De La Cruz Deals, but Kinston Loses Late
April 19, 2010 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston starter Kelvin De La Cruz threw six innings of no hit ball, but it wasn't enough, as the K-Tribe fell to the Blue Rocks 4-1 Monday night in Wilmington, Delaware.
De La Cruz had his best outing of the season, striking out four in six frames while allowing just one base runner. The base runner was Wilmington's Eric Hosmer, who fouled off one full count offering, before taking the other high and inside for ball four in the fourth inning. Because of early season pitch counts, De La Cruz did not start the seventh inning, leaving the game with a 1-0 lead.
The K-Tribe took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning when Jason Kipnis advanced to both first and second base on two separate Blue Rock errors, then took third on a wild pitch and scored on an RBI single by Karexon Sanchez.
Kinston's bullpen could not hold, however, as Hosmer would again spoil the fun for Kinston in the bottom of the seventh inning. Hosmer put a Santo Frias pitch over the right field wall for a home run, breaking up the no hitter and tying the game at one. Things got messy in the bottom of the eighth inning when Frias walked Salvador Perez with two outs. Juan Rivera followed with a single and Patrick Norris would walk to load the bases. J.D. Alfaro would then hit a grounder to shortstop Ronal Rivas, who bobbled and then threw wide of first base allowing Perez and Rivera to score. Rivas was charged with his eighth error of the season and Wilmington took a 3-1 lead. Norris would score later in the inning on a wild pitch. Frias (0-1) was saddled with the loss, giving up four runs (only one earned) in 1 2/3 innings of work. He walked three and struck out one.
Wilmington pitched well on their end, as starter Michael Montgomery gave up one unearned runs on two hits while striking out eight and walking three. Buddy Baumann (1-0) picked up the win, giving up just one hit while striking out six in three innings. Kinston will take on Wilmington in game two of the four games set Tuesday at 6:35 pm. Nick Hagadone will get the start for Kinston.
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