GWANGJU (Interstat) — Park Jae-hyun hit two home runs and Na Sung-bum added a homer and three RBIs as the Kia Tigers defeated the Kiwoom Heroes 9-5 on Saturday evening at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field. Attendance was 20,500.

Kia scored five runs in the first inning, Na Sung-bum’s three-run homer the big blow. Kiwoom answered with two runs in the second on a single by Gwon Hyuk-bin and cut the lead to 4-3 in the fifth on Choo Jae-hyun’s solo homer. Park Jae-hyun homered in the seventh and eighth innings, and Kim Do-young also homered in the eighth. Kiwoom scored two runs in the ninth but could not complete the comeback.

Yang Hyeon-jong pitched five innings, allowing four hits and three earned runs with four strikeouts to earn the win. Lee Hyung-jong homered and drove in two for Kiwoom. Kia outhit Kiwoom 12-6. Kia improved to 50-43-3, while Kiwoom fell to 34-60-2.