Knights Hand Indians 6-5 Defeat in 10 Innings
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Clay Holmes struck out eight over seven innings, but Dustin Garneau delivered a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Knights a walk-off win over the Indians on Friday night, 6-5. The Tribe fell to 1-4 on the seven-game International League South Division
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -
Playing in just their fourth extra-inning game of the season and first on the road, the Indians (51-45) failed to score in the top of the 10th against
Indianapolis led after a half-inning thanks to a pair of singles by
After the Knights pulled even on a Charlie Tilson groundout that plated
Charlotte added two more runs in the third to go up 4-1. Tilson and Jimenez laced back-to-back doubles before a
The Tribe began chipping away at the deficit in the fifth.
Jimenez's second blast came on another 0-2 pitch in the bottom of the fifth, but the Indians scored single runs in each of the next three frames to level the game at 5-5. Sacrifice flies by
Holmes took a no-decision after allowing five earned runs on 10 hits and two walks.
Eight of Indy's nine regulars tallied at least one hit, led by multi-hit performances from Frazier (3-for-5) and Kramer (2-for-5).
The Tribe left 10 runners on base and went just 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position.
The Indians are now 1-3 in extra innings.
The Indians and Knights meet again on Saturday night at 7:04 p.m. EDT. Indy right-hander