Blue Rocks Beat Kinston 8-2
Published on June 7, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
It was a reversal of fortunes Tuesday night in Wilmington as the Blue Rocks led the entire way, beating Kinston 8-2 at Frawley Stadium. The Blue Rocks plated three first inning runs on starter Brett Brach and added five in a big seventh against Jose Flores to put the contest out of reach.
Wilmington came out of the gates swinging on K-Tribe starter Brett Brach, as Whit Merrifield led off the bottom of the first inning with a towering home run down the left field line. The shot was just fair and his second homer of the season. Carlo Testa followed with a single and Rey Navarro would get hit by a pitch. Nick Francis then followed with a two-run scoring double, giving Wilmington a 3-0 first inning advantage. Brach would settle down, retiring the next ten batters he faced. Brach ended up going six strong innings, giving up just two more hits. Brach (4-4) was stuck with the loss walking one and striking out five.
Kinston got to Wilmington starter and highly touted prospect Jake Odorizzi in the top of the second inning. Doug Pickens and Delvi Cid both singled with two outs in the frame. Tyler Holt then drove Pickens home with a base hit. Kinston would have base runners in each of the first five innings, racking up eight hits on Odorizzi, but scoring only the lone run. Odorizzi struck out five and did not walk a batter.
Wilmington would add insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. With K-Tribe reliever Jose Flores on the mound, Tim Ferguson singled and stole second base. After advancing to third base on a ground out, Ferguson scored on an error by K-Tribe shortstop Casey Frawley. Later in the inning, an RBI single by Merrifield put Wilmington up 5-1. Nick Francis hit a towering two-run home run over the batters eye in center field to put the game away. Kinston would add a run in the top of the eighth inning, when Adam Abraham double then was driven home by a Justin Toole double.
Kinston had 12 hits in the game. It was the first time this season Kinston racked up double digit hits in a game, but did not win. Abraham and Holt each went 3-for-5 for Kinston.
Game three of the four game series away set takes place Wednesday at 7:05 pm in Wilmington. T.J. House will get the start on the mound for Kinston. The K-Tribe returns to Historic Grainger Stadium this Friday through June 15th. You can find the Kinston Indians on facebook or at www.kinstonindians.com.
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