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| Tyler Cannon (Photo: Lianna Holub) |
Kinston posted their league leading eighth shutout of the season, blanking Lynchburg 9-0 Saturday night in Virginia.
The Indians started the scoring in the top of the second inning off of Hillcat’s starter Blaine Sims. Justin Toole hit a one out double. Tyler Cannon drove him home with a run scoring single. Roberto Perez and Delvi Cid both walked to load the bases. A run scoring ground out from Tyler Holt put Kinston up 2-0. In the fifth inning, Anthony Gallas reached with two outs thanks to an error by the Hillcats third baseman. Gallas would score when a Jeremie Tice pop-up to left field was dropped by Kennan Wiley. The two errors put Kinston up 3-0. Sims (2-1) went 4 2/3 innings, giving up four hits and three runs (two earned). He walked and struck out three.
Kinston kept the hits coming against Lynchburg reliever David Hail. With two outs in the sixth inning, Casey Frawley and Gallas delivered back-to-back run scoring hits. Gallas delivered a double that scored two runs and gave Kinston a 6-0 lead. Doug Pickens delivered a solo home run to dead center field in the top of the seventh inning. It was Pickens second homer of the season. Kinston would add another run in the top of the eighth inning when Holt scored on a passed ball. The ninth would see another run for Kinston when Holt delivered an RBI single.
Kinston banged out 14 hits on the night. Cannon went 4-for-4, reaching base five times. Cannon is just the fourth player to get four hits in a game for Kinston this season. Pickens finished 3-for-5 for Kinston.
Kinston starter T.J. House put together his fourth straight solid start, shutting out the Hillcats through his six innings of work. House (5-6) gave up five hits, walked two and struck out four. It was his third straight win. Tyler Sturdevant was very good from the K-Tribe bullpen, pitching two scoreless innings. Jose Flores finished up the shutout with a perfect ninth inning.
The final game of the series and first half is Sunday at 2:05 pm. Clayton Cook will get the start for Kinston. Kinston next returns home to Historic Grainger Stadium for a short three game series Sunday, June 26th through Tuesday, June 28th.
Columbus win streak ends at ten thanks to Yankee one-hitter
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees pitcher Greg Smith made his first start for the team count, as he on-hit the first place Columbus Clippers in a 4-0 victory in front of over 8,000 fans.
The surging Clippers had won the first two games of the series to extend their second double-digit win streak in 2011, but the breaks were put on in a hurry. 27-year old Yankees pitcher Greg Smith, making his first start since signing with the team this past Monday, was clearly on his game on Saturday night. Smith pitched for Oakland in 2008, and Colorado in 2010. Smith went seven shutout innings, giving up only one hit to Jason Kipnis, and two walks, while striking out seven.
Jeanmar Gomez was on the losing end, but still managed to pitch well. Gomez matched Smith with seven innings and seven K's, and bettered him, not walking a batter. Still, Gomez gave up a homer and four earned runs, and with the Clippers offense sputter, it wasn't good enough.
Nick Hagadone closed out the game with two no-hit innings of his own, giving up only a walk, while striking out three.
The Clippers will look to take the series finale of a their four-game series at PNC Field tomorrow afternoon. Carlos Silva (2-0, 3.44) will get the start for the Yankees, while lefthander David Huff (5-2, 4.04) gets the nod for Columbus. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 pm.
Akron's Espino, Mills and Diaz too much for Portland
Paulo Espino pitched five innings of two-hit, shutout relief, while Beau Mills and Juan Diaz provided the seventh-inning firepower, as Akron came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Portland 9-4.
T.J. McFarland got the start for Akron, but was lit up like a pinball machine in the second inning, giving up five straight hits, and four runs. Paulo Espino entered the game in the third and righted the ship, allowing the Akron bats to catch up.
Akron scored a run in the second on a Chun-Hsiu Chen triple, scoring Juan Diaz. The followed up in the third after Tim Fedroff tripled, then scored on a Jason Donald ground out. Diaz then scored in the fourth on a bases-loaded balk.
The game would remain 4-3 until the seventh inning, when the dam finally broke. Kyle Bellows hit a ground-rule, one-out double, then moved to third on a deep fly by Cristo Arnal. Fedroff then tied the game with a big two-out single. Donald followed with a single of his own, moving Fedroff to third. Mills then roped a double to left, scoring both Fedroff and Donald. After Matt McBride was intentionally walked, Juan Diaz launched his fourth homer, a three-run shot, to complete the scoring.
Adam Miller and Bryan Price would both complete a shutout inning to close out the game.
The Aeros wrap up the series tomorrow at home tomorrow afternoon.
Lake County loses tenth in a row, 6-5
Lake County couldn't sustain an early lead, losing their tenth game in a row, and for the 12th time in their last 13 games.
The Captains jumped to an early lead behind starter Mike Goodnight, who was perfect into the fourth inning. Back-to-back-to-back doubles in the first by Carlos Moncrief, Alex Monsalve and Jesus Aguilar gave the Captains a 2-0 lead.
Things would fall apart quickly in the fourth. Back-to-Back, one-out singles broke up the perfect game in the fourth. The game-breaker turned out to be a triple that barely left the infield. West Michigan's first baseman James Robbins hit a chopper up the middle, over the pitcher's mound, and was deflected by second baseman, Argenis Martinez, who was diving to make the play. LeVon Washington, charging to back-up the play, was left off balance by the baseball's redirection, watching the ball bound past him as well. By the time it was all said and done, two runs had scored, and Robbins was standing on third.
Goodnight was clearly rattled. A run scored on a single in the next at-bat, followed by another single. Goodnight then unleashed two wild pitches, scoring a runner, and moving another to third. Another single gave the Whitecaps a 5-2 lead.
Jesus Aguilar would hit a two-run homer in fifth inning, to make the score 5-4, but Robbins would have another RBI in the fifth, to up the score to 6-4. The Captains would challenge again in the ninth, when Nick Bartalone scored on an error. LeVon Washington moved to third on the same error, but Carlos Moncrief would strike out to end the game.
Lake County closes out the three-game series tomorrow afternoon with J.D. Reichenbach moving back down to get the start after a brilliant outing with Kinston last week.
Scrappers Even Record With 4-3 Win
Mahoning Valley withstood a big first inning from Jamestown and came from behind to beat the Jammers, 4-3 at Eastwood Field.
Jamestown scored three runs in the top of the first inning off starter Harold Guerrero to take a 3-0 lead. But the Scrappers answered with three runs in the bottom of the first, tying the score at 3-3. Mahoning Valley took the lead for good in the fourth on Casey Serna's run-scoring groundout.
Guerrero settled in and picked up the win, throwing 5.0 innings. He allowed just one hit after the first inning, a leadoff single in the third that was erased on the next pitch by a double play. Three relievers combined to shut out the Jammers the rest of the way. Kyle Petter pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his first save of the season.
Outfielder Cody Elliott went 2-for-3 on the night, driving in the tying run in the first inning and pushing the eventual winning run to third base in the fourth inning. The two hits were the first two of his professional career.
Mahoning Valley and Jamestown conclude their three-game series on Sunday at 5:05 pm at Eastwood Field.
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