Winston-Salem Walks off with a 6-5 win
June 5, 2010 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
Justin Greene hit a walk-off home run, as Winston-Salem came all the way back to beat Kinston 6-5 Saturday night in the Triad. The Indians saw a five run lead disappear as Winston-Salem chipped away with three solo home runs over the final three innings. Kinston is now a Carolina League worst 4-13 in one-run games. This season, half of the Indians (29-26) losses have been by one run.
In the top of the first inning Jordan Henry greeted Winston-Salem starter Nevin Griffith with a single. Griffith started the game second in the Carolina League with a 2.34 ERA, but he would struggle in the first. After the Henry hit, Karexon Sanchez walked. Jason Kipnis then hit a ground ball to first baseman Seth Loman, who threw wide of second base. Loman was tagged with the error, loading the bases for Abner Abreu. Abreu came through with an RBI single scoring Henry. Kyle Bellows followed with a two RBI double, scoring Sanchez and Kipnis to give Kinston a 3-0 advantage. Doug Pickens and Chris Kersten would follow later in the innings with RBI singles of their own. Kinston sent ten men to the plate in the opening frame, scoring five runs on five hits.
The Indians would then send their Carolina League leader in ERA, T.J. McFarland, to the mound to try and preserve the lead. Kinston's starter was greeted in the bottom of the first inning by two singles, the last an RBI base knock by Seth Loman. The Dash would cut the lead to three with doubles from both Jason Bour and Greene in the bottom of the second inning. Winston-Salem would shrink the lead again when Escobar led the fifth inning off with a double and came home on a Jon Gilmore single. Both ERA leaders were beat up a bit, as McFarland gave up three earned on seven hits through five innings. He walked one and struck out three batters. McFarland's ERA still is tops in the CL at 2.08. Griffith gave up four earned through four innings, as his ERA rose to 2.77.
The Dash bullpen would hold from there as Santos Rodriguez, Dan Remenowsky and Charlis Burdie would combine for five innings of one hit, scoreless work from the pen. Kinston would manage just two hits and no runs after the first inning. Winston-Salem wacked their way back into the game when Gilmore hit a solo home run off of Rob Bryson in the bottom of the seventh. It was the only hit Bryson gave up in two innings. Matt Langwell (3-2) would take the loss, giving up a solo homer to Jason Bour in the bottom of the eighth inning. In the bottom of the ninth, Langwell's first pitch to Justin Greene was taken over the center field wall for the walk-off win. Langwell entered the contest having not given up a run in his last nine appearances (11 innings).
The K-Tribe wraps up the four game set with Winston-Salem on Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Joey Mahalic will start on the mound for Kinston. The K-Tribe returns to Historic Grainger Stadium for a short, four game homestand against the Advanced A Affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, Myrtle Beach, on Friday, June 10th - Sunday, June 13th.
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