Gomez is Great as Kinston Beats Lynchburg 8-1
Published on April 25, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
K-Tribe starter Jeanmar Gomez went seven innings, giving up just four hits and no earned runs as Kinston went on to beat Lynchburg 8-1 Saturday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. Gomez (2-2) struck out a season high six and walked one for his second win of the year.
Kinston got solid contributions up and down the lineup as every starter reached base safely and eight of the nine notched at least one hit. Kinston took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on back to back RBI hits from Ronald Rivas and Roman Pena. After an RBI double by Cord Phelps in the bottom of the fourth inning, Matt McBride made it 5-0 with a two-out RBI single. Kinston would add three more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning with a bases loaded walk taken by McBride and a bases loaded, two RBI single from Matt Brown. Kinston scored their final seven runs of the game all with two-outs in an inning. McBride went 3-for-4 with two RBI, a run scored and a walk. Brown was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI and a run scored. Rivas and Alex Castillo also had two hits for Kinston.
Chen-Chang Lee pitched the final two innings for Kinston, giving up just one hit, a home run to Maiko Loyola. Lynchburg starter Matt McSwain (0-1) took the loss for Lynchburg.
The K-Tribe will try to salvage a series split from Lynchburg Sunday afternoon at 2pm at Historic Grainger Stadium. Kinston's Eric Berger (1-1, 1.93) will get the start for Kinston.
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