Kinston Indians Round Up Winston-Salem Warthogs, Take Win 6-1 - Adv A, Carolina League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - WINSTON-SALEM, NC - A pair of home runs and a solid outing from Jeanmar Gomez carried Kinston to a 6-1 win over Winston-Salem in the series opener on Friday night at Ernie Shore Field.  Gomez (2-5) tossed a season-high seven innings and held the Warthogs to one run while scattering four hits to earn his second win of the season.

Kinston put a run on the board in the third inning when Niuman Romero lifted a 0-2 pitch over the right field wall for a solo home run.  It was his first round-tripper of the season and gave the Indians a 1-0 lead.  Kinston added to their advantage in the sixth inning when Johnny Drennen singled and Beau Mills followed with a blast off the scoreboard in right field to give the Indians a 3-0 advantage.

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Winston-Salem brought their lone run across in the bottom of the sixth inning when Javier Colina walked and scored on a RBI double by Brandon Allen.  Kinston added three more runs in the ninth inning as Romero and Cirilo Cumberbatch tallied RBI hits off Warthogs reliever Ricky Brooks to put Winston-Salem away.

Warthog’s starter Michael Dubee (3-3) worked six innings and surrendered three runs on five hits, including both homers, in six innings to take the loss.  All four Winston-Salem hits were doubles as they left seven on base, including five in scoring position.

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