	0	1	.272
7안중열	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	.293
김형준	C	3	0	0	0	0	2	.248
8홍종표	SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200
최정원	PH-CF	1	0	1	0	0	1	.272
9천재환	CF-LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.297
Totals		34	7	6	6	3	10

Lotte batting

Lotte batting
Batter	Pos	AB	H	R	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG
1황성빈	CF-LF	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	.287
2나승엽	1B	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	.276
박승욱	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
3Victor Reyes	LF	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	.354
김동혁	PR-RF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.219
4한동희	3B	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	.297
김세민	PR-3B	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.205
5전민재	SS	3	2	1	3	0	2	0	.279
6전준우	DH	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.230
정대선	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
7한태양	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240
고승민	PH-2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.279
8Son Seong-bin	C	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	.260
9장두성	RF-CF	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	.271
Totals		40	18	9	8	1	5	4

NC pitching

NC pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	NP	ERA
이재학L	2 1/3	5	2	2	1	0	1	44	5.56
이준혁	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	27	2.73
김진호	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	6.25
신영우	2/3	0	0	0	2	1	0	14	2.32
류진욱	1	4	2	2	0	1	0	22	8.72
김태경	2 1/3	5	2	2	0	1	0	45	5.88
최우석	2/3	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	2.84
Totals	8	18	9	9	5	4	1	172

Lotte pitching

Lotte pitching
Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	NP	ERA
Elvin RodriguezW	7 2/3	6	5	5	9	2	101	4.28
김원중H	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4.75
Iimura Shota	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	6.84
Totals	9	7	6	6	10	3	113

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

Game notes

Game-winning RBI: 장두성(2회 2사 1,2루서 좌중간 2루타)
Home runs: 박민우7호(1회1점 로드리게스) 한동희20호(2회1점 이재학) 윤준혁1호(8회2점 로드리게스) 블레인10호(9회1점 이이무라)
Triples: 손성빈(7회) 박민우(7회)
Doubles: 장두성(2회) 한동희2(3 8회) 레이예스(4회) 손성빈(5회) 권희동(8회)
Errors: 손성빈(1회) 전민재(3회) 류진욱(5회)
Stolen bases: 전민재(2회) 장두성(5회)
Caught stealing: 황성빈(5회) 전민재(8회)
Double plays grounded into: 이우성2(3 6회)
Wild pitches: 로드리게스(8회)
Umpires: 박종철 장준영 문동균 이기중

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