Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, April 23, 1990 TAG: 9004230165
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: KINSTON, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
The Indians pecked away at Duncan with six consecutive singles to start the sixth inning. That less-than-booming offense nevertheless gave Kinston four runs in a 9-2, seven-inning victory against the Buccaneers.
Earlier Sunday, the teams resumed a game suspended Saturday in the fourth inning. Salem scored twice in that inning and used three pitchers to stifle the Indians and win 4-1.
Salem is 6-5 and in second place in the Northern Division. Kinston, the Southern Division leader, is 7-4.
In the second game, Salem starter Steve Buckholz gave up a run in the fourth inning and two in the fifth as Kinston broke a 2-2 tie. Duncan then came on to pitch the fateful sixth.
Bucs first baseman Ben Shelton hit a solo home run in the second inning. That was the first run allowed by Kinston starter Jerry Dipoto, formerly of Virginia Commonwealth University, in 14-plus innings this season.
Jamie Allison, Jesse Levis and Brian Johnson each drove in two runs for Kinston in the second game.
In the first game, Salem broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the fourth. After Shelton and Armando Romero walked, Shelton scored on a fielder's choice and Romero came home on a double-play ball.
Butch Schlopy (1-1) is scheduled to start for the Bucs tonight at Peninsula. SALEM KINSTON ab r h bi ab r h bi Sims cf4020 Odor 2b3010 Schreiber 3b4010 Allison lf3000 Merejo lf4000 Gomez 3b4110 Morrison rf4110 Verdugo dh4000 Romero c3110 Levis c4000 Shelton 1b3100 Zambrano rf3001 Estep dh3110 Tepper 1b4000 Huyler ss4023 Ramos cf3010 Bailey 2b4010 Foster ss3030 Totals34 4 9 3 Totals 31 1 6 1
Salem010 200 001-4 Kinston000 100 000-1
E-Gomez 3, Foster, Tepper. DP-Salem 1, Kinston 2. LOB-Salem 6, Kinston 6. SB-Odor (2), Foster (4). SF-Zambrano. IP HRERBBSO Salem Miller 320002 McDowell 331022 Deller W,1-0 210001 Neely S,2 100002 Kinston Leskanic L,1-1 331113 Ellis 543122 Vespe 120001
Ellis pitched to one batter in the ninth.
PB-Levis. Balk-Leskanic.
Umpires-Home, Lehner; bases, Krause.
T-2:38. SALEM KINSTON ab r h bi ab r h bi Sims cf2000 Odor 3b3111 Schreiber 3b2000 Allison cf2112 Merejo dh3011 Gomez 3b2100 Morrison rf3000 Foster ss2120 Hines c3010 Levis dh3112 Shelton 1b3111 Zambrano rf2001 Pennye lf2000 Johnson c4022 McNabb 2b3000 Falkner lf3110 Williams ss3120 Tepper 1b3110 Bautista 2b3220 Totals24 2 5 2 Totals 27 9 11 8
Salem011 000 0-2 Kinston200 124 x-9
E-Schreiber 2, Williams, Odor, Buckholz. DP-Salem 1, Kinston 1. LOB-Salem 7, Kinston 6. 2B-Johnson, Levis. HR-Shelton (2). SF-Merejo, Allison. S-Schreiber, Odor. IP HRERBBSO Salem Buckholz L,2-1 555231 Duncan 64400 Felix 00011 Kinston Dipoto W,2-0 652226 Ferlenda 00010
WP-Buckholz 2. HBP-Sims by Dipoto.
Umpires-Home, Krause; bases, Lehner.
T-2:15. A-2,350.
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