Lynchburg Hillcats Defeat Kinston Indians On Late-Inning Home Run

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – The Lynchburg Hillcats got a big home run late in the game, handing Kinston a 7-5 loss Thursday night at Grainger Stadium.  Kinston trailed 4-0 before exploding with four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Kinston started the scoring when an error by Lynchburg allowed Cirilo Cumberbatch and Brian Juhl to score.  Back to back RBI hits by Beau Mills and Jared Goedert tied the score at four.  Lynchburg broke the tie in the top of the seventh inning, when catcher Chris Jones hit a two run home run off of Kinston reliever Heath Taylor.  Kinston scored a run on another RBI hit by Goedert in the seventh, but could not get any closer.  Goedert went 3-for-5 with two RBI for Kinston. 
 
Taylor (1-2) picked up the loss for Kinston.  Carlton Smith gave up four earned runs in five plus innings for Kinston.  Smith did not give up a hit through his first four innings of work.  Jim Deters finished the game for Kinston, giving up two hits and no earned runs.  Jacob Cuffman (1-0) got the win for Lynchburg.  Kyle Pearson picked up the save.
 
Kinston returns to Grainger Stadium Friday night for game two of the four game series.  Jeanmar Gomez will take the mound for the K-Tribe at 7pm.

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