DAEJEON (Interstat) — James Naile pitched six strong innings and the Kia Tigers scored three times in the fourth inning to defeat the Hanwha Eagles 4-3 on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, at Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium.

Kia broke a 1-0 deficit with a three-run fourth. Harold Castro scored on Kim Ho-ryung’s single, and Na Sung-bum and Kim Tae-gun came home on consecutive singles by Yoon Do-hyun and Park Jae-hyun. Kim Sun-bin added a solo homer in the seventh.

Hanwha opened the scoring with Choi In-ho’s first-inning homer. Kang Baek-ho homered in the sixth, and Yonathan Perlaza drove in Shim Woo-joon in the seventh. Naile allowed two earned runs on five hits with three strikeouts over six innings. Wang Yan-cheng took the loss, allowing three earned runs in five innings. Lee Eui-lee threw 1⅓ scoreless innings in relief.

Kia, which outhit Hanwha 13-9, improved to 57-48-2. Hanwha fell to 48-54-2. Attendance was 17,000.