C Doug Pickens: A solid season
by Chuck Murr of IndiansInk.net, August 28, 2009 at 10:25am ET
Doug Pickens Profile
Doug Pickens went 4-for-4 with an RBI to help Kinston to a 5-2 win over visiting Frederick.
Pickens (.287) had four singles to continue an August surge. In his last 10 games, the 24-year-old catcher has hit .378 (14-for-37) with three doubles, three runs and six RBI. Overall in 42 games since being promoted from Lake County, he has four homers and 22 RBI.
Pickens, picked in the last round (50) of the 2007 draft, has hit .263 with four homers and 24 RBI in 50 games overall this year. He spent the first two months of the season working with young pitchers in extended spring training.
Four pitchers combined on Kinston's win. Alexander Perez (3.07 ERA) fanned five over 3 2-3 innings, allowing two walks, two hits and one run. Bryce Stowell (4-6, 5.40 ERA) then struck out four over 3 1-3 innings to get the win, allowing only one hit. Santos Frias (4.32 ERA) gave up two hits, a walk and a run over one inning and Kyle Landis (3.08 ERA) struck out two and yielded one hit in the ninth, earning his seventh save.
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