Kinston Beats Lynchburg 6-2...
Published on May 2, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston got another clutch performance from their bullpen as the Indians clipped the Lynchburg Hillcats 6-2 Saturday night in Virginia.
Kinston starter Eric Berger was cruising into the fifth inning when trouble hit. Berger walked the first four batters of the fifth inning, leaving the game with the bases loaded, nobody out and Kinston clinging to a 4-1 lead. Indians reliever Chen-Chang Lee took over, getting a groundball, strikeout and pop up from Lynchburg to escape the fifth inning with Kinston leading 4-2. Lee would get his first win of the season with the effort, giving up just two hits and no earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. Matt Meyer would come in next to bail Lee out of a jam with runners at the corners in the seventh. Meyer would need just three pitches to strikeout heavy hitter Pedro Alvarez and end the inning. Garrison Campfield finished the game with a no run ninth inning. Kinston's bullpen has now given up just two earned runs in their last four games (19 innings). Started Berger got the no decision, with the two run fifth inning ending his consecutive scoreless inning streak at 15 (four starts). Berger went four innings, giving up three hits and two earned runs while striking out six.
The K-Tribe got clutch hitting in the first inning as Matt Brown knocked home Tim Fedroff with an RBI double. Brown hit his first home run of the year, a solo shot; in the third inning to give Kinston a 3-0 lead. After an RBI single by Cord Phelps in the fourth inning, Kinston would add two more runs in the top of the eighth with RBI singles from Adam Davis and Matt McBride. McBride extended his hit streak to 16 games (second longest in the Carolina League this season), with a 2-for-5, one RBI night. Fedroff, Brown, John Allman and Lucas Montero also had two hits for Kinston.
The K-Tribe (12-11, first place in the Southern Division) looks to win the series in game three of the matchup with Lynchburg on Sunday afternoon. Game time 2:05 pm as Kinston's Zach Putnam will take the bump for the Indians.
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