Salem Red Sox Beat Kinston Indians 5-1
Published on May 1, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
A night after banging out 12 runs on a season high 19 hits; Salem stopped the Kinston bats in route to a 5-1 win Saturday night in Virginia. Great defense and timely pitching helped Salem limit Kinston to just two hits on the night.
Kinston starter Nick Hagadone was greeted rudely by his former teammates in the first inning. Hagadone, who was traded from the Boston Red Sox organization to Cleveland last year for Victor Martinez, walked three and gave up three singles in a three run frame. Hagadone (0-1) was taken out of the game with two outs in the bottom of the first. Hagadone gave up three earned runs, while striking out one batter. T.J. McFarland came in from the pen for the K-Tribe, settling things down with 6 1/3 innings of solid work. McFarland gave up six hits and just one earned run, on a home run by Salem's Ryan Dent in the fifth inning. McFarland's ERA is now just 0.92 through 19 plus innings of work this season. Travis Turek did not give up a hit, pitching the eighth inning for Kinston.
Kinston managed just two hits on the night, scoring in the third inning when Jason Kipnis drove home Adam Davis on a sacrifice fly. The K-Tribe's only hit through the first eight innings came off the bat of Karexon Sanchez who extended his hit streak to eleven games. Doug Pickens added the only other hit, a single in the top of the ninth. The Indians had their share of base runners as Salem's starter Brock Huntzinger (1-2) scattered five walks over five innings. Huntzinger gave up one hit and struck out two. Salem's Michael Lee picked up the save, giving up just one hit over the final four innings. Lee walked just one batter and struck out four.
The two teams meet up for the final game of the series Sunday afternoon at 4:05 pm in Virginia. Greenville, NC native Alex White will get the start for the K-Tribe.
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