K-Tribe Wins Third Straight, Improves to 11-2 in August.
August 15, 2009 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The Kinston Indians upended Salem 5-1 Saturday night in Virginia; the K-Tribe's sixth straight when over the Red Sox. Kinston is now 11-2 in the month of August and just a half game behind Salem for the final playoff spot in the Carolina League Southern Division.
Former K-Triber Scott Lewis was the starting pitcher for Kinston, making a Major League rehab appearance. After giving up a run on two singles and a walk in his first inning of work, Lewis rebounded to retire the last nine batters he faced. Lewis when 3 2/3 innings, giving up two hits and one run. He walked one and did not strike out a batter. David Roberts took control from there, picking up his first win in the Carolina League with 2 1/3 perfect innings. Roberts (1-4) struck out one. Dallas Cawiezell kept the good times rolling, giving up just one hit in two innings of work. Cawiezell walked one and struck out two. Lewis, Roberts and Cawiezell combined to retire 19 Salem hitters in a row, as the Red Sox did not get their third hit of the game until the eighth inning. Jonathan Holt finished up from the pen, throwing a scoreless ninth inning.
Kinston got on the board in the fifth inning, tying the score with a sacrifice fly off the bat of Cord Phelps. Kinston would break the 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth inning. With one out in the frame Adam Davis singled, Rivas walked and Alex Castillo was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Roman Pena gave Kinston a 2-1 lead when he walked, driving in Davis. The Indians would strike again later in the inning with a two-out, two RBI single from Tim Fedroff. Fedroff went 2-for-4 with two RBI, increasing his consecutive on base streak to 34. Fedroff is now hitting .293, the third best batting average in the Carolina League. Davis would finish the scoring, knocking home Ole Sheldon with an RBI double in the seventh inning. Davis racked up three hits for the second straight night and third time this month, going 3-for-5 with two doubles. Pena also had two hits for Kinston.
The K-Tribe will go for the series sweep at Salem Sunday night at 6:05 pm. Paolo Espino will get the start for Kinston.
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