DAEJEON, South Korea (Interstat) — Kim Do-yeong hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie and lift the Kia Tigers to a 6-3 victory over the Hanwha Eagles on Wednesday night at Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium.

Kia, which improved to 58-48-2, scored four runs in the ninth after Hanwha had evened the game in the seventh on Roh Si-hwan’s two-run home run. The Tigers had taken a 2-0 lead on a second-inning run and Harold Castro’s solo homer in the third. The victory gave Kia consecutive wins over Hanwha, following Tuesday’s 4-3 decision in the same ballpark.

Kim Do-yeong finished 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Park Jae-hyun went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and scored a run. Castro went 1-for-4 with a home run and one RBI. Kia collected seven hits, while Hanwha managed six.

Shirakawa Keisho started for Kia and delivered his second straight strong outing. He allowed one earned run on two hits over 6 1/3 innings, striking out three. Shirakawa, who had allowed one earned run over five innings in a loss to Samsung on Aug. 13, retired the side in order in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. He exited after Roh’s homer, with the game tied at 2.

Sung Yeong-tak followed Shirakawa and pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Lee Eui-lee worked a scoreless eighth, allowing no hits and no earned runs. Kim Beom-su recorded the final out of the ninth.

Owen White started for Hanwha and matched Shirakawa through seven innings. White allowed two runs on five hits and struck out six. He gave up a double to Oh Sun-woo in the second inning. Oh advanced to third on a hit batter, and scored on Park Jae-hyun’s fielder’s choice. White then yielded Castro’s homer in the third, a drive to right field. After that, White settled in, retiring 12 of the next 15 batters he faced.

Roh Si-hwan accounted for Hanwha’s offense with his two-run homer in the seventh, finishing 1-for-3 with two RBIs. The Eagles fell to 48-55-2.

Hanwha had scoring chances earlier. Yonathan Perlaza walked with two outs in the fourth, but Moon Hyun-bin grounded into a double play. Chae Eun-seong walked in the fifth with two outs, but Heo In-seo popped out. In the sixth, Sim Woo-jun singled with one out, but Choi In-ho grounded into another double play.

Kia missed an opportunity to pad its lead in the seventh when Park Jae-hyun doubled with two outs, but Park Jung-woo grounded out to the pitcher. In the eighth, Kim Do-yeong walked and stole second, and Castro also walked. Na Sung-bum laid down a sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position, but Kim Ho-ryung struck out to end the inning.

The top of the ninth began with Kim Tae-gun hit by a pitch. Pinch runner Kim Min-kyu advanced to second when Jeong Hyun-chang walked. Park Jae-hyun singled to center-left, scoring Kim Min-kyu and giving Kia a 3-2 lead. Park Jung-woo followed with a sacrifice bunt, moving Park Jae-hyun to second and Jeong to third. Kim Do-yeong then launched a three-run homer to left field, scoring Park Jae-hyun and Jeong ahead of him to make it 6-2.

Hanwha scored a run in the bottom of the ninth, but Kim Beom-su prevented any further damage. The attendance was 17,000.

The Kia bullpen combination of Sung, Lee and Kim Beom-su allowed no hits and no earned runs over 2 2/3 innings. Jeong Woo-joo worked 2/3 of an inning of scoreless relief for Hanwha, striking out one.

The teams meet again Thursday at the same stadium. Kia then travels to face Kiwoom for three games beginning Friday. Hanwha will host LG for three games starting Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a 5-2 Kia win, while its ELO system gave Hanwha a 52.30 percent probability to win. Kia was installed as a 1.5-run favorite, and the total of five runs went over the over/under line of 10.5.