Kinston Blanks the Blue Rocks for the Second Straight Night
Published on July 30, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
K-Tribe pitching was dominant again, as the Indians blanked the Blue Rocks for the second straight night. Kinston starter Joe Gardner picked up his ninth win of the season with a 4-0 Indians win Friday night in Delaware. Gardner (9-5, 2.97) is now second in the Carolina League in wins, trailing only his teammate T.J. McFarland. With the win, Kinston is assured of a series win.
Less than a week ago, Wilmington starting pitcher Bryan Paukovits picked up a win at Kinston. In the game, Kinston managed just five hits and no runs off of the big righty. The second time around Kinston got to the Blue Rocks starter early. In the top of the first inning Karexon Sanchez and Abner Abreu hit back-to-back doubles to give Kinston a 1-0 lead. The K-Tribe would expand the lead in the third frame, starting again with a base hit from Sanchez. Abreu would follow with a single and Chun Chen would drive Sanchez home with an RBI base knock. Kyle Bellows then gave Kinston a 3-0 lead with a two-out triple, driving home Abreu. Sanchez would stay hot with his third hit in as many at bats when he blasted a Paukovits pitch over both sets of billboards in right field for a fifth inning home run. It was his team leading tenth homer of the season and put the Indians up 4-0. Paukovits (3-3) was chased after the inning, giving up four runs on eight hits. Abreu was a triple short of the cycle, going 3-5 with 3 runs scored and an RBI. Abreu and Bellows each had two hits for Kinston.
Kinston starter Joe Gardner was fantastic, giving up just two hits (both singles) through five innings of work. Gardner walked two and struck out five for his ninth win of the season. Brian Grening was strong in relief, giving up just one hit and no runs while striking out two in two innings of work. David Roberts pitched a perfect eighth inning, striking out one. Cory Burns relieved Roberts in the bottom of the ninth, when two errors and a hit batter put two Blue Rocks on with nobody out in the inning. Burns coaxed Wilmington's Nick Francis into a grounder back to the mound, then had Salvador Perez hit into a line drive double play to end the game. It was the Carolina League leading 19th save of the season for Burns. Kinston now leads the Carolina League with ten shutouts. It is the first time that the Indians have posted back-to-back shutouts this season.
The K-Tribe finishes up series and roadtrip Saturday night at 6:05 pm in Wilmington. The K-Tribe will have an off day on Sunday and start a seven game homestand Monday in Kinston.
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