K-Tribe Beats Lynchburg 5-3
April 28, 2010 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come back and beat Lynchburg 5-3 Wednesday afternoon at Historic Grainger Stadium.
The game was scoreless through the first five frames as Kinston starter T.J. House pitched great for the K-Tribe. In the sixth inning, House allowed a leadoff walk to Lynchburg's Justin Reed, who then stole second base. Josh Fellhauer then delivered an RBI single to give the Hillcats a 1-0 lead and House was removed from the game. House gave up just three hits and one earned run in five innings of work, striking out six and walking two in the no decision. Kinston reliever Travis Turek then took over, coaxing a double play out of Dave Sappelt, but giving up a solo home run to Neftali Soto.
With Lynchburg up 2-0 going into the bottom of the eighth inning, Kinston's bats finally came to life. The inning started with a leadoff double from Jason Kipnis. After a walk to Nate Recknagel, Lynchburg reliever Andrew Bowman gave up a bases clearing triple to Abner Abreu, tying the score at two. Lynchburg went to the pen again and pulled out Scott Gaffney, who promptly walked Kyle Bellows. Kinston's Richard Martinez then delivered the winning blow, a down the line double that scored both Abreu and Bellows. Martinez was driven in later in the inning with an RBI single from Adam Davis. The K-Tribe ended the frame with five runs on four hits and two walks. Kinston had been held to just four hits (all singles) coming into the bottom of the eighth inning. Karexon Sanchez, Kipnis and Abreu each had two hits for the K-Tribe.
Turek (1-1) picked up the win for Kinston, giving up just one hit in three innings of relief. Steve Smith picked up his Carolina League leading fifth save of the season. Bowman (0-1) took the loss for Lynchburg.
The two teams meet for the final game of a three game series Thursday night at 7pm in Kinston. Joey Mahalic (1-0, 3.07) will be on the hill for the K-Tribe.
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