Kiwoom Heroes ride An Woo-jin, Hiura past Hanwha Eagles

DAEJEON (Interstat) — Sunday afternoon at Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium, the visiting Kiwoom Heroes beat the home Hanwha Eagles 9-3 behind An Woo-jin’s 10 strikeouts and Keston Hiura’s four-hit game. Kiwoom collected 11 hits. Hanwha had seven hits. Kiwoom starter An Woo-jin allowed three earned runs and five hits over five innings, walking two. Hanwha starter Zimmerman gave up three earned runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out six. Park Jung-hyun went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for Hanwha. Hiura finished 4-for-4 with a home run and one RBI. Matthew Davidson went 2-for-4 with a home run and one RBI. Joo Hyun-sang threw two scoreless relief innings for Hanwha, allowing two hits and one walk. Kiwoom’s bullpen sealed the win with four scoreless innings. Park Jin-hyung, Won Jong-hyan, Yun Seok-won and Park Ji-sung each pitched one inning. The attendance was 17,000. Kiwoom improved to 51-81-4. Hanwha fell to 53-77-5.