10th Innning HR Propels K-Tribe to Third Straight

Published on September 1, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release


Kinston, NC - A tenth inning home run sent Kinston to its third straight win over the Keys Thursday night. Adam Abraham, the first batter of the inning took a pitch from Fredrick's Ryan O'Shea and deposited it over the right field wall for the game winner and a 3-2 victory. The K-Tribe is now 1/2 games up in the Carolina League Southern Division as Winston-Salem was Idol.

The scoring started in the top half of the fourth inning when the Keys plated two runs. Manny Machado came around to score after he was walked. Mike Flacco who had an RBI scored himself on a single by Miguel Abreu. The score was 2-0 Keys after three and a half innings. Kinston came right back and put up two in the bottom half of the inning when Tyler Cannon doubled home Jesus Aguilar, and then Cannon himself came home on the Roberto Perez double. The game was tied at two.

The game was moving along briskly until the seventh when the benches cleared. Trey Haley hit Abreu to start the seventh. Abreu took exception to that as he was forced down to first base. After the inning as both teams were walking off the field Abreu started at Haley. The benches cleared but no one was ejected yet. In the bottom of the seventh Jason Gurka threw the first pitch to Argenis Martinez well inside. Gurka was quickly ejected and so was Keys manager Orlando Gomez.

The game calmed down and remained tied through regulation. Both teams had chances but neither squad could cash in.

In the tenth Kyle Landis worked a 1-2-3 top half of the inning and then that set the stage for Adam Abraham.

The K-Tribe will finish off their home schedule Friday night as they look for the sweep of the Fredrick Keys at 6:30pm from Historic Grainger Stadium. The game will pit Clayton Cook (9-8, 4.14) for Kinston and Nick Haughian (8-6, 3.64) for Fredrick.

Kinston, NC(September 1, 2011)-A tenth inning home run sent Kinston to its third straight win over the Keys Thursday night. Adam Abraham, the first batter of the inning took a pitch from Fredrick's Ryan O'Shea and deposited it over the right field wall for the game winner and a 3-2 victory. The K-Tribe is now 1/2 games up in the Carolina League Southern Division as Winston-Salem was Idol.

The scoring started in the top half of the fourth inning when the Keys plated two runs. Manny Machado came around to score after he was walked. Mike Flacco who had an RBI scored himself on a single by Miguel Abreu. The score was 2-0 Keys after three and a half innings. Kinston came right back and put up two in the bottom half of the inning when Tyler Cannon doubled home Jesus Aguilar, and then Cannon himself came home on the Roberto Perez double. The game was tied at two.

The game was moving along briskly until the seventh when the benches cleared. Trey Haley hit Abreu to start the seventh. Abreu took exception to that as he was forced down to first base. After the inning as both teams were walking off the field Abreu started at Haley. The benches cleared but no one was ejected yet. In the bottom of the seventh Jason Gurka threw the first pitch to Argenis Martinez well inside. Gurka was quickly ejected and so was Keys manager Orlando Gomez.

The game calmed down and remained tied through regulation. Both teams had chances but neither squad could cash in.

In the tenth Kyle Landis worked a 1-2-3 top half of the inning and then that set the stage for Adam Abraham.

The K-Tribe will finish off their home schedule Friday night as they look for the sweep of the Fredrick Keys at 6:30pm from Historic Grainger Stadium. The game will pit Clayton Cook (9-8, 4.14) for Kinston and Nick Haughian (8-6, 3.64) for Fredrick.

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