Dash Hands Kinston a 7-3 Loss
Published on July 19, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The Dash bolted out to a big lead and stayed on top, handing Kinston a 7-3 loss Monday night at Historic Grainger Stadium.
Winston-Salem jumped on top in the first inning against K-Tribe starter T.J. House. Jon Gilmore walked with two outs and came home on a double to right center field by Seth Loman for a 1-0 lead. The Dash came back for two more in the third on Gilmore's RBI double and Ozzie Lewis' RBI single to make it 3-0. Brandon Short's fourth inning sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 4-0. The Dash continued to pile it on in the fifth, as Luis Sierra hit a sacrifice fly to make it 5-0. House was then pulled from the game in favor of reliever Brian Grening, who gave up a two-run double to Short that gave the Dash a 7-0 lead. House (2-8) surrendered a seven runs (six earned) on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings. The runs and hits were both the most allowed by House this season. He walked three and struck out two.
The K-Tribe got on the board in the bottom of the fifth against Winston-Salem starter Stephen Sauer. Jeremie Tice led off the inning with a single to left. With two out, Donnie Webb walked and then Nate Recknagel cracked a three-run homer to center field that cleared the 25-foot-high batter's eye beyond the center field wall to cut the lead to 7-3. Recknagel joined Kyle Bellows as the lone Indians to clear the batter's eye this season.
Kinston threatened in the eighth inning as Lucas Montero and Karexon Sanchez each walked to start the inning. Bo Greenwell singled to load the bases and the Dash brought Tyson Corley on in relief of Sauer. Chun Chen grounded into a force out at home plate, and then Doug Pickens hit into a double play to end the inning without a run scoring. Sauer (6-6) pitched seven innings for the win. He allowed three runs on six hits, walked six and struck out four.
The Indians (8-14, 44-48) have lost four straight and 10 of their last 12 contests, but is still just 2 1/2 games out of the final playoff spot in the Southern Division. The four game series with the Dash continues on Tuesday night, with Joe Gardner on the mound for the K-Tribe. First pitch is scheduled for 7 pm.
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