Kinston Blanks Birds 1-0
Published on June 30, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Brett Brach carried the Indians to a series evening 1-0 victory over Myrtle Beach, Thursday night in South Carolina. It was the K-Tribe's (6-2, 44-33) Carolina League leading ninth shutout of the season and second 1-0 victory of the season. Kinston is now all alone in first place in the Southern Division's second half.
Kinston pitcher Brett Brach dazzled, working eight very efficient innings in which he only allowed five hits and struck out three without walking a batter. Brach picked up the win, out dueling Myrtle Beach's Barrett Loux for Brach's (5-5) fifth win of the year.
Former first round draft pick Barret Loux got the start for Myrtle Beach and was in and out of trouble early. Kinston had runners in scoring position in three of the first five innings, but failed to drive anyone home, as Loux struck out 11 K-Tribe batters through six innings. Joseph Ortiz picked up where Loux left off, striking out the side in the seventh. In all, Kinston struck out 14 times. Despite the offensive struggles, the K-Tribe again proved clutch, waiting until the last inning to squeeze a run across.
Adam Abraham led off the inning with a double down the left field line. Abraham's pinch runner, Delvi Cid, was safe at third on an Abner Abreu bunt. Cid then scored on Chase Burnette's looper to center field. Kinston could not add any more in the inning thanks to two stellar plays from Pelicans short stop Leury Garcia. It didn't matter though, as Jose Flores closed out the ninth in dramatic fashion.
Flores induced an inning ending 4-6-3 double play with Pelican's runners at the corners. A microscopic play at first ended the inning to the sounds of boos from Pelicans fans who hoped to see a safe call which would have allowed the tying run to score. Flores gave up two hits and managed the save, his second, in one inning of work. With the win, Kinston avoided losing back-to back games for the first time since May 16th.
Kinston starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz will take the hill for the final game of the series Friday night in Myrtle Beach. Game time 7:05 pm in South Carolina. Kinston will return home for a Fireworks filled weekend home stand against the Baltimore Orioles affiliate Frederick! Fireworks after the 6:30 pm games on both Saturday and Monday night! 1:30 pm afternoon game on Sunday!
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