Masterful Melotakis spins Kernels to win
Mason Melotakis was in command from start to nearly finish and the Cedar Rapids Kernels continued their home-field hex over the Clinton LumberKings.
Melotakis scattered five hits over eight innings to notch his ninth win and the Kernels beat Clinton, 3-1, in a Midwest League baseball game played before a crowd of 2,676 at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The Kernels (24-11) ran their record at Perfect Game Field to 5-0 against the LumberKings (16-19). The Kernels play Clinton for the final time on home sod Monday night at 6:35.
Jeremias Pineda's two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Kernels to the win.
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