CHANGWON (Interstat) — James Naile pitched seven strong innings and Harold Castro homered and drove in three runs as the Kia Tigers beat the NC Dinos 7-2 on Friday evening at Masan Baseball Stadium. Naile allowed two earned runs on four hits, walked two and struck out seven. Koo Chang-mo took the loss, yielding three earned runs on eight hits over six innings with two walks and two strikeouts. Jeon Sang-hyun earned the save with two scoreless innings. Castro went 3 for 4. Kim Sun-bin, Na Sung-bum and Kim Ho-ryung each had two hits and one RBI. Cheon Jae-hwan homered and drove in two runs for NC. Kia finished with 11 hits; NC had four. Lee Yong-jun pitched a scoreless inning for NC, while Bae Jae-whan allowed one earned run in one inning. The Tigers improved to 76-62-5, and the Dinos fell to 61-77-5. Attendance was 18,128, and the game took 2 hours, 56 minutes.