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Arguelles Ejected In Shutout Loss

May 28, 2011 - Carolina League (CarL1)
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Myrtle Beach, SC - Despite getting the leadoff man on base five times, the Wilmington Blue Rocks (28-19) failed to score for the first time all season in a 4-0 loss to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (29-19) on Saturday night. The Pelicans got all of their tallies on homers, three in total. All three came against Noel Arguelles (2-2), who was ejected for throwing behind Vinny DiFazio, one of the home run hitters, the plate appearance after Mike Olt smashed a one-out dinger in the sixth. Wilmington is the last CL squad to suffer a shutout setback this season.

Myrtle Beach's Joe Wieland (5-3) dominated over seven shutout innings of work. The Rangers' 22nd-ranked prospect, according to Baseball America, whiffed nine while walking none.

The Rocks had their chances though. John Whittleman led off the second inning with a double, only to be stranded at third. In the bottom of the inning, Jared Prince hit a solo homer to left field. DiFazio connected on a bases-empty blast in the fourth before the Blue Rocks got men to second and third with nobody out on a Leury Garcia error and Juan Graterol's double in the fifth. Three straight outs followed.

All told, the Blue Crew left seven men on base including four in scoring position. The Rocks suffered through a 1-for-8 showing with men in scoring position. The lone hit, Tim Ferguson's two-out single to center in the sixth, saw Carlo Testa gunned down at home plate by Ryan Strausborger. Testa went in hard with his elbows up against DiFazio, who absorbed the blow and held onto the ball to end the inning.

While Prince and DiFazio's homers went to the short porch in left, Olt's two-run shot sailed deep into the night in the sixth inning. Thereafter, Arguelles started DiFazio with a ball in the dirt. His next pitch went whistled behind the right-handed hitter prompting home plate umpire Thomas Newsom to immediately toss Arguelles from the game.

Piggybacking reliever Michael Mariot entered and allowed just one hit over 2.2 scoreless innings down the stretch. Arguelles gave up four scores on seven hits and one walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out three.

The three-game set concludes on Sunday night at 6:05 p.m. Right-hander Elisaul Pimentel (3-2, 3.86) gets the ball for the Blue Crew against a fellow ranked prospect, the recently-promoted Justin Grimm. The right-hander went 2-1 with a 3.40 ERA at Low-A Hickory and departed the South Atlantic League in a tie for the loop's third-most strikeouts (54). Broadcast coverage begins at 5:35 p.m. as studio host Adam Dobrowolski brings fans the Rocks Report Pre-game Show, presented by Wawa, on 89.7 WGLS-FM and online at wgls.rowan.edu.

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