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Myrtle Beach Pelicans: Game Notes, April 6 vs. Frederick

April 6, 2018 - Carolina League (CarL1)
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The Myrtle Beach Pelicans look to bounce back from an Opening Day loss with Friday's 7:05 p.m. contest against the Frederick Keys from TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark. LHP Jose Paulino (0-0, 0.00 ERA) makes the start for the Birds against Frederick RHP Cristian Alvarado (0-0, 0.00 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on MiLB.tv, MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast, the MiLB First Pitch app and TuneIn.

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MYRTLE BEACH DROPS 2018 OPENER

An early Frederick onslaught Thursday spoiled Opening Day at TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark for Myrtle Beach, which lost 6-2. The Keys jumped on the board in their first at-bats, starting the scoring on Preston Palmeiro's RBI single. Randolph Gassaway then blasted a two-run double to widen the margin to 3-0. In the third, a Gassaway sacrifice fly, Jake Ring RBI double and Alex Murphy RBI single padded the Keys' advantage to 6-0. The Pelicans got on the board in the fifth inning on P.J. Higgins' two-run single, but the Pelicans could not muster any other tallies. Casey Bloomquist and Chad Hockin teamed to fire two scoreless innings apiece out of the bullpen.

HELLO, IT'S ME

Nine of the 26 members of the Pelicans' 2018 Opening Day roster spent time with the club at some point during the 2017 season. The majority of these players are position players, featuring catchers P.J. Higgins and Tyler Pearson, infielders Tyler Alamo, Vimael Machin and Andruw Monasterio and outfielder Connor Myers. On the mound, the Birds will welcome back Casey Bloomquist, Ryan Kellogg and Jordan Minch. None of those three, each of whom will be a reliever, appeared in more than 30 games a year ago.

NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPONS

Twenty percent of the Cubs' Top 30 prospects will begin the season on Myrtle Beach's Opening Day roster. Half of the Pelicans' six-man rotation is ranked among the organization's Top 30 prospects. Right-handed pitcher Alex Lange (No. 5 by both Baseball America and MLB.com) started the Battle of the Beaches exhibition game in Charleston. The Birds' Opening Day starter was right-hander Keegan Thompson (No. 14 by BA, No. 18 by MLB.com), and southpaw Bryan Hudson (No. 13 by by BA, No. 25 by MLB.com) is slated to start Saturday's contest. Meanwhile, the No. 1 prospect in the organization according to BA is shortstop Aramis Ademan (No. 2 by MLB.com). Wladimir Galindo (No. 26 by MLB.com) will join Ademan in the infield, with D.J. Wilson (No. 9 by MLB.com, No. 11 by BA) figuring into the outfield mix. Wilson was named fastest baserunner, best athlete and best defensive outfielder, respectively, in the Cubs' system by Baseball America.

WE'RE BRINGING BUDDY BACK

For the third season in a row, manager Buddy Bailey will pilot Myrtle Beach. The 2018 campaign is Bailey's 30th season as a minor league manager, including his 13th with the Cubs' organization. A native of Madison Heights, Va., Bailey is the 11th manager in Minor League Baseball history to accumulate at least 2,000 career victories. His 2,006-1,845 (.521) record means he is just four triumphs away from breaking into the top 10 in MiLB history. Stan Wasiak, who managed in the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers' organization, along with the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox's systems, respectively, is the minors' all-time wins leader at 2,530-2,314 (.522).

THE KING OF THE NORTH SOUTH

Thanks to their first half Southern Division title and a 73-67 overall record in 2017, Myrtle Beach continued a pair of impressive runs. The Pelicans' run of seven straight postseason appearances matches the 2001-07 Kinston Indians for the longest such streak in Carolina League history. In addition, no Carolina League team can match the Birds' seven consecutive winning seasons, with Lynchburg's three in a row representing the next-closest squad. Myrtle Beach has also reeled off a circuit-high five straight seasons with at least one divisional title, and the club has won seven of the last 14 halves in the Southern Division.

BIRDS IN THE SHOW

The MLB season is just over a week old, but in its first three days, the Pelicans saw two of their alumni make their big league debut. On March 30, outfielder Billy McKinney, who slashed .340/.432/.544 with four home runs and 25 RBIs in 29 games with Myrtle Beach in 2015, lashed a single in his inaugural game with the New York Yankees. On the very next day, right-hander Pedro Araujo, a member of both the 2016 and 2017 Birds, fired a scoreless inning for the Baltimore Orioles. Thus, as the Pelicans enter their 20th season, 171 players, including rehabbers, have both played for Myrtle Beach and in the major leagues.

PELICAN POINTS

Thursday's Opening Day loss was just Myrtle Beach's third in the last 11 season lid-lifters... The middle third of the Birds' order went 0-for-11 with eight strikeouts on Thursday.

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