KBO 2026 · Regular season · Meeting 15 of the season

What does LG vs Lotte change in the KBO seeding race?

14:00 KST

Scheduled

Lotte

Lotte Giants

SP 김한결

📅 Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 14:00 KST📍 Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium📺 TV MBC SPORTS+ · SPOTV2

🏁 Seeding race by result

All five postseason places are settled. Standings built from every game finished through Oct 7, plus this one result, recomputed for all 10 clubs: reachable ranks and clinch wins for each place. Arithmetic, not odds.

LG win

  • LGClinch wins for a top-3 finish: 3 W→2 W
  • SSGReachable rank: 6th–7th→6th
  • LotteReachable rank: 6th–8th→7th–8th

Lotte win

  • KIAClinch wins for a top-3 finish: 4 W→3 W
  • LGClinch wins for a top-3 finish: 3 W→Needs help

Tie

  • LGClinch wins for a top-3 finish: 3 W→Needs help
  • SSGReachable rank: 6th–7th→6th
  • LotteReachable rank: 6th–8th→7th–8th

Both clubs going in (games through Oct 7)

  • LG#4 · 77-63-1Reachable rank 3rd–4thClinched a postseason spot
  • Lotte#8 · 61-76-3Reachable rank 6th–8thEliminated

Reachable rank = the range of places a club can still finish in, from winning or losing every remaining game (finishes decided by a tie included — the same calculation as the Possible rank column on the KBO standings page). Clinch wins for a place = remaining wins that secure that place or better whatever other clubs do (ties count against the club). Magic and tragic numbers no longer change now that all five places are settled.

⚾ Probable starters

LG

Carlos Carrasco#59

6-2 · 3.93 ERA · 55 IP · 1.02 WHIP · 43 K

vs Lotte: 1 G, 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 6 IP

Lotte

김한결#62

0-1 · 8.10 ERA · 10 IP · 1.30 WHIP · 9 K

vs LG: 1 G, 0-0, 99.99 ERA, 0 IP

📋 Starting lineups

Lineups have not been posted yet.

🔁 Season series

LG 8Lotte 6

Before this game: LG 8-6-0 against Lotte

Game data: Naver Sports. Reachable ranks and clinch wins for each place are computed by this site.