Kinston Loses Lead, Sees a Dramatic Finish Going into the All-Star Break

The Kinston Indians jumped out to a 9-1 lead on Salem Sunday, capped by two home runs by a couple of home runs from their big boppers:



Salem then scored eight runs in four innings, and tied things at nine going to extras. It would take an unlikely source Kinston to go into the All-Star break with a win.


Kinston is 5-1 to start the second half, with pivotal series against Frederick and Potomac for their first real test after the break. A couple of names have been sent up to AA in Perdomo and Wright, but much of the core is still together to try and send the K-Tribe into contention for the second half title.

13 Run Inning, A Little Late

I know I'm late and some of you have heard about this, but for those that didn't, here's some of the highlights of Kinston's 13-run second inning against Lynchburg:

"Kinston Wins, Kinston Wins, I Can't Believe Kinston Won!"

Kinston trailed 2-0 going to the sixth against Lynchburg when Beau Mills came to the plate:


Kinston would trail until the bottom of the eighth when a couple of big hits sparked a five-run rally.



Lynchburg would keep things exciting in the ninth, and Chris and I can find no better way to describe the ninth like this:

Niuman is Hitting Like a Man Possessed

I know I'm a couple of days late with this, but I didn't realize how excited I was about this:


Course my partner called the game winner from a likely source:

A Big Lead, A Comeback and a Wild Finish

Despite the Pelicans clinching the division the night before, both teams played for keeps on Saturday Night.

The Indians jumped out in the first inning thanks to Nick Weglarz:


They then got a big inning from Niuman Romero, and was capped by a Beau Mills no-doubt visit to the deli:



The Indians relinquished the lead, only to tie things in the ninth:


That set things up with Luis Perdomo on the mound to try to hold things down in the 10th:

The heroics then came with the bases loaded in the bottom half:

Davis HR against Myrtle Beach

Adam Davis goes deep again, his second homer since coming back to the K-Tribe

Back to Back Jacks

Adam Davis and Alex Castillo give the Indians their first back to back homers on the season.

Cumby Grand Slam

Cumberbatch Grand Slam in the 10th to give the Tribe a 6-2 victory