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Red Sox Game Notes for August 8

Published on August 8, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
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Scoring First? Not So Much: After scoring first only 22 times in 69 games in the first half, the Sox began the second half scoring the first run in 14 of the first 23 games. But the trend has slipped away over the last 16 game stretch, in which the Sox have only scored first four times and have gone 4-12. evening at Grainger Stadium. With two in the third, four in the sixth, and three more in the ninth, the trio of multi-run frames were more than enough to dis- patch the scuffling Salem offense that has only scored two runs in the last three games. Over the past 12 games, the Red Sox have only scored 28 runs, less than two and a half per contest. Three different Indians finished with multi- ple RBI, including Ole Sheldon, whose two-run dinger in the sixth inning stretched the advantage to 5-1. Sheldon's homer knocked Salem starter Dave McKae out of the ballgame after five and a third innings. McKae had allowed only two runs through the first five, but allowed five runs on seven hits through his outing that sent another loss his way, his fifth of the season. Tim Fedroff's two-run single in the third erased Salem's 1-0 lead and gave Kinston the edge they would not relinquish. Fedroff finished 2-4 with two RBI, while Lonnie Chisenhall also chipped in with two hits, including an RBI double, and two runs. Everyone in the Kinston lineup except Ron Rivas registered at least one hit. Salem's only extra-base hit of the first two games of the series, a leadoff third inning double by Kris Negron, led to Salem's only run so far in the series. Jon Hee went 2-3 and singled in the third to tally the only RBI of the evening for the Sox. Chih- Hsien Chiang also finished with two hits, while Ne- gron's double and David Mailman's single represented the rest of the minimal Red Sox offensive. Kinston outhit Salem 12-6 and added three more runs off Jose Capellan in the eighth inning. Capellan walked the first two batters on eight pitches to shoot himself in the foot. A Cord Phelps single loaded the bases, and the Kinston runs scored on a sac fly from Rivas and a two-run single from Doug Pick- ens. The bases were loaded again with two outs when Josh Papelbon came on to induce an inning-ending grounder and minimize the damage by stranding the three inherited runners.

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