Hillcats Scratch Kinston 4-1
Published on May 3, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The Lynchburg Hillcats handed the Kinston Indians a 4-1 defeat Monday night in Virginia.
The Hillcats got to Kinston starter T.J. House with a two-out rally in the bottom of the second inning. Back-to-back singles from Chris McMurray and Miguel Rojas started the two-out trouble. After a wild pitch advanced each runner one base, McMurray would score on a passed ball by K-Tribe catcher Richard Martinez. After back-to-back walks to Justin Reed and Josh Fellhauer loaded the bases, Cody Puckett hit a ground ball which bounced off of House's glove and then banged off the second base bag to score Rojas with the infield hit.
Kinston had a chance to come right back in the top of the third inning which started with a Ronald Rivas single. After Lucas Montero hit into a double play, Kinston tried a two-out rally of their own when Jordan Henry (just off of the disabled list) singled and Karexon Sanchez hit a double to the wall. After a Jason Kipnis walk loaded the bases, Kipnis was picked off of first base on a throw by Lynchburg catcher Chris McMurray to end the inning.
Bats on both sides would remain silent, until Neftali Soto hit a solo home run off of Kinston reliever Bryce Stowell in the seventh inning. Lynchburg added a run off of reliever David Roberts in the eighth, thanks to two singles and an RBI ground out. Kinston would score their only run of the game on a Roman Pena home run in the top of the ninth. Kinston managed six hits on the night. It was the third straight game that Kinston scored just one run.
House (0-3) gets the loss for Kinston, giving up seven hits and two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings, he walked five and struck out four. The K-Tribe has scored just two runs with House on the mound this season. Stowell struck out six batters in 2 2/3 innings, giving up an earned run and two hits. Boxberger (3-1) picked up the win for Lynchburg.
The K-Tribe returns to City Stadium on Tuesday for game two of the four game set, Alexander Perez will be on the mound for Kinston. Game time 6:05 pm.
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