Kinston Splits Doubleheader
Published on July 24, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston split a doubleheader with Wilmington on Saturday night, winning 2-1 in game one and falling 7-0 in game two.
The K-Tribe jumped in front in the fourth inning against Wilmington pitcher Jairo Cuevas, who entered the game at the re-start of the suspended game, which re-started in the top of the third. Lucas Montero led off the frame with a single and Jeremie Tice ripped an RBI double down the left field line to give Kinston a 1-0 lead. Wilmington answered in the top of the fifth against K-Tribe pitcher T.J. House. WIth two outs, Patrick Norris was hit by a pitch and stole second. Christian Colon blooped an RBI single to center to score Norris and tie the game at one.Kinston took the lead back in the bottom of the sixth. Donnie Webb reached on an infield single, stole second and moved to third on Montero's groundout. Abner Abreu legged out an infield hit to score Webb and put the Indians on top 2-1.
House (3-8) picked up his first win since early June, giving up just one hit in six innings of relief. House walked one and struck out five. Joey Mahalic started the game for Kinston Friday night, throwing two scoreless innings. Cory Burns picked up his Carolina League leading 16th save of the season in the ninth inning.
In game two, Kinston got a spot start from reliever David Roberts. In his first start as a professional, Roberts retired the first seven batters he faced. In the third, Roberts walked Fernando Garcia and with two outs in the innings walked Patrick Norris. Roberts was then removed from the game as Chris Jones came in for relief. Christian Colon banged a double off of Jones scoring both Garcia and Norris. Wilmington would add another run off of Jones with a Ernesto Mejia solo home run in the fourth. Wilmington blew open a 3-0 game with three more runs on four hits off of K-Tribe reliever Brian Grening in the top of the sixth inning. Roberts (1-3) picked up the loss. Wilmington starter Bryan Paukovits picked up the win in the start for Wilmington, who won 7-0.
The final game of the series and homestand will be played on Sunday at 2 pm at Grainger Stadium. Right hander Joe Gardner will throw for the K-Tribe.
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