DAEGU, South Korea (Interstat) — Kim Do-young homered twice and the Kia Tigers pounded out 19 hits Sunday afternoon to defeat the Samsung Lions 16-7 at Daegu Samsung Lions Park.

Kia jumped ahead early, scoring three runs in the first inning and adding two in the second. Kim Do-young’s first home run, a two-run shot in the top of the second, made it 5-0. Samsung answered in the third on Kim Sung-yoon’s RBI single, but Kia extended the lead to 7-1 in the fourth.

The Lions rallied for five runs in the fifth, cutting the deficit to 7-6, but the Tigers responded with a five-run sixth inning. Park Jae-hyun, who scored three times, singled in a run during the outburst. Kim Do-young’s second homer, a two-run blast in the ninth, capped the scoring.

Aderlin Rodriguez added two hits and an RBI for Kia. Samsung managed only six hits. The Tigers improved to 21-21-1, while the Lions fell to 24-17-1. Attendance was 24,000.