GWANGJU (Interstat) — Kang Min-ho’s solo home run in the top of the 10th inning lifted the Samsung Lions to a 3-2 victory over the Kia Tigers on Saturday afternoon at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field.

The game, played before 20,500 fans, remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when Kia’s Oh Sun-woo homered to right field, driving in Park Jae-hyun for a 2-0 lead. Samsung answered in the seventh as Koo Ja-wook doubled to left-center, scoring Kim Sung-yoon and Kim Ji-chan to tie the game 2-2.

Both teams stranded runners in the eighth and ninth before Kang Min-ho’s blast to left field in the 10th decided the contest.

Samsung outhit Kia 10-7. The Lions improved to 33-23-1, while the Tigers fell to 31-27-1. Samsung won despite losing 5-2 to Kia the previous day. The Lions used six pitchers, with Jang Chan-hee earning the win.