K-Tribe splits twin bill
Published on July 7, 2008 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The K-Tribe split a double header on Monday night at Winston-Salem, winning game one 14-3 and dropping game two 3-2.
Beau Mills went 4-for-5 with five RBI's as Kinston killed Winston-Salem 14-3 in game one of a double header on Monday night. Kinston racked up a season high 14 runs on 12 hits as every K-Tribe in the lineup reached base safely. Kinston scored seven runs through the first two innings, capped by a Mills three-run home run to chase Winston-Salem starter John Ely. Mills was a triple away from a cycle with two doubles, a single and his team leading 13th home run.
Winston-Salem countered with all three of their runs in the third, but the K-Tribe answered with two runs in the fourth on a pair of two out run-scoring singles by Jared Goedert and Carlos Rivero. A two-out, two-run double by Mills in the fifth gave him his second five RBI game of the season, and gave Kinston an 11-3 lead. Kinston poured it on with back to back six inning home runs by Niuman Romero and Jerad Head.
Jeanmar Gomez (3-7) went five innings for his first win since May 16th, with his last two victories coming against the Warthogs. Tony Sipp pitched the last two scoreless innings from the K-Tribe bullpen.
Game two was a scoreless affair until the fifth inning when Niuman Romero scored from third on a ground out by Brian Juhl. The K-Tribe took added another run in the top of the sixth inning when Beau Mills scored from third on a wild pitch. Winston Salem came back in the bottom of the sixth inning, when Josh Fields doubled to lead off. After Brandon Allen was hit by a pitch, Josh Shelby loaded the bases after his bunt was fielded by Kinston starter Shawn Nottingham and thrown to third, but not in time to get the runner. C.J. Rutherford drove in Fields from third with a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-1. Allen scored from second on an RBI pinch hit by Salvador Sanchez to tie the game. A suicide squeeze off the bat of Greg Paiml, plated Shelby and gave Winston-Salem the lead for good. Nottingham was the tough luck loser going to 0-1 on the season.
The K-Tribe is now 10-8 in the second half, just one game back of Winston-Salem for first place in the Carolina League Southern Division. Kinston will take Tuesday off, then head to Lynchburg for a three game set with the Hillcats starting at 7:05 on Wednesday. Josh Tomlin will take the mound for Kinston.
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