The Captains put on a hitting clinic early in Thursday night’s 10-7 win over the TinCaps. Ben Carlson hit one of three Lake County homeruns as he drove in four of the runs for the Captains as the team improved to 25-10.
Lake County jumped out in front early following a Jeremie Tice RBI double to score Bo Greenwell. Roberto Perez cleared the bases in the next at bat, crushing a 2-run homerun deep to leftfield giving the Captains a 3-0 lead.
The Captains added a run in the second when Carlson drove in his first run of the game scoring Jason Smit with an RBI ground out for a 4-0 edge.
Fort Wayne scored a run in the bottom of the second; Rymer Liriano’s ground ball handcuffed Casey Frawley allowing Nate Fryman to score making it 4-1.
Lake County added to their lead in the third inning, after a Perez walk, Chun Chen belted a ball inside the leftfield foul pole for a 2-run homerun. Two batters later, with Smit on first, Carlson hit his first homerun of the year. The Captains scored four times and lead 8-1.
Argenis Martinez tripled in the fourth inning, and scored when Greenwell singled up the middle to make it 9-1.
The TinCaps clawed their way back beginning in the seventh, Jeudy Valdez hit a 2-run homerun cutting the lead to 9-3.
Ben Carlson drove in his fourth run in the ninth inning, scoring Chen on a fielder’s choice. The Captains went into the bottom of the ninth up, 10-3.
Fort Wayne kept things interesting; they batted around collecting four runs on five hits. The TinCaps had the tying run in Liriano at the plate with runners on the corners, but the newcomer to the Captains bullpen Preston Guilmet shut the door on the rally striking out Liriano, picking up his first save of the year.
Lake County starter Austin Adams (1-2) was fantastic picking up the win. Adams tossed five innings allowing one run on five hits and striking out a season eight. Nick Sarianides allowed six earned runs on eight hits in just 2.2 innings in relief. Dexter Carter (1-4) suffered the loss for Fort Wayne allowing eight runs on six hits in three innings.
The Captains (25-10) and the TinCaps (15-19) will resume the series Friday night at 7:05PM from Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, IN. RHP Trey Haley (2-0) gets the start for Lake County, as he is matched up against RHP John Hussey (3-0) for the TinCaps.
Clippers Lose 7-3
The Clippers fell Thursday afternoon 7-3. Right-handed starter Jeanmar Gomez struggled once again in another start going just 2.2 innings and allowed seven runs on eight hits, four walks and had one strikeout. Gomez is now 2-3 with a 6.31 ERA on the season.
The Clippers offense was halted to just six hits, two of those from outfielder Michael Brantley who went 2-for-4 with a double and RBI. The only other bright spot on offense was catcher Carlos Santana who connected for his 6th home run of the season and finished 1-for-4 with a home run and RBI.
Akron Postponed
Thursday evening’s Eastern League matchup between Akron and Reading was cancelled due to unplayable field conditions and is rescheduled as part of a doubleheader at 6:05 p.m. Friday at Canal Park. Akron’s Eric Berger (0-1, 12.54 ERA) and Reading’s Yohan Flande (1-2, 2.60 ERA) are the expected starters for game one, while the hurlers for game two have not yet been announced.
K-Tribe Stomps Pelicans 10-0 to Win Series
Kinston starter T.J. House took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and three Indians pitchers combined on a 3-hit shutout of Myrtle Beach as the K-Tribe won 10-0 on Thursday night to take 3 out of 4 from the Pelicans. The shutout was the Carolina League-leading fifth for Indians pitching this season.
The K-Tribe bats got started in the third inning on a Jordan Henry RBI single. They would add two more in the fifth, as a Lucas Montero single followed by an error scored Ronald Rivas and moved Montero to third. Henry came through again with his second RBI single of the night to make it 3-0. The Indians came back for two more in the sixth, as Montero drilled a two-run single to put Kinston on top 5-0.
K-Tribe starter T.J. House (1-3) had the best start of his young Kinston career, pitching 7 innings and shutting out the Pelicans on one hit. The lone hit he allowed was an infield single to Cole Miles with two out in the sixth. He walked three and struck out four in his first K-Tribe win.
Pelicans starter Jose Ortegano (2-4) didn't fare as well, giving up four runs, three earned, on eight hits. He walked one and struck out three in the loss.
The K-Tribe pounded out another run on an RBI single by Nate Recknagel in the eighth before exploding for four in the ninth inning off reliever Paul Clemens. Abner Abreu hit an RBI single, Cristo Arnal scored on a fielding error, Richard Martinez added an RBI single and Kyle Bellows scored on a wild pitch.
The win was the first this season for Kinston in a four-game set, and their second consecutive series win. They have now won 6 out of 8 games, and return to Kinston on Friday night to start a 7-game homestand, starting with a three-game weekend set against the Northern Division-leading Frederick Keys. Right-hander Joe Gardner will be on the mound for the K-Tribe on Friday, with first pitch at 7 pm.
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