Kinston Swept
Published on July 16, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston fell victim to a hot hitting Potomac squad Saturday night, falling in both doubleheader games to leave Woodbridge without a victory.
In game one Kinston had to come from behind after Potomac struck with a first inning run.
Trailing, the K-Tribe struck in the second inning in dramatic fashion. Jeremie Tice took his fourth home run of the season beyond the right field fence and one pitch later Abner Abreu blasted another homer deep to left. Tice broke a homerless streak dating back to June 8th with the shot.
With the score tied at three, Potomac gave Kinston a taste of the back-to-back medicine with solo home runs from Destin Hood and Justin Bloxom. The blasts came off of starter T.J. House and spelled doom for His chances at becoming Kinston's first pitcher to seven wins.
House fell to 6-8 after throwing 5 2/3 innings of five run baseball. House gave up seven hits, walked two and struck out two. Both walks came back to haunt House for two runs against him. Francisco Jimenez retired the only man he faced.
In game two, Kinston was pegged to a two run advantage thanks to a second inning Chase Burnette home run.
The lead would not last as walks continued to hurt Kinston. With a one run advantage, Steve Wright walked Francisco Soriano to start the fifth. Soriano stole second, advanced to third on an error and scored one batter later. In the sixth, Kyle Landis entered to pitch for Kinston with runners at the corners. A chopper to short stop Justin Toole allowed the go ahead run to score.
Wright takes a tough luck loss allowing three runs, one earned in 5 1/3 innings. Wright walked four and struck out four. Landis retired the only two batters he faced.
Kinston returns home with a 4:30 pm start on Sunday family fun day, welcoming second placed Winston-Salem to town for three games. Marty Popham is set to get the Sunday start for Kinston. For tickets, to view promotions and to keep up on the K-Tribe visit us online at www.kinstonindians.com.
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