GWANGJU (Interstat) — The Kia Tigers defeated the Hanwha Eagles 7-3 Tuesday evening at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field.

Kia struck first with four runs in the bottom of the first inning, highlighted by a solo homer from Harold Castro and a three-run shot from Han Jun-su. The Tigers added two more in the second on a Park Jae-hyun homer. Hanwha scored its first run in the top of the first on an RBI single by Yonathan Perlaza. The Eagles tied the game with two runs in the eighth on a run-scoring single by Moon Hyun-bin and a double from Jung Eun-won. Kia regained the lead in the bottom of the eighth on a Kim Kyu-sung double that scored Kim Min-gyu.

Oh Jae-won led Hanwha with four hits in five at-bats, while Choi In-ho added two hits. Kia outhit Hanwha 9-14 but capitalized on home runs. The Tigers improved to 49-40-4, while the Eagles fell to 40-44-4. The game lasted 3 hours, 24 minutes, before an announced crowd of 16,201.