K-Tribe Notes for Wednesday

July 22, 2009 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release


Tribe Talk....

Singles Night-Winston Salem and Kinston combined for three runs and just 11 hits last night, all of them singles, as the Dash scored two runs in the top of the first and hung on, defeating Kinston 2-1 Tuesday night at Grainger Stadium. Kinston's 19-year-old starter Alexander Perez ran into trouble in the top of the first inning, walking Justin Greene with one out and then he stole second base. Jim Gallagher drove Greene home with an RBI single. After back-to-back singles by Brent Morel and Seth Loman loaded the bases, Salvador Sanchez drove Gallagher home with an RBI ground out. Down 2-0 Kinston would score their only run in the bottom of the first inning when Lucas Montero led off with a walk, stole second, then came home on an RBI single by Lonnie Chisenhall. It was the 63rd RBI of the season for Chisenhall (1-for-4), the second most in the Carolina League this season. The K-Tribe would manage just three hits the rest of the way. Perez (1-1) took the loss, giving up seven hits and two earned runs, walking one and striking out four. Kyle Landis pitched a scoreless inning from the bullpen, walking one and striking out two. Chen-Chang Lee pitched two perfect innings for Kinston, striking out two. Dash starter Anthony Carter (9-4) got the win for Winston-Salem. Start Me Up!-Alexander Perez dealt another solid outing for the K-Tribe last night in his third start of the season. You certainly can't fault the team's starting pitching for going just 2-6 over its last eight games. In those eight games, Kinston starters have allowed just 14 earned runs in 49 innings (2.57 ERA). Over those games, the Indians have allowed 10 unearned runs (9 errors) and the bullpen has allowed 18 runs (15 earned) in 16 innings for an ERA of 8.44.

O Offense Where Art Thou?-Kinston managed just 4 hits last night after banging out only 14 hits this weekend in Potomac, its least amount of hits in a three-game set all season. The Indians season low for hits in a three-game series prior to this weekend was 16 back on June 25-27th against Salem to open up the second half of the season. The 14-hit weekend comes on the heels of a 14-hit, nine run outburst on Thursday vs. Frederick. Kinston is now hitting just .204 over its last 10 games, and .199 its last five games. Kinston has hit a recent power surge though, blasting 10 homers in its last 10 games.

Vs. The Dash-The K-Tribe is 5-10 against Winston-Salem this season and have lost the last seven meetings in a row. Errors have plagued the Indians against their Southern Division rival, committing 19 errors in 15 games, which has led to 15 unearned runs. Kinston has a better team batting average (.256) against the Dash and a better team ERA (3.59) in the season series. Winston-Salem is hitting just .244 with a 3.84 ERA against Kinston. The last time the Indians played the Dash was June 5th-7th at Winston Salem, in which the K-Tribe got swept in a four-game series for the first time since July 28-31, 2005 in Wilmington. The last time Winston-Salem came to Grainger Stadium was way back during the first home stand of the season, May 17th-19th when Kinston took two of three games.

Mull It Over-Former East Carolina Pirate and current Winston-Salem Dash second baseman Dale Mollenhauer is having a stellar season so far in his third professional season. The former Pirate is 7th in the Carolina League in hitting with a .291 batting average through 82 games. He also has 90 hits, tied for fifth most in the CL, and is tied for 5th in the league with 54 runs scored. The Carolina-League All-Star has also shown a great glove, and is second among everyday second baseman in the CL with a .986 fielding percentage (trailing Kinston's Cord Phelps who has a .992 fielding percentage).



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