CHANGWON (Interstat) — Toda Natsuki scattered five hits and allowed one earned run with two strikeouts in six innings as the NC Dinos edged the Kia Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday night at Masan Baseball Stadium.

NC improved to 53-58; Kia fell to 63-52-2. Attendance was 10,172, and the game lasted 3:14.

Na Sung-bum gave Kia a first-run lead with a solo home run in the second inning. NC answered in the fourth, scoring two runs to take a 2-1 advantage. Kia tied the game in the seventh, but NC pushed across the winning run in the ninth.

Shirakawa Keisho allowed two earned runs and four hits with five strikeouts over six innings for Kia. Na finished 2-for-3 with the home run and one RBI. Kwak Do-gyu and Jeon Sang-hyun each pitched a scoreless inning, with Kwak striking out two.

For NC, Chun Sa-min, Shin Yeong-woo, Son Ju-hwan and Bae Jae-whan combined for scoreless relief, with Shin striking out one in two-thirds of an inning.