Here is scenario in which Lotte makes the postseason with 34 additional wins (42 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB NC 125 15 4 0.8929 0.0 LG 120 22 2 0.8451 6.0 KIA 110 30 4 0.7857 15.0 Samsung 96 47 1 0.6713 30.5 Lotte 42 98 4 0.3000 83.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 42 98 4 0.3000 83.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Hanwha 42 98 4 0.3000 83.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Kiwoom 42 98 4 0.3000 83.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KT 42 98 4 0.3000 83.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 42 99 3 0.2979 83.5 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 Doosan Hanwha Kiwoom KT Lotte Total Doosan - 2 2 2 1 7 Hanwha 1 - 0 3 1 5 Kiwoom 1 3 - 1 3 8 KT 1 3 2 - 0 6 Lotte 2 1 0 2 - 5 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Doosan Hanwha Kiwoom KT Lotte Total Doosan - 0 0 6 13 19 Hanwha 12 - 13 0 2 27 Kiwoom 12 0 - 4 0 16 KT 7 7 9 - 1 24 Lotte 0 12 10 12 - 34 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Doosan Hanwha Kiwoom KT Lotte Total Doosan - 2 2 8 14 26 Hanwha 13 - 13 3 3 32 Kiwoom 13 3 - 5 3 24 KT 8 10 11 - 1 30 Lotte 2 13 10 14 - 39 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB KIA 20 7 0 117 0.741 0.0 NC 16 11 0 117 0.593 4.0 Samsung 15 12 1 116 0.556 5.0 SSG 15 12 1 116 0.556 5.0 LG 14 13 2 115 0.519 6.0 Kiwoom 13 13 0 118 0.500 6.5 Doosan 13 16 0 115 0.448 8.0 Hanwha 11 16 0 117 0.407 9.0 KT 10 18 1 115 0.357 10.5 Lotte 8 17 1 118 0.320 11.0 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 0 6 0 13 0 0 10 29 Hanwha 12 - 0 13 0 0 2 0 0 4 31 KIA 13 13 - 12 13 0 14 0 12 13 90 Kiwoom 12 0 0 - 4 0 0 0 0 13 29 KT 7 7 0 9 - 0 1 0 0 8 32 LG 13 14 13 13 13 - 13 4 10 13 106 Lotte 0 12 0 10 12 0 - 0 0 0 34 NC 11 14 9 14 13 9 13 - 13 13 109 Samsung 13 13 1 14 14 0 13 0 - 13 81 SSG 1 9 0 0 5 0 12 0 0 - 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 82 82 23 85 80 9 81 4 35 87 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 Kiwoom 1 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 KT 0 3 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 Lotte 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 4 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 SSG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 4 4 4 3 0 3 4 0 2 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 - 2 1 2 8 2 14 3 0 10 42 Hanwha 13 - 0 13 3 1 3 1 1 7 42 KIA 15 16 - 16 15 3 16 2 13 14 110 Kiwoom 13 3 0 - 5 2 3 0 2 14 42 KT 8 10 1 11 - 1 1 1 0 9 42 LG 14 15 13 14 15 - 15 6 13 15 120 Lotte 2 13 0 10 14 1 - 1 0 1 42 NC 13 15 10 16 15 10 15 - 15 16 125 Samsung 16 15 3 14 16 2 16 1 - 13 96 SSG 4 9 2 2 7 0 15 0 3 - 42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 98 98 30 98 98 22 98 15 47 99 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 Kiwoom 1 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 KT 0 3 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 4 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 2 Lotte 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 4 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 3 # Lotte Giants magic number # Lotte's magic number # Giants magic number # KBO Playoff Race