Wilmington Comes Back to Beat Kinston
Published on June 8, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Kinston's Jason Kipnis went 3-for-4 and starting pitcher Marty Popham was dealing, but it wasn't enough as Wilmington came back to beat Kinston 2-1 Tuesday night in Delaware. Popham went seven innings, giving up no runs on six hits. Popham struck out five and did not walk a batter.
Popham's outing was matched by Wilmington starter Chris Dwyer, who baffled K-Tribe hitters by giving up just four hits in seven innings. Dwyer did not walk a batter while striking out seven. Wilmington's only early threat was pushed aside by a great defensive play, when K-Tribe center fielder Jordan Henry threw Wilmington's Rey Navarro out at home to end the fifth frame, preserving a scoreless tie.
Both bullpens would buckle, however, in the late innings. In the top of the eighth inning Trent Baker, making his Carolina League debut, reached with a single off of Blue Rocks reliever Barry Bowden. With two outs in the inning, Karexon Sanchez singled. Kipnis then came through with his third double of the night to drive in Baker, breaking the scoreless tie. The Kipnis hit was a ground rule double that bounced over the side wall in left field. Sanchez was kept from scoring the second run of the inning, a bit of bad luck that would come back and haunt Kinston.
In the bottom of the eighth, Delaware native Rob Bryson came out of the bullpen and was greeted by a loud ovation from the Blue Rock fans. Bryson grew up just a couple of miles away from the ballpark and went to "hundreds" of Wilmington games as a kid. Bryson walked Patrick Norris to start the inning and after a sacrifice bunt, gave up an RBI double to Nick Francis. With the score tied at one, Bryson gave up back-to-back walks to Eric Hosmer and Jamie Romak. Bryson was then removed from the game for Matt Langwell. Salvador Perez then delivered a deep drive to right field off of Langwell, good enough for a sacrifice fly to score Hosmer and give Wilmington the 2-1 lead. Bryson (2-1) picked up his first loss of the season, Bowden (2-3) got the win in relief for Wilmington (28-31).
The Indians (29-30) sixth straight loss ties a season high. The K-Tribe plays the final game of the series and road trip Wednesday evening in Wilmington. Game time 7:05 pm, Joe Gardner on the mound for Kinston.
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