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Birds Drop Series Opener to Woodpeckers

August 17, 2021 - Carolina League (CarL)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans News Release


The Fayetteville Woodpeckers easily moved past the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Tuesday night as the Birds dropped Tuesday's series opener 8-1. The loss moves the Pelicans back under .500 at 45-46, while the Woodpeckers climb up to 40-50. Myrtle Beach drops to 6-9 in Tuesday series-opening games on the season.

Only one run came home from seven hits as the Pelicans hit just 2-10 with runners in scoring position. Ezequiel Pagan (1-4, RBI) brought home the only run on a single in the fifth. Fabian Pertuz (2-3, 2B) and Jonathan Sierra (2-4, 2B) both logged multi-hit games with a double in the loss.

The pitching staff allowed eight hits and eight earned runs for the game as starter Richard Gallardo (2-8) took the loss after lasting five innings with two earned runs allowed. Myrtle Beach struck out nine while walking eight batters as a staff.

The Woodpeckers saw their eight hits turn into eight runs as Nerio Rodriguez (2-3, 2 RBI) led the team with two runs batted in off two singles. Jordan Brewer (1-4, 3B, RBI, R) also had a solid performance with an RBI triple in the third inning.

The win went to Elvis Garcia (1-0) after the reliever closed out the final 4 1/3 innings with just two hits allowed and no runs. Fayetteville got a solid start from Alex Santos who struck out a career-high eight batters through the first 4 2/3 innings with one earned run off five hits.

The Woodpeckers grabbed the early lead with two runs coming home in the bottom of the third. Will Wagner hit a leadoff single and scored in the next at-bat as Brewer lined a triple to centerfield to make it a 1-0 game. Brewer came home on Quincy Hamilton's sacrifice fly to center for the second run of the inning.

Myrtle Beach got on the board with Pertuz leading off the top of the fifth with a double to left. After the next two batters were retired, Pagan hit a soft line drive to left for a single to score Pertuz and cut the lead down to one.

The game moved farther away from the Pelicans as the home team plated four runs in the bottom half of the sixth. Porter Hodge came out of the bullpen and walked Brewer and Hamilton to start his outing. He struck out the next batter, then gave up a double to Nathan Perry to center that scored Brewer. With runners on second and third, Rodriguez hit a liner up the middle for a single as Hamilton scored. Perry scored on a single by Victor Mascai to make it a 5-1 game. Jose Almonte came in and threw two wild pitches that eventually scored Rodriguez and increased the lead to 6-1.

Two more runs came in the seventh as Michael Sandle hit a one-out single and moved over to second on a passed ball. After the next batter was retired, Rodriguez hit his second RBI single to left as Sandle scored. Rodriguez moved to second and third on two more wild pitches by Almonte and scored on a Kobe Kato single to make it an 8-1 lead.

Myrtle Beach and Fayetteville will meet for game two on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m.

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