Park Jae-hyun’s two homers power Kia past Lotte
BUSAN, South Korea (Interstat) — Park Jae-hyun homered twice and drove in two runs as the Kia Tigers defeated the Lotte Giants 8-2 on Friday evening at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium.
Park went 3 for 4, including solo shots in the first and seventh innings, and scored three times. Aderlin Rodriguez added a three-run homer in the ninth, and Park Sang-jun had three hits and an RBI. Kia outhit Lotte 13-9.
Hwang Dong-ha earned the win, allowing one earned run on five hits with four strikeouts over six innings. Na Gyun-an took the loss for Lotte, giving up three earned runs on nine hits in 6⅓ innings.
Go Seung-min homered for the Giants in the fourth inning. Lotte left fielder Ko Seung-min? Actually Go Seung-min, the second baseman, went 2 for 5 with a homer and an RBI.
The Tigers improved to 16-18-1, while the Giants fell to 13-19. Attendance was 23,200.