Kinston Ties A Season High With Their Fourth Straight Win
Published on May 20, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston tied a season high with their fourth straight victory, a 2-1 win over Frederick on Friday night in Maryland. All four wins have been by one run in Kinston's latest streak.
Kinston starting pitcher Giovanni Soto gave up a lead-off home run to Frederick's Bobby Stevens in the bottom of the first inning. Soto would settle down from there, however, allowing just three singles over his next five innings of work. Soto (3-3, 2.02) would keep the lead, after striking out Tyler Townsend with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth inning. Soto gave up one run on four hits, walking run and striking out eight.
Keys starter Oliver Drake faced the minimum through three innings, then the K-Tribe's bats woke up in the fourth. The top of the inning started off with a walk by Tyler Holt. It extended Holt's consecutive on-base streak to 20 games. Casey Frawley followed with a single. Bo Greenwell put down his team leading fifth sacrifice bunt to advance both runners. Adam Abraham then turned on a 3-0 pitch, belting it to the wall and driving in both Holt and Frawley. The smash gave Kinston a 2-1 lead. Drake (2-2) was very good in the loss, giving up two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Kinston's bullpen dodged some bullets in the late innings. Travis Turek gave up a lead-off double in the bottom of the seventh to Brian Ward. After Ward advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt, Turek struck out Jacob Julius. Turek then got a ground-out to get out of the inning with the lead. Adam Miller worked around two errors in the eighth inning, inducing a double play to leave the frame with the 2-1 lead intact. Turek picked up a hold, Miller got the save as the two pitchers combined for three innings of one-hit ball.
The roadtrip continues Saturday night at 6 pm in Frederick. Brett Brach gets the start for Kinston. Kinston returns home to Grainger Stadium for a holiday homestand May 26th through June 2nd.
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