Brett Brach was fantastic on the mound once again leading Lake County to an impressive 11-2 win over South Bend. Brach (4-6) fired seven strong innings allowing just two runs on five hits and was nearly untouchable as he struck out a season high nine.
The Captains came out firing on all cylinders in the first inning. Delvi Cid began the game off with a first pitch base hit to leftfield. Casey Frawley drove in Cid to make it 1-0 with an RBI double to right. Adam Abraham kept things rolling with a single to left center scoring Frawley. Christ Kersten delivered the Captains fourth straight hit to put runners on the corners. With one out, Roberto Perez hit a chopper over the third baseman Matt Davidson and down the line for a double scoring Abraham. Jason Smit slapped a single to right to drive in Kersten. Hawks’ starter Adam Worthington threw a pitch in the dirt to Argenis Martinez that got away from the catcher Errol Hollinger allowing Perez to come in and score giving Lake County a 5-0 lead after one.
The Silver Hawks finally got to Captains’ starter Brett Brach in the fourth inning. David Nick singled to leftfield and reached third as Trent Baker miss played the hop. Davidson stepped up and crushed the first pitch fastball deep to left for his 15th homerun of the season cutting the lead to 5-2.
Adam Worthington retired eleven in a row heading into the fifth inning and saw Cid step up and single up the middle. Cid stole second base for his 57th stolen base of the season a league high. Frawley drove in his second run of the game single up the middle to score Cid. Abraham doubled off the left field wall to put runners on second and third. Perez stepped up with a clutch two out base hit to center to drive in two runs increasing the Captains lead to 8-2.
Lake County continued to pile on the runs in the eighth inning. Perez picked up his third hit of the game with a one out double. Smit launched a line drive over the left field wall for a two run homerun his eighth of the season to make it 10-2. Martinez stepped in a ripped a line drive by the second baseman Nick to extend his hit streak to nine straight games. Cid collected a infield single to third putting runners on first and second. Frawley drove in his third RBI of the game with a single to right his third hit of the evening making it 11-2.
The Hawks’ Worthington (3-4) suffered the loss giving up eight runs on ten hits in five innings work while striking out five. Jeremy Johnson and Jose Flores each came in and pitched an inning for the Captains pitching perfect frames in the eighth and ninth.
Lake County and South Bend will wrap up their four game series Tuesday night at Coveleski Stadium at 7:00PM. The Captains will send LHP Giovanni Soto (8-6) to the mound against RHP Deogenis Rosario (4-6) for the Silver Hawks.
Columbus rained out
Monday night's game between the Syracuse Chiefs and Columbus Clippers has been rained out. The Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, and the Clippers will play a doubleheader Tuesday at Alliance Bank Stadium.
The first game will begin at 5:00pm, gates will open at 4:30pm. The probable starters for game one are Andrew Kown (1-2, 2.52) for Syracuse and Yohan Pino (8-6, 5.87) for Columbus.
The second game of the doubleheader will begin approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the first game. The pitching matchup in that game will be Syracuse's Jordan Zimmerman (0-0, 0.00) against Columbus lefthander Jeremy Sowers (2-6, 5.66).
Each game of the doubleheader will be seven innings.
Pickens Homer Gives Kinston a 5-2 Victory Over Salem
A three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning by Kinston’s Doug Pickens was the difference, as the Indians beat Salem 5-2 Monday night in Virginia. The clutch hit was a big boost to another fantastic pitching performance from the K-Tribe. With the win the Indians move to within three games of first place Salem.
The K-Tribe got on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Off of Salem starting pitcher Michael Lee, Chun Chen began the inning with a single. After a fielder’s choice grounder off the bat of Bellows retired Chen, Abner Abreu popped out. With two-outs in the inning Juan Diaz singled. Nate Recknagle then stepped in and did the same, a base knock driving in Bellows to give Kinston a 1-0 lead. Chen would get it going again in the fourth inning when he led off with a base hit. After advancing to third base thanks to a couple of ground outs, Chen came home on a two-out hit by Diaz.
Kinston starting pitcher T.J. House was outstanding for his fourth straight outing, facing the minimum through four innings. In the sixth inning, Salem finally got to house with three hits including back-to-back RBI swings from Dan Butler and Oscar Tejeda to tie the score at two. House (5-8) picked up the win, giving up two runs on eight hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out one. House has now given up just three earned runs in his last four starts (three wins).
The Indians would grab the lead right back in the top of the seventh frame. With one-out in the inning Diaz delivered another single. Diaz tied a season high with a three hit performance, going 3-for-4. Recknagle then rolled a grounder to Salem shortstop Ryan Dent. Dent delivered an errant toss to second allowing both runners to reach safely. The Dent error proved costly and Kinston’s Doug Pickens then stepped in and delivered a three-run home run over the big wall in left center field. The blast was Pickens sixth of the season and put Kinston up 5-2.
The K-Tribe bullpen would take it from there, as Matt Langwell came in for a perfect eighth inning and his Carolina League leading 12th hold of the season. Cory Burns picked up his CL leading 21st save of the season with a hitless ninth.
The K-Tribe takes on Salem for game two of the four game road series Tuesday night at 7:05 pm. Joe Gardner will be on the hill for Kinston.
Scrappers beat IronBirds, 4-1
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers won the rubber match of a three-game series against the Aberdeen IronBirds Monday 4-1 at Eastwood Field.
Mitch Talbot made his rehab start with the Scrappers pitching three innings and giving up one run on two hits. Casey Gaynor came in from the bullpen to earn his fourth win of the season pitching five scoreless innings and striking out seven. J.D. Reichenbach pitched a scoreless top of the ninth inning for the Scrappers to get a save. Third baseman Giovanny Urshela continues to swing a hot bat and went 3-for-4 with a 2B, BI, and two runs scored.
Justin Moore suffered the loss lasting 5.1 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and walking three. The Scrappers begin a six-game road trip Tuesday night as they play the first of three against the Staten Island Yankees at Richmond County Bank Ballpark. First pitch is at 7:00 p.m.
Note: Akron had a scheduled off day.
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