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| Guilmet (photo: Tony Lastoria) |
Kinston's bullpen pitched a beauty, as the K-Tribe took down Winston-Salem 5-2 Saturday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. With the win the K-Tribe takes the three game series from Winston-Salem, the fourth straight series win for the Indians. Kinston (24-24) is 10-2 in their last 12 games and just ½ game behind Salem for second place in the Southern Division.
Kinston starter Toru Murata was taken out of the game with an apparent sore arm after retiring the first two Dash batters he faced. Chris Jones then took over from the K-Tribe bullpen. In the top of the second inning, Winston-Salem took the lead on a Nick Ciolli two-run home run. Kinston would retaliate in the bottom of the second inning, with an Adam Abraham two-run home run. It was Abraham's team leading sixth home run of the season.
Kinston's bullpen took over from there, as Jones allowed just one more hit after the home run, going 3 1/3 innings. Jones struck out four. Tyler Sturdevant continued the quality from the bullpen, throwing four hitless innings. Sturdevant struck out four and did not walk a batter. The only base runner allowed on Sturdevant's watch reached because of an error. Sturdevant (3-2) picked up the win as he and Jones combined to retire 15 straight Dash batters. Preston Guilmet picked up his Carolina League leading tenth save with a one-hit ninth inning. Guilmet (0.96 ERA) is a perfect 11-for-11 in save opportunities this season.
With the score tied at two in the bottom of the seventh inning, Delvi Cid led off with a walk. Tyler Holt followed with a walk. With one out in the inning, Bo Greenwell hit a ground rule double, driving in Cid and giving Kinston a 3-2 lead. Jeremie Tice followed sharply hit ball that was booted by Dash second baseman Jake Oester. The error allowed Holt and Greenwell to score, giving Kinston a 5-2 lead. Greenwell went 2-for-4 on the night.
The K-Tribe will have a scheduled off day on Sunday and return to action with a Memorial Day 4:30 pm game at Historic Grainger Stadium. Cleveland Indian's 2010 first round draft pick Drew Pomeranz is scheduled to make the start on the mound for Kinston.
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Fedroff's streak snapped as Aeros fall in extras
Cory Burns allowed a run in the top of the 10th inning as the Akron Aeros lost game two of a four-game series to the Richmond Flying Squirrels in extra innings 3-2 Saturday at Canal Park.
Burns suffered the loss for the Aeros.
Right-hander Daniel Otero pitched two scoreless innings of relief for Richmond and picked up the win striking out two while walking none.
Tim Fedroff went 0-for-4 Saturday snapping his 20-game hitting streak. Fedroff's streak was the longest in the Eastern League this season and third longest in Aeros history. Fedroff is tied for third best in club history with Ryan Mulhern, who hit in 20 straight from July 22 - August 13, in 2005.
The Squirrels (24-24) got on the board in the top of the first inning. Justin Christian led off with a walk and Charlie Culberson doubled him to third. Nick Noonan followed with a two-RBI single that gave Richmond a 2-0 lead.
The Aeros (23-27) cut the Richmond lead in half in the bottom of the third inning. Juan Apodaca and Jordan Henry had back-to-back singles to open the frame. Fedroff advanced the runners on a sacrifice bunt. With the bases full, Apodaca came across to score when Beau Mills grounded into a force out to make it 2-1.
Akron evened things at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning when Kyle Bellows scored on an Apodaca ground out.
The game stayed tied and went to extra innings. In the top of the 10th inning, the Squirrels got an RBI double from Nick Noonan to retake the lead and go on to the win.
The Aeros and Squirrels will play game three of this four-game series Sunday. Akron will turn to righty Joe Gardner, who is 3-3 with a 4.06 ERA this season. He will face left-hander Eric Surkamp, who is 3-2 with a 1.53 ERA in 2011. First pitch is at 1:05 p.m. The game can be heard on Fox Sports 1350 AM or online at sportsradio1350.com. Coverage begins at 12:50 p.m.
Captains and WhiteCaps Split a Pair Saturday
Lake County and West Michigan were scheduled to play two on Saturday night. The Captains held on to win the suspended game 3-1 over the WhiteCaps. West Michigan took advantage of many Lake County mistakes for a 5-2 win in the second game.
The Captains and WhiteCaps picked up the suspended game from May14th on Saturday night leading 2-1.
In the bottom of the first inning, Jesus Aguilar drove in Ronny Rodriguez with an RBI double for a Lake County, 1-0 lead.
Alex Lavisky led off the bottom of the second inning with his fourth homerun of the season, a solo shot to leftfield to make it 2-0.
West Michigan got a run in the top of the fourth inning, when rain and fog pushed its way into Classic Park. Luis Castillo reached with a leadoff single, and scored on two Mike Rayl wild pitches.
The Captains added a huge insurance run in the seventh inning, Lavisky drove in his second run of the game with an RBI double to leftfield that scored Anthony Gallas who reached on error, to make it 3-1.
Mike Rayl started the game back on May 14th and tossed four innings allowing a run on three hits, striking out one. Jordan Cooper (1-1) picked up the win tossing three scoreless innings allowing two hits, walking one and striking out two. Trey Haley earned his first professional save pitching the final two frames, no runs, two hits, striking out three. Brennan Smith (1-2) pitched a complete game suffering his second loss of the season, tossing eight innings, three runs, two earned on eight hits, walking two and striking out four.
In game two, West Michigan scored five unearned runs in the top of the second inning to take 5-0 lead. Three Captain errors were key as the WhiteCaps batted around collecting just one hit.
Anthony Gallas doubled in the bottom of second inning, which forced a throwing error resulting in a run for Lake County as Alex Monsalve scored. Gallas extended his hit streak to eleven straight games.
LeVon Washington singled with one out in the third inning to reach base. Jesus Aguilar doubled to left center scoring Washington for his 31st RBI of year to make it 5-2.
Patrick Cooper (2-3) picked up the win tossing five innings allowing two runs, one earned and striking out six. Logan Hoch worked the final two innings to pick up the save, his first of the season. Steven Wright (1-1) suffered the loss working four innings allowing five runs all of them unearned, walking two and striking out three.
Lake County and West Michigan continue their weekend series from Classic Park on Sunday afternoon at 1:00PM. The Captains will hand the ball off to RHP Kyle Blair (2-3) against LHP Antonio Cruz (1-4) for the WhiteCaps. Catch all the action on AM 1330 WELW or online at captainsbaseball.com.
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