K-Tribe Beats Lynchburg 6-3
April 26, 2009 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The K-Tribe got another strong starting pitching performance and some big bats at key times to beat Lynchburg 6-3 Sunday afternoon at Historic Grainger Stadium. The K-Tribe took the final two games of the four game series from the Northern Division leading Hillcats to earn a series split. Kinston (9-9) is now one game behind first place Salem in the Carolina League Southern Division.
Kinston starter Eric Berger was great on the mound for the Indians, giving up just three hits and no earned runs through five innings. Berger (2-1) struck out six and did not walk a batter. Matt Meyer and Heath Taylor each had scoreless outings from the bullpen. Taylor picked up his second save of the season.
Kinston got all the runs they needed in a four run, five hit fourth inning. The Indians Matt McBride started the inning off with his third home run of the season. After a Matt Brown walk and a Ronald Rivas single, Roman Pena got on with a bunt single and Brown scored on an errant throw by the pitcher. Richard Martinez would follow with an RBI single and Cristo Arnal would add an RBI ground out. Kinston would add two more runs in the fifth inning with RBI hits from McBride and Rivas. McBride finished the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI, extending his hitting streak to eleven games. Cord Phelps went 2-for-3, extending his hit streak to eleven games as well. Lonnie Chisenhall's eleven game hit streak came to an end when he went 0-for-3 and got hit by a pitch in his last at bat. Ronald Rivas also had two hits.
The K-Tribe has a scheduled off day on Monday and will then begin a three game series at Historic Grainger Stadium with the Salem Avalanche for first place in the Carolina League Southern Division. Zach Putnam will be the starter for Tuesday's game, 7pm start time at Historic Grainger Stadium.
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