Here is scenario in which Lotte makes the postseason with 9 additional wins (53 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB LG 104 38 2 0.7324 0.0 Hanwha 99 44 1 0.6923 5.5 SSG 97 44 3 0.6879 6.5 NC 84 54 6 0.6087 18.0 Lotte 53 86 5 0.3813 49.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KIA 53 86 5 0.3813 49.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KT 53 86 5 0.3813 49.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 53 87 4 0.3786 50.0 Samsung 54 89 1 0.3776 50.5 Kiwoom 52 88 4 0.3714 51.0 Explanation of Tie-breakers: The following table shows how many games each of the teams tied for fifth place in the scenario have already won against each other: Team KIA KT Lotte Total KIA - 7 4 11 KT 5 - 4 9 Lotte 2 6 - 8 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team KIA KT Lotte Total KIA - 0 2 2 KT 4 - 2 6 Lotte 8 0 - 8 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team KIA KT Lotte Total KIA - 7 6 13 KT 9 - 6 15 Lotte 10 6 - 16 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB Hanwha 46 33 1 64 0.582 0.0 LG 45 34 2 63 0.570 1.0 Lotte 44 35 3 62 0.557 2.0 KIA 42 36 3 63 0.538 3.5 SSG 40 37 3 64 0.519 5.0 KT 41 38 3 62 0.519 5.0 Samsung 40 40 1 63 0.500 6.5 NC 36 38 4 66 0.486 7.5 Doosan 32 46 3 63 0.410 13.5 Kiwoom 26 55 3 60 0.321 21.0 The next two tables show, respectively, how many of their remaining games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Additional Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 0 0 4 6 0 6 0 5 0 21 Hanwha 7 - 8 9 8 0 6 0 8 7 53 KIA 7 0 - 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 11 Kiwoom 1 0 4 - 5 0 7 1 8 0 26 KT 1 0 4 0 - 0 2 0 5 0 12 LG 8 6 8 7 9 - 9 5 7 0 59 Lotte 1 0 8 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 9 NC 7 5 7 6 8 0 8 - 7 0 48 Samsung 0 0 4 0 4 0 6 0 - 0 14 SSG 9 0 7 7 8 4 5 10 7 - 57 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 41 11 50 33 48 4 51 16 49 7 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 KIA 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 Kiwoom 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 0 0 2 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 0 2 NC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 The next two tables show, respectively, how many total games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Total Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 4 2 11 8 4 10 2 10 2 53 Hanwha 12 - 13 15 13 4 10 7 13 12 99 KIA 14 3 - 6 7 4 6 4 5 4 53 Kiwoom 4 1 8 - 8 3 9 3 11 5 52 KT 7 3 9 8 - 4 6 3 10 3 53 LG 12 11 12 13 12 - 13 11 12 8 104 Lotte 6 6 10 7 6 2 - 4 7 5 53 NC 12 9 10 12 13 5 12 - 10 1 84 Samsung 6 3 11 5 6 4 9 6 - 4 54 SSG 14 4 11 11 13 8 11 14 11 - 97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 87 44 86 88 86 38 86 54 89 44 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 KIA 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 Kiwoom 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 0 0 5 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 2 Lotte 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 0 5 NC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 6 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 1 5 4 5 2 5 6 1 3 # Lotte Giants magic number # Lotte's magic number # Giants magic number # KBO Playoff Race