K-Tribe Falls 2-1 to End Streak
Published on May 22, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The K-Tribe's season-best 5-game winning streak came to an end in Frederick on Saturday night as a solo home run by the Keys' Jacob Julius in the eighth inning was the decider in a 2-1 Kinston loss. Kinston left a season-worst 15 runners on base and was 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position.
After the start of the game was delayed an hour and 33 minutes by rain, the K-Tribe struck first off of Keys' starter Ryan Berry, making his Carolina League debut after being called up from Low A Delmarva. Jordan Henry led off the third inning by reaching on an error, and later in the inning Doug Pickens hit a fielder's choice grounder to drive in Henry and give the Indians a 1-0 lead.
The Keys responded in the bottom of the inning when Julius hit an RBI double to score Bobby Stevens and even the score at 1. It stayed that way until there was one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Julius hit a towering home run to left field off of K-Tribe reliever David Roberts to give Frederick what turned out to be the winning run.
Kinston starter T.J. House pitched well but didn't factor in the decision. In 5 innings, he allowed a run on five hits and struck out seven. Roberts (1-2) took the loss, as the home run was the only hit he allowed in 2 1/3 innings. Raul Rivero (3-1) pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win for Frederick, while Jose Diaz pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
The teams meet for a rubber match on Sunday at 2:00 pm. Right-hander Marty Popham, just called up from Lake County on Friday, will make his Carolina League debut as the K-Tribe's starting pitcher.
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