KTribe Scores 12 in the 6th to Beat Lynchburg
Published on August 4, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The K-Tribe hit two grand slams in the sixth inning, totaling 12 runs on eleven hits in an epic sixth frame as Kinston routed Lynchburg 15-3 Tuesday night.
Kinston was trailing 1-0 going into the sixth inning, a total of 14 straight innings without scoring a run. That would change when the first eleven batters of the inning would reach base safely. Tim Fedroff led off the bottom of the sixth with a double. Lonnie Chisenhall singled and Ole Sheldon walked to load the bases. Cord Phelps would drive in the first run of the inning with an RBI single. After a Ronald Rivas single scored another run, Adam Davis cleared the bases with a grand slam. The first slam and sixth home run of the season for Davis made the score 6-1. Roman Pena would keep the inning going with a single, followed by a Richard Martinez single. After Lucas Montero walked to load the bases, Fedroff drove in a run with a single. Chisenhall would clear the bases with a towering grand slam, his fourth granny of the season. It was his 17th home run of the season, making the score 11-1. After Sheldon and Phelps recorded the first outs of the inning, Rivas hit a two-run single. Adam Davis drove Rivas home with an RBI double and the inning ended when Davis was thrown out trying to stretch the double into a triple.
Every K-Triber reached base safely in the sixth inning, everyone but Montero and Sheldon had a hit. Davis went 2-for-2 with 5 RBI in the inning. Lonnie Chisenhall went 2-2, with two runs scored and four RBI in the inning. Fedroff and Rivas also had two hits in the inning. Kinston ended up sending 15 men to the plate in the 11 hit, 12 run inning. Kinston had scored just 12 total runs in their last five games, before the 12 run sixth inning. It was the most runs Kinston scored in an inning since scoring 13 runs in the second inning of a June 19th game against Lynchburg last year at Historic Grainger Stadium.
For the game Kinston banged out 19 hits. Fedroff (4-for-5, three runs, one RBI) and Chisenhall (4-for-5, three runs, five RBI) each tied a season high with four hits in the game. Davis was 3-for-5 with 5 RBI. Pena also had three hits.
Bryan Price made his K-Tribe debut for Kinston, as the starting pitcher was sent across the Carolina League from Salem as one of three pitchers in the trade for big leaguer Victor Martinez. Price (0-1) got the win, giving up just six hits and one unearned run in six innings. Mike Colla (5-2) one of three Lynchburg pitchers in the sixth inning, gets the loss for the Hillcats.
The two teams will end this series at 11 AM Wednesday at Historic Grainger Stadium. Paolo Espino will make the start for Kinston. The K-Tribe will keep the homestand rolling with four games against the Salem Red Sox Thursday through Sunday.
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