Myrtle Beach downs Kinston, 6-5
June 29, 2009 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Myrtle Beach took an early lead and held on, beating Kinston 6-5 in an eventful game Monday night from Historic Grainger Stadium.
The Pelicans put up four runs on five hits in the top of the first inning, getting to K-Tribe starter Paolo Espino. Espino (1-5) took the loss, giving up six hit and four runs in four innings. Espino walked two and struck out three. Espino started the fifth inning, but was ejected by the home plate umpire after two pitches to leadoff batter C.J. Lee. The Espino ejection emptied the benches, but the two teams stayed separated. K-Tribe manager Chris Tremie was also ejected in the fifth inning. The Pelicans would go on to score two runs in the inning off of K-Tribe reliever David Roberts. Roberts gave up just one hit and two runs (one earned) in three innings. Roberts walked two and struck out two.
The eventful top of the fifth inning fired up the K-Tribe as Kinston batted around in the bottom of the frame, scoring four runs on four hits and three walks. RBI hits from Cord Phelps, Lonnie Chisenhall (1-for-4) and Ole Sheldon helped Kinston cut the Pelican lead from 6-0 to 6-4. Kinston would have multiple base runners in the final three innings, scoring another run on an RBI single by Phelps in the eighth, but could not make the comeback complete. Phelps ended the night 3-for-4 with three RBI for Kinston.
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