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Avalanche Sunk in 13th

June 21, 2007 - Carolina League (CarL1) - Salem Red Sox News Release


Salem, VA-The Salem Avalanche, Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros, played for four hours and 12 minutes Thursday night with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and saw the visitors take a 6-5 decision in 13 innings on Lewis-Gale Medical Center Field at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium. Jose Camarena's RBI single proved to be the game winner for the Pelicans.

In the 13th, Pelican outfielder Matt Young opened with a slow ground ball past Rory Shortell on the mound toward second base. He reached first on an infield single. Then, Paul Bennett sacrificed Young to second base. Jose Camarena followed with a bouncing ball down the first base line that was deemed fair. That brought Young home despite the protest of Salem manager Jim Pankovits.

In the bottom of the inning, Mitch Einertson was hit by a pitch with one out by reliever Kevin Gunderson. Then, Billy Hart's infield single put runners at first and second. Justin Tellam followed with a fielder's choice to third that erased Hart and moved Einertson to third. With two out, Eric King struck out to finish the game.

Myrtle Beach led 5-4 in the ninth inning when Sung Ki Jung entered as the Pelican pitcher. He coaxed Orlando Rosales into a fly ball to the outfield. Next, though, Ryan Reed pasted a 2-1 pitch over the right field fence to tie the game and push the game to extra innings.

All told, the teams used 11 pitchers, combined for 29 hits and eight errors. Two hitters from each team piled three hits up (Jordan Schafer and Young for Myrtle Beach and Josh Flores and Justin Tellam for the Avalanche). The 13 innings and 4 hours and 12 minutes were season longs for the Avalanche who fell to 3-3 in extra innings.

The teams continue their three-game set Friday night at 7:07 PM when righty Raymar Diaz opposes lefty Jonny Venters.


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