Kinston Beats Lynchburg 9-2
Published on August 7, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston's offense came to life for nine runs on 14 hits in a 9-2 win over Lynchburg on Saturday night at Grainger Stadium. Eight K-Tribe starters reached safely with a hit, led by Bo Greenwell's 4-for-5 performance. All nine K-Tribe runs were scored with two outs. Kinston starting pitching was great again tonight, as Marty Popham struck out a career high ten batters in five innings of work.
The K-Tribe started the hit parade in the second inning against Hillcats starter Chase Ware. Kyle Bellows singled, Jeremie Tice walked and Donnie Webb was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Ronald Rivas then drove a double to the gap in left center field that cleared the bases and gave the Indians a 3-0 lead. Bo Greenwell followed with an RBI single to right to make it 4-0.
Kinston came back for more in the fourth inning. Tice led off the inning with a single and Bo Greenwell blooped a double down the left field line to score Tice and extend the lead to 5-0.
In the fifth, the K-Tribe used an RBI single by Juan Diaz and RBI double by Donnie Webb to make it 7-0.
Popham (2-4) was fantastic, shutting out the Hillcats on three hits in five innings. He struck out a career high ten batters, which also matched Kinston's season high for an individual pitcher.
The Hillcats got on the board in the sixth inning against reliever Tyler Sturdevant. He surrendered a two-run homer to left to Chris Richburg to cut the lead to 7-2.
The K-Tribe addead a run in the sixth on a Kyle Bellows ground rule double. Greenwell's RBI infield single in the sixth capped the scoring for the Indians. Kinston hit a season-high six doubles in the contest. Bo Greenwell matched a team season high with four hits and also had three RBI. Tice went 3-for-3 with three runs scored Kinston's Matt Langwell through a perfect ninth inning to finish the game.
The series and homestand finale will be Sunday at 2 pm at Historic Grainger Stadium. Joey Mahalic will start for the K-Tribe.
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