SEOUL, South Korea (Interstat) — Hwang Dong-ha tossed six strong innings Thursday evening, leading the Kia Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome before 16,000 fans.

Hwang allowed four hits and struck out five without surrendering an earned run, improving to 5-0 this season. Kenny Rosenberg took the loss for Kiwoom, yielding nine hits and three earned runs over five innings with five strikeouts.

Kia opened the scoring in the second inning when Kim Sun-bin singled to right, scoring Aneury Rodriguez Aderlin. Han Jun-su followed with an RBI double. Kim Sun-bin added another RBI single in the fifth. The Tigers tacked on two more in the eighth on singles by Park Min and Kim Ho-ryung.

Kia outhit Kiwoom 14-6. The Tigers improved to 28-22-1, while the Heroes fell to 20-31-1. Kia has now won three straight against Kiwoom.