Potomac Takes Down Kinston 9-1
Published on August 18, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Tyler Moore's first-inning grand slam lifted Potomac to a 9-1 win over Kinston on Wednesday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. It was just the second time in nine tries that Potomac has won in Kinston this season.
K-Tribe starter T.J. McFarland didn't make it out of the first inning as Potomac got off to a hot start. Francisco Soriano singled to left to start the game and Sean Nicol followed with an infield hit. Derek Norris walked to load the bases and Tyler Moore hit a grand slam to left center to give the Nationals a 4-0 lead. It was Moore's Carolina League-leading 25th homer of the season. The next batter, Sean Rooney made it back-to-back homers with a solo shot to left to make it 5-0.
McFarland (10-5) was removed from the game after two-thirds of an inning, giving up five runs on four hits. He walked two and struck out one.
Potomac came back for more in the third inning against Indians reliever David Roberts. With one out, Nick Moresi walked and Dan Lyons was hit by a pitch. Chris Curran then hit a double to the gap in right center to score Moresi. Soriano and Nicol each followed with RBI singles to extend the lead to 8-0. Moore added an RBI single to left to make it 9-0.
Kinston got into the scoring column when Chun Chen led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a monster home run to left field.
There was a bit of drama in the sixth inning when Trevor Holder threw a pitch that went behind Kinston's Chun Chen. Holder was thrown out of the game and Potomac manager Gary Cathcart was also tossed for arguing the decision. Holder (2-2) went 5 2/3 innings for the win. He allowed a run on three hits, walked three and struck out five.
Kinston's bullpen would settle things down when Tyler Sturdevant and Brian Grening combined to throw five innings of two hit ball. Sturdevant struck out four in three frames and Grening struck out five in two innings of work. Kinston infielder Justin Toole, pitched a perfect ninth inning which including a knee buckling called strike three of Potomac hitter Dan Lyons.
Kinston will finish the series and homestand on Thursday night at 7 pm against Potomac. Joey Mahalic will take the hill for the K-Tribe.
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