Chisenhall Homers, Potomac Beats Kinston 4-3
Published on May 19, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Lonnie Chisenhall hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to mount a Kinston charge, but it wasn't enough as Potomac handed the K-Tribe a 4-3 loss Tuesday night at Historic Grainger Stadium.
It was another great pitcher's duel as both starters came into the game in the top four in ERA in the Carolina League. Both lived up to the billing as Kinston's Eric Berger went 5 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs. Berger walked three and struck out five, leaving the game with a 1.82 ERA now the best in the Carolina League. Potomac's starter Jeff Mandel was touched up for a run in the bottom of the second, when Kinston's Ronald Rivas scored on an RBI single by Ryan Blair. Mandel would recover and limit Kinston to just one more hit until the bottom of the eighth inning.
Down 1-0, Potomac unleashed a two-out rally in the top of the seventh inning. After getting back-to-back two out singles off of K-Tribe reliever Kyle Landis, Matt Meyer came in from the pen and walked Francisco Plasencia to load the bases. National's slugger Chris Marrero took the first pitch he saw and drilled it over the left-field wall for a grand slam. It was Marrero's fifth home run of the season and gave Potomac a 4-1 lead.
Kinston rallied in the bottom of the eighth inning when Chisenhall led off with a solo home run off of starter Jeff Mandel. It was Chisenhall's (1-for-5) seventh home run of the season. Mandel would walk Matt Brown before the Nationals went to the bullpen. After a Ronald Rivas single and a Lucas Montero ground out, an RBI grounder by John Allman scored Brown making the score 4-3. Mandel (5-1) would pick up the win, giving up three earned runs in seven innings. Landis (0-2) would pick up the loss for Kinston.
The K-Tribe will try to break their eight game losing streak Wednesday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. Another great pitching matchup as Potomac's Brad Meyers (3-0, 1.85) takes on Kinston's Paolo Espino (0-1, 0.90), game time 7pm in Kinston.
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