Tribe rally goes for naught
Published on July 25, 2008 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The Kinston Indians made up a three-run deficit with four runs in the top of the ninth, but gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to lose 5-4 to the Wilmington Blue Rocks Friday night.
With the Blue Rocks up 3-0 in the top of the ninth, Wilmington closer Tyler Chambliss walked three straight K-Tribe batters to load the bases. Wilmington pitcher Aaron Hartsock came in and got a tailor-made double-play ground ball that was misplayed by shortstop Chris McConnell to score the first run for Kinston to make it 3-1. A pair of run-scoring singles through the right side by Johnny Drennen and Beau Mills tied the score at three, and Jared Goedert's sacrifice fly gave Kinston a 4-1 lead going to the bottom of the ninth.
Josh Tomlin came in to pitch for Kinston in the bottom of the ninth, and made a great play on a line drive back through the box for the first out. He allowed a double to Brad Correll to the wall in center, and his pinch-runner Anthony Seratelli came around to score the tying run on a Cody Strait RBI-double. Strait advanced to third on a wild pitch, ball four to Kurt Mertins, and Jeff Bianchi hit a sacrifice fly to plate Strait for the winning run.
Kinston starter Shawn Nottingham pitched four and two-thirds innings, picking up a no-decision allowing two runs on nine hits with two strikeouts. Sung-Wei Tseng pitched a scoreless inning and a third of relief, and Mike Pontius's lone blemish was a solo homer by Wilmington's Correll. Josh Tomlin falls to 8-5, with his first blown save of the season.
Wilmington snaps Kinston's two-game winning streak, but the K-Tribe will look to get back on the winning track with starter Jeanmar Gomez tomorrow night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05.
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