SUWON, South Korea (Interstat) — The KT Wiz overcame a late deficit to defeat the Hanwha Eagles 8-7 on Sunday at Suwon Baseball Stadium before 18,700. KT improved to 25-16-1, while Hanwha fell to 20-22-1.

Sam Hilliard homered in the sixth inning for KT, which outhit Hanwha 13-8. The Wiz trailed 7-3 after six but scored twice in the seventh on a two-run single by Kim Hyun-soo and an RBI single by Kim Sang-su. Choi Won-joon tied the game with an eighth-inning single.

Hanwha took a 2-0 lead in the fourth on RBI singles by Lee Jin-young and Choi Jae-hoon, added a run in the sixth, and scored two more in the seventh on a Moon Hyun-bin single and a Kang Baek-ho grounder that scored on an error. Kim Tae-yean’s sacrifice fly in the ninth cut the deficit to one, but KT held on. The win gave KT a series victory after dropping the first two games.