CarL1 Salem RidgeYaks

Kinston Swipes 2-1 Pitchers' Duel from Salem

Published on August 27, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Salem RidgeYaks News Release


Kinston, NC (August 27, 2010) - The Red Sox endured their third one-run setback of the road trip on Friday night as the Indians snuck past Salem 2-1 at Historic Grainger Stadium. Jeremie Tice's solo homer on the first pitch of the bottom of the fourth inning broke a 1-all tie, and no one would score the rest of the night against the pair of dominant pitching staffs. The Indians' victory moved them into the driver's seat for the final playoff spot in the Carolina League Southern Division, one game ahead of the Sox and a game and half ahead of the Pelicans.

T.J. House and Brock Huntzinger were both excellent, with House performing just a teensy-weensy bit better. House allowed one run on two hits in six innings, while Huntzinger surrendered two runs on four hits over six frames. Each starter was quality, yet the Red Sox offense was unable to muster enough to give Huntzinger his first win since July 12. House improved to 6-9, while Huntzinger's record dipped to 7-7.

Huntzinger only walked one, but he issued the free pass to the first batter of the ballgame, and the Indians manufactured a run to take an early lead. After Bo Greenwell reached, he stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Tice's sacrifice fly to right field.

Down 1-0 heading into the third, Ronald Bermudez doubled down the left-field line to start the inning. After he advanced to third on a wild pitch, Ryan Dent's sacrifice fly to center brought him in to tie the game. An inning later, the Red Sox put the first two men aboard in a 1-1 game, yet Tim Federowicz and Drew Hedman both struck out, and Bermudez popped up to end the threat. The Sox would not have multiple runners on base the rest of the game.

Travis Turek tossed two scoreless innings for the K-Tribe, while Cory Burns picked up his league leading 26th save with a scoreless ninth. Zach Hammes also dealt a pair of scoreless innings for the Sox in relief of Huntzinger.

Each team finished with five separate players with one hit apiece, and both clubs went 0-3 with runners in scoring position. Salem now has just two hits in 27 at-bats with runners in scoring position on their road trip, in which the Sox have scored just 10 runs in four games.

Stolmy Pimentel gets the ball for Salem opposite Joe Gardner in the middle-game of the series on Saturday evening. The Sox will either bring themselves back to even footing in the standings or fall two games back. First pitch is set for 7:00 PM at Grainger Stadium.

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