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Pelicans Drop Another Close One

May 14, 2009 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans News Release


FREDERICK, MD - The Frederick Keys hit early, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans hit late, but all it took was one Pedro Florimon swing to send the Keys to a 7-6 walk-off win in the series finale of four at Harry Grove Stadium.

The final game of the Pelicans' ten-game road trip got off to an inauspicious start as the Keys jumped on Myrtle Beach starter Richard Sullivan early. Four straight Keys reached to start the bottom of the first inning, and three scored to give Frederick a 3-0 lead after one.

Myrtle Beach's sputtering offense tallied a single run in the third when Jason Heyward homered to left field on an 0-2 pitch from Keys starter Brian Matusz. The run was the only one Matusz allowed in his outing, surrendering just four hits over five and two-thirds innings. After the Keys added another pair on a Pedro Florimon double in the fourth to make the margin 5-1, Myrtle Beach's bats started to wake up.

C.J. Lee singled to open the Myrtle Beach seventh, stole second and was followed by a Jon Mark Owings walk. After Robert Marcial struck out looking, Donell Linares crushed his fourth home run of the season, a three-run shot to make it a one-run game.

In the eighth, the Pelicans used big ball and small ball to manufacture their first lead of the afternoon. Benji Johnson swatted his third home run of the season to left to lead off the inning, knotting the game at five runs apiece. Owings then singled with one out and moved to second on a Marcial walk before Linares drove him in to give the Birds a 6-5 lead. Myrtle Beach reliever Benino Pruneda couldn't slam the door in the ninth, however. With the Pelicans clinging to that one-run lead, David Cash singled and stole second, coming home with the tying run on a Matt Angle single.

Both teams put one runner aboard in the tenth but failed to capitalize. Then in the eleventh, Florimon put the second pitch he saw from Tyler Wilson (0-2) over the left field wall to give Frederick the walk-off victory. The loss was the Pelicans' eighth on their ten-game road trip. Myrtle Beach went 1-6 in one-run contests on the trip. Jake Stevens (1-0) earned his first win of the year by working a scoreless top of the 11th.

Myrtle Beach plays nine of its next 13 games at home starting Friday night with the first of a three-game set with the Potomac Nationals in the P-Nats' first visit to Myrtle Beach this year. Friday's series opener is scheduled for a 7:05 start. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a bobblehead honoring Pelicans groundskeeper Chris "Butter" Ball, the three-time Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year. Tickets are available by calling the Pelicans box office at (843)918-6000 or by visiting the Tickets page at MyrtleBeachPelicans.com

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