NC Dinos edge Kia Tigers 5‑4 with late rally Tuesday
CHANGWON, South Korea (Interstat) — The NC Dinos rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Kia Tigers 5-4 on Tuesday evening at Masan Baseball Stadium.
Kia took an early lead in the second inning when Na Sung-bum homered. The Tigers added three more runs in the third on a Kim Sun-bin single and a two-run homer by Kim Do-yeong.
NC answered in the bottom of the third. Matthew Davidson homered, then Park Min-woo doubled in two runs and Lee Woo-sung drove in another on a fielder’s choice to cut the lead to 4-3. The Dinos tied the game in the sixth on an An Joong-yeol single.
NC reliever Lim Ji-min earned the win, tossing two-thirds of a scoreless inning. Ryou Jin-oug recorded his third save with a perfect ninth. James Naile took the loss, allowing five runs on eight hits over six innings.
Kim Do-yeong went 1 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs for Kia, which fell to 12-13-1. NC improved to 12-13. Attendance was 8,781, and the game lasted 2 hours, 59 minutes.