CHANGWON (Interstat) — Kim Ho-ryung hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the 10th inning, to power the Kia Tigers to a 9-4 victory over the NC Dinos on Wednesday evening at Masan Baseball Stadium.

The Tigers improved to 13-13-1, while the Dinos fell to 12-14. The game before a crowd of 11,824 lasted 10 innings and featured 23 combined hits.

Kia jumped ahead early, but the Dinos answered with a two-run homer by Park Kun-woo in the first inning. Cheon Jae-hwan added a solo shot in the second for NC, giving the Dinos a 3-1 lead after two frames.

Kia chipped away. Kim Ho-ryung led off the fourth with a solo homer to left field. In the fifth, catcher Han Jun-su homered to right, and shortstop Park Min followed with a solo blast, putting the Tigers ahead 4-3.

The Dinos tied the game in the sixth. Matthew Davidson doubled, advanced on an error and scored. Cheon Jae-hwan later doubled to bring home another run, knotting the score at 4. Neither team scored in the seventh, eighth or ninth innings.

The top of the 10th proved decisive. Han Jun-su doubled to left field. Park Min was hit by a pitch. Park Jae-hyun doubled to right, scoring Han Jun-su and moving Park Min to third. Kim Ho-ryung then crushed a 3-2 pitch over the center-field wall, clearing the bases for a 7-4 Kia lead. Kim Do-yeong added a solo homer later in the inning to cap the five-run outburst.

Jung Hai-young earned the victory, pitching two scoreless innings of relief. He allowed two hits and struck out two, improving to 1-0. Ryou Jin-oug took the loss for NC, falling to 1-3 after surrendering five runs in the 10th.

Kia starter Lee Eui-lee worked five innings, allowing three earned runs on five hits while striking out six. NC starter Koo Chang-mo went six innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits with five strikeouts.

Kim Ho-ryung finished 3 for 6 with two home runs and four RBIs. Han Jun-su went 3 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs. For NC, Cheon Jae-hwan was 3 for 4 with a homer and an RBI, and Park Kun-woo drove in two runs with his first-inning blast.

The Tigers entered the game having lost the previous night’s matchup against the Dinos 5-4. Kia had not won a series opener since April 17 against Doosan. NC had won three of its previous four games.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a 4-3 final score in favor of the Tigers, while Interstat’s ELO system gave the Dinos a 52.60 percent probability to win.