DAEGU, South Korea (Interstat) — The Kia Tigers scored six runs in the first inning and got a three-run homer from Kim Do-young in the eighth to beat the Samsung Lions 9-4 on Wednesday night at Daegu Samsung Lions Park.

Park Jae-hyun delivered a two-run single in the opening frame, while Park Sang-jun, Kim Ho-ryung and Ha Ju-suk each drove in a run during the early surge. The Tigers, who amassed 14 hits, improved to 51-45-2. Samsung fell to 58-36-1.

The Lions scored on Jeon Byeong-woo’s solo homer in the fifth and a two-run shot by Lee Jae-hyeon in the sixth. Lewin Diaz doubled in a run earlier in the sixth.

Kim Do-young’s eighth-inning blast scored Jeong Hyun-chang and Kim Tae-gun. Harold Castro, Na Sung-bum and Kim Tae-gun also contributed hits in the first-inning rally. Attendance was 24,000.

Kia had lost 12-5 to Samsung the previous day.