Kinston Splits Doubleheader
Published on August 18, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston and Myrtle Beach split a double header Tuesday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. Kinston won game one 6-3 and the Pelicans triumphed in game two 4-2. The split leaves Kinston tied with Salem for the final playoff spot in the Carolina League Southern Division.
Kinston trailed in game one 3-2, until Ole Sheldon hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. It was Sheldon's team leading ninth bomb of the season. The K-Tribe went on to score two more runs in the inning on a Lucas Montero RBI single and an Adam Davis run on a wild pitch. Roman Pena started the scoring for Kinston in the third inning, with a two-run homerun. It was the fourth homer of the season for Pena. Montero, Pena and Cord Phelps each had two hits for Kinston. Tim Fedroff went 0-for-4 as his 16 game hit streak and 35 game on-base streak came to an end. The consecutive on-base streak was the longest in the Carolina League this season and the longest by a K-Triber since Stephen Head went for 37 straight games in 2006. Russell Young (5-5) picked up the win in game one for Kinston, giving up five hits and three earned runs in six innings. Kyle Landis racked up his fifth save of the season, striking out three and giving up one hit in the seventh.
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans used a pair of two-run home runs to take the second game of the double dip 4-2 over Kinston. Cody Johnson hit his Carolina League leading 29th home run in the fourth inning. Randy Gress hit his third home run of the season an inning later, to break a 2-2 tie and put Myrtle Beach up for good. The K-Tribe scored their two runs on a Tim Fedroff (0-for-3) RBI groundout and Davis rumbling home on a passed ball. Kinston managed five hits, all singles, in game number two. Chen-Chang Lee (4-5) picked up the loss for Kinston, giving up the two-run home run to Gress. Lee pitched 1 2/3 innings, giving up two hits, striking out four and walking one. Bryce Stowell was the starter for Kinston, giving up two earned runs on five hits in four innings. Dallas Cawiezell was solid from the pen, giving up just one hit in 1 1/3 innings.
The K-Tribe takes on Myrtle Beach in game two of the four game series Wednesday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. Game time 7pm as Chris Jones will make his Carolina League debut for Kinston. Wednesday is also four million fan night, where the 4,000,000th fan to see a Carolina League game at Historic Grainger Stadium will walk away with tons of prizes! Gates open at 6pm.
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