Kinston Rally Not Enough
July 15, 2011 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
After a three day layoff, baseball was finally played in Woodbridge, VA on Friday night. Kinston could not take advantage as a ninth inning rally fell one run shy in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Nationals.
The K-Tribe struck first in the fourth inning. Adam Abraham walked with one out and was moved to third on a single from Jeremie Tice. Abner Abreu scored Abraham on a sacrifice fly to center field.
Francisco Soriano wiped Brett Brach's shutout off the board with a two run home run in the fifth. Soriano's third home run of the season gave Potomac a lead the Nationals would never relinquish.
Kinston starting pitcher Brett Brach started the seventh by striking out J.R. Higley and departed after giving up a triple to the next batter, Jose Lozada. Chris Jones came out of the pen and allowed a two run home run to Soriano, again.
The Kinston offense waited until starter Danny Rosenbaum departed to find some offense. Closer Hector Nelo entered in the ninth and promptly fired five straight pitches out of the strike zone to walk Tyler Holt. After Casey Frawley popped out, Adam Abraham reached on a throwing error from third baseman Jose Lozada. Tice then picked up his second hit of the night to push home Holt and move Abraham to third. Abreu added his second rbi with a run scoring ground out. With two gone and the tying run on third, a ground out ended Kinston's hopes of coming from behind.
Brach took the loss, giving up three runs in 6 1/3 innings. He gave up eight hits, did not walk a man and struck out five. Chris Jones and Rob Bryson each came out of the pen, Bryson firing a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
Kinston and Potomac will play two games Saturday night starting at 5:30. T.J. House will start game one for Kinston and be opposed by Sammy Solis. The K-Tribe returns home for a seven game homestand Sunday, July 17th with a 4:30 pm start. For details and to purchase tickets go to www.kinstonindians.com.
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