K-Tribe Season Comes To An End With a 9-4 Loss at Potomac
September 7, 2009 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The Kinston Indians season came to an end as Potomac erased an early deficit, coming back to beat the K-Tribe 9-4 Monday afternoon in Virginia.
Things looked good early as Kinston scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Lucas Montero led off the first with a triple. Tim Fedroff hit him home with an RBI double. Fedroff then scored on an RBI double from Cord Phelps. Ronald Rivas gave Kinston a 3-0 lead with an RBI single later in the inning. Leading 3-1 in the top of the fifth inning, Kinston would score another run on an RBI single with Adam Davis scoring Ole Sheldon.
Kinston carried a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning when Potomac started their comeback. With Bryce Stowell on the mound for Kinston, Potomac's Greg Veloz walked with one out. After a stolen base, Boomer Whiting drove Veloz home with an RBI single. The K-Tribe went into the pen again and pulled out David Roberts. Roberts could not record an out, giving up an RBI single to Michael Martinez and an RBI triple to Danny Espinosa, tying the score at four. Kinston again went to the pen, bringing in Kyle Landis. Landis gave up a double to Michael Burgess, scoring Espinosa and giving Potomac a 5-4 lead. Potomac batted around in the seventh inning, racking up four hits, one walk and two hit batters, scoring four runs. Potomac would ice the game with four more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, highlighted by a three RBI double from Jesus Valdez.
David Roberts (2-5) picked up the loss for Kinston. Nick Hagadone started the game for Kinston, giving up one run on three hits in three innings. Bryce Stowell had a season high eight strikeouts, giving up two runs in 3 1/3 innings. Steve Smith got the final out in the bottom of the eighth inning for Kinston.
The K-Tribe ends the second half with a 33-37 record. Salem scored five unanswered runs to come back and beat Lynchburg 6-5, so Kinston finishes two games behind the Red Sox for the final playoff spot in the Carolina League Southern Division. Salem will take on Winston-Salem and Wilmington will square off against Lynchburg in the Carolina League Playoffs starting Wednesday. The K-Tribe finishes the season with a 60-78 overall record and will begin the 2010 season at Historic Grainger Stadium against Winston-Salem on Thursday, April 8th.
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