Winston-Salem Downs Kinston 4-2

April 16, 2010 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release


Friday night, in Kinston's first game ever at BB&T Ballpark in downtown, Winston-Salem turned four K-Tribe errors into four unearned runs in a 4-2 victory.

Indians pitcher and Greenville, N.C. native Alex White (1-1) had another strong start, but it was undone by three unearned runs in the fourth inning. White allowed five hits while walking two and striking out five in his first professional loss. White gave up three runs, but all were unearned.

The K-Tribe started the scoring in the second inning, when Ronald Rivas delivered an RBI single scoring Kyle Bellows. Winston-Salem would come back and take the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning, capitalizing on K-Tribe mistakes. White walked back-to-back batters with one out in the inning. The K-Tribe let a potential inning ending double play slip through their fingers when Rivas mishandled a ball at second base. Rivas was charged with an error and the bases were loaded. After White struck out Ozzie Lewis for the second out of the inning, Rivas threw low to second on a grounder by Drew Garcia. Rivas was charged with his second error of the inning and Seth Loman scored to tie the game at one. Justin Greene gave the Dash the lead one batter later, lining a two-rbi single to right. The Greene base knock was the only hit of the inning, as all three runs scored were unearned.

Rivas tried to atone for his errors in the top of the six, as he knocked in his second run of the game with an infield single, scoring Kyle Bellows. The next batter, Lucas Montero, sent a liner to the gap in right-center field that hit off the glove of diving right fielder Brandon Short. However, Rivas was thrown out at the plate as he tried to score the tying run.

The Dash would add insurance with another unearned run in the eighth. With two out and runners on the corners, Justin Greene sent a soft flare behind second base. Rivas, with his back to the infield, reached over his shoulder but dropped the ball for his third error of the game, allowing Luis Sierra to score the final run of the game.

Winston-Salem's starting pitcher, lefty Charlie Leesman (1-1) pitched five innings for the win, as he allowed one run on five hits, walked five and struck out none. Dan Remenowsky gave up a hit and a walk in the ninth but got out of the jam to earn his first save of the season.

Kinston (3-5) surrendered their first come-from-behind win of the season and has now lost three straight, while Winston-Salem (5-3) won their third in a row.

The K-Tribe continues the road trip in Winston-Salem Saturday night at 7 pm. Left-hander T.J. House will get the start on the mound for Kinston.



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