Kinston Indians Game Notes
Published on June 12, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
First Place Pelicans Even Series - Myrtle Beach never trailed in a 6-5 final Saturday night at Grainger stadium. The first place Pelicans evened the series at one game apiece heading in to Sunday's finale. Casey Frawley blasted his team leading eighth home run of the season and Tyler Holt posted a 3/4 night.
Kinston v. MB - Kinston has three wins against Myrtle Beach this season, its .333 winning clip against the Pelicans is just under Kinston's winning mark (.346) against the rest of the southern division. Myrtle Beach has out hit the K-Tribe 75-50 and outscored Kinston 46-22. Kinston's struggles against the Southern Division come in stark contrast to how it has fared against the North, going 22-12 (.647)
Comeback K-Tribe - The Indians have posted a 17-7 record over their last 23 contests, going from 8 ½ to 4 games back of first place Myrtle Beach. Kinston has not lost back-to-back games since May 15th and 16th. The K-Tribe is 10-1 in one-run games over this winning stretch. After starting the season 2-6 in one run contest, Kinston now boasts the league's best mark with an 12-7 record in games decided by one run.
Hey Now, You're An...Ya You Know the Rest - Four Kinston Indians were named to the Carolina League All-Star Team Wednesday as Drew Pomeranz, Preston Guilmet, Justin Toole and Giovanni Soto were all voted onto the squad. Kinston Manager Aaron Holbert is also selected as a coach on the Carolina League All-Star Staff. The Carolina League All-Stars will take on the California League All-Stars on June 21st in Modesto, California (Soto will not make the trip to California because he is scheduled to pitch on the final day of the first half and will be unavailable).
Running Away - Coming into their May 25th contest against Potomac, Kinston had not scored more than seven runs in a game this season. Counting their season high 13 run outburst against Potomac that day, Kinston has now scored eight or more runs seven times over the last 16 games.
Bombs Away - Kinston hit a season high four home runs as they took game two from the Dash, 8-1, last Saturday night. The four home runs on Saturday night in Winston-Salem was the most hit by a K-Tribe team in a game since last year's squad hit six in a 15-2 victory April 25th against Myrtle Beach at Historic Grainger Stadium. In that blowout, Kinston hit three runs in the seventh inning.
More Homer Talk - As a team Kinston hit just 12 home runs in their first 40 games of the season. In their last 17 games (Since May 21st) Kinston has crushed 17 home runs. Casey Frawley has led the way with six home runs in the two week span, followed by Adam Abraham with three bombs. Frawley leads the team with eight home runs. Kinston now has six multi-homer games on the season.
Extra, Extra - Kinston unloaded nine extra base hits (2 triples, 7 doubles) in a 16 hit outburst Monday night at Wilmington. It was the most extra base hits and doubles the K-Tribe has mustered in a single game since May 31st, 2007 at Potomac. In that 9-5 win, Kinston had nine extra base hits and eight doubles. The two triples were a season high for Kinston. Chase Burnette's four hit night made him the third K-Tribe player to rack up four hits in a game this season (Perez and Toole).
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