Kingery Sends Pigs To Walk-Off Win

Scott Kingery hit a walk-off single to left field, scoring Herlis Rodriguez from second to give the IronPigs (65-42) a 2-1 victory over the Durham Bulls (65-41) Saturday night at Coca Cola Park before 10,100 fans. It was the 12^th capacity sellout of the season at Coca Cola Park. 

Logan Moore struck out to lead off the top of the 10^th, and was followed by Harold Martinez grounding out to short. Rodriguez then stepped to the plate and laced a line drive over the leaping first baseman's head as the ball trickled down the right field line, allowing Rodriguez to pull into second with a two-out double.
Kingery then stepped up to the plate, already 3-for-4 on the night after extending his team-high 15-game hitting streak with a single in the first inning. IronPigs batters were previously 0-for-15 on the night with men on base, Kingery ended that quickly.
The Phillies top second base prospect laced a base hit to left-center field, enough to score Rodriguez from second to give the Pigs a 2-1 walk-off-win.
Pigs starter Zach Eflin was dealing early and often, retiring nine of the first 11 batters he faced through three innings of work.
The only true mistake that Eflin would make, was surrendering a lead-off home run to Bulls first baseman Jake Bauers in the top of the fourth inning.
After issuing the home run, the right-hander would settle back into a groove, retiring nine of his final 12 batters. Though he did not factor into the decision, Eflin pitched well enough to earn the victory surrendering just one run on four hits in six innings of work notching seven punch outs.
Matt Williams led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a double to left-center field, and then stole third while Logan Moore was batting. Moore would strike out as would Harold Martinez leaving it up to Herlis Rodriguez to score Williams from third.
However, Bulls starter Yonny Chirinos would fire a wild pitch, allowing Williams to score from third to tie the game at 1.
The combination of Pat Venditte and Ricardo Pinto would keep the Bulls in check the remainder of the game as the duo tossed the final four innings, allowing a hit and a walk a piece. Venditte struck out a pair and Pinto carved up four batters to keep the Pigs alive.
Kean Wong led off the top of the 10^th inning with a comebacker to the mound, Pinto misplayed the ball and made an errant throw to first as Wong would race in to second on two errors by Pinto on the play. Pinto struck out Willy Adames before surrendering a base hit to Jake Bauers allowing Wong to move up to third. Johnny Field then bounced a dribbler to Kingery who tagged Bauers and threw on to Rhys Hoskins to end the threat and keep the game even at 1.
For his efforts, Pinto picked up his fifth victory of the season with the Pigs, and is now 5-3 with a 4.11 ERA on the year.
The series concludes with game three of the series, Sunday afternoon at 1:35 p.m. at Coca Cola Park . The Pigs will send left-hander César Ramos (4-4,3.79) and the Bulls will send right-hander Ryan Garton (2-0, 1.95). 1,500 fans 17 and under will receive a 10^th Anniversary Puzzle upon arrival to the ballpark.
The 2017 Season is the IronPigs 10^th Anniversary season at Coca-Cola Park and 10^th as the top affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The IronPigs are debuting the brand-new Bacon, USA, Membership Program this season -- a year-round IronPigs experience pass featuring numerous new amenities such as savings on parking at games and at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Coca-Cola Park, on-field VIP access to watch batting practice, access to an annual holiday party, an invitation to an exclusive player and coaches photo session and more. For more information, visit ironpigsbaseball.com or call (610) 841-PIGS (7447). Memberships and group outings are on sale now.
The 2017 IronPigs baseball season is presented by Capital BlueCross.