SUWON, South Korea (Interstat) — The KT Wiz defeated the Kia Tigers 10-9 on Saturday afternoon at Suwon Baseball Stadium in front of 18,700 fans.

KT scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to erase a 9-4 deficit. Sam Hilliard led the Wiz with a 3-for-6 performance including a home run and two RBIs. Ju Kwon earned the win with 1⅔ scoreless innings of relief, striking out one.

Kia took an early lead behind a two-run second inning and added four more in the fifth. Park Jae-hyun tripled in three runs in the fifth and finished 2-for-6 with three RBIs. Na Sung-bum drove in two runs on two hits.

The Tigers had 13 hits and the Wiz collected 14. Bae Je-seong tossed 3⅓ innings for KT, allowing two earned runs on four hits with three strikeouts. Kia relievers Kwak Do-gyu, Jeon Sang-hyun, Cho Sang-woo, Jung Hai-young and Choi Ji-min each worked scoreless innings.

KT improved to 41-27, while Kia fell to 37-33-1. The teams meet again Sunday in the series finale.