DAEJEON (Interstat) — Clevinger earned the win and Kim Jae-yeol recorded the save as the NC Dinos held off the Hanwha Eagles 9-8 on Saturday evening at Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium in Daejeon, South Korea. NC built its lead with three runs in the second, five in the third and one in the fifth. Hanwha scored one run early, two in the third and five in the eighth. Choi In-ho went 4-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs for Hanwha. Kim Whee-jip was 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs, and Lee Woo-sung went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs for NC. Clevinger allowed three earned runs on five hits with six walks and five strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. Toda Natsuki followed with 1 2/3 hitless innings and one strikeout. Hwang Jun-seo took the loss. NC had 11 hits, Hanwha nine. Attendance was 17,000. The game took 3 hours, 39 minutes. NC is 62-77-5. Hanwha is 57-80-8.