Hillcats Scratch Kinston 9-1
Published on June 25, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Lynchburg banged out 16 hits in route to a 9-1 win over Kinston, Friday night at Historic Grainger Stadium.
The K-Tribe used three straight hits to pull ahead in the second inning against Lynchburg starter James Avery. With one out in the frame, Chris Kersten drove a single to center and Richard Martinez pulled a base hit to left. The next hitter, Ronald Rivas knocked a single to center to score Kersten and give Kinston a 1-0 lead. That run was all the K-Tribe could muster off of Avery, who went five innings and gave up six hits, walked one and struck out seven.
Lynchburg matched Kinston's run in the third inning. Indians starter T.J. House gave up a single to Cody Puckett and a double to Brodie Greene with one out. Kevin Coddington grounded out to second to score Puckett and tie the game at 1. The Hillcats surged for three more runs in the fourth inning. Josh Fellhauer led off with a single and Shane Carlson was hit by a pitch. Following a sacrifice bunt, Efrain Contreras shot a two-run single to center to make it 3-1. Three batters later, Brodie Greene laced an RBI single to center to push the lead to 4-1.
Coming off of four consecutive strong starts, House went just four and one-third innings on Friday. He conceded four runs on nine hits, walked none and struck out four.
The 'Cats came back for more in the eighth inning. K-Tribe reliever Brian Grening gave up two walks and then was relieved by David Roberts. Roberts surrendered three consecutive RBI singles off the bats of Coddington, Neftali Soto and Fellhauer to make it 7-1. After two men were out, Kevyn Feiner hit a tapper back to the mound that was thrown away by Roberts, bringing home another run on the error. Neftali Soto added a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give the Hillcats a 9-1 edge.
The K-Tribe will take on Lynchburg Saturday night at 7pm at Historic Grainger Stadium. Joe Gardner (6-1, 1.58) will take the hill for Kinston.
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