INCHEON (Interstat) — The Kia Tigers pounded out 18 hits and cruised to a 12-2 victory over the Shinsegae Landers on Saturday evening at Munhak Baseball Stadium.

Kia scored five runs in the third inning, capitalizing on a string of extra-base hits. Harold Castro doubled home the first run, and Na Sung-bum and Kim Sun-bin followed with doubles of their own. The Landers answered with two runs in the bottom half, including a solo homer by Cho Hyeong-woo and an RBI double from Park Seong-han.

The Tigers added two runs in the sixth on a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly, then broke the game open with five more in the eighth. Han Jun-su’s two-run double highlighted the inning, and Park Jung-woo tripled to clear the bases.

Kia starter Lee Hyeong-beom earned the win. The Tigers improved to 47-40-2, while Shinsegae fell to 32-54-2. Attendance was 23,000, and the game lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes.