Kim Jin-uk, Han Dong-hui lift Giants over Tigers in Gwangju
GWANGJU (Interstat) — Kim Jin-uk pitched six scoreless innings and Han Dong-hui homered with four RBIs as the visiting Lotte Giants defeated the Kia Tigers 4-1 on Sunday in the evening at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field. Lotte scored four runs in the fifth inning, while Kia scored once in the eighth. Jin-uk allowed three hits, walked one and struck out six to earn the win and improve to 7-7. Adam Oller took the loss, yielding six hits and four earned runs in 5 2/3 innings with two walks and five strikeouts; he fell to 10-10. Han went 1 for 4. Harold Castro had two hits for Kia. Jung Hai-young struck out three in 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings. Lotte’s bullpen allowed one run over three innings, with Choi Jun-yong and Kim Won-jung each working a scoreless inning. Lotte and Kia each finished with six hits. The Giants improved to 63-75-6. The Tigers dropped to 77-63-5. Attendance was 20,500. The game took 2 hours, 44 minutes.