SEOUL, South Korea (Interstat) — Kim Tae-hyeong tossed six shutout innings, allowing no hits and striking out six, as the Kia Tigers defeated the Kiwoom Heroes 5-2 on Tuesday evening at Gocheok Sky Dome.

Kim Do-yeong drove in three runs with a double in the seventh inning, and Aderlin Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the sixth. Kia scored all its runs between the fifth and seventh innings. Park Jae-hyun delivered an RBI single in the fifth.

Kiwoom scored in the eighth on an RBI single by An Chi-hong and added a run in the ninth but could not overcome the deficit. An Woo-jin struck out four over four innings for the Heroes.

Kia improved to 26-22-1, while Kiwoom fell to 20-29-1. The announced attendance was 16,000. The Tigers have won four consecutive meetings against the Heroes.