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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Texas Rangers knocked 12 hits compared to Palm Beach's 14, but still outscored the Cardinals by 2 runs as Palm Beach left 11 men on base throughout game one of the "Battle on the Beach series".
Runs were scored in every inning except the 5th and 9th. Myrtle Beach Catcher for the evening, David Lyon and 1B Preston Beck got RBI's in the first inning to give the Birds and early lead.
SS Hanser Alberto would add to the Pelcans' lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning with a solo shot off the first pitch he saw in the inning. 3-0 Myrtle Beach.
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans would eventually go up 5-0 in the bottom of the fifth, when 3B Nick Vickerson lead off with a single and Zach Cone continued his excellent at-bats with a 2-run dinger to right, which can be viewed here:
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BYE-BYE BASEBALL! Pelicans' OF Zach Cone shoots one to left for a 2-run HR, giving Myrtle Beach a 5-0 lead in the 3rd inning against Palm Beach
The top of inning six is where Victor Payano and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans would allow their first runs of the game. After getting the lead off man to ground out to Myrtle Beach 2B Christopher Bostick, the lefty Payano wildly walked a batter and gave up 3 straight singles before fellow lefty Martire Garcia was called in from the bullpen to put out the fire with one out. Palm Beach would score two runs in the inning, bringing the score to 5-2.
The aforementioned Christopher Bostick doubled to center, his 7th of the year, scoring the 6th & 7th runs of the game in the bottom of inning six. MB still lead, 7-2.
The struggles continued for Myrtle Beach right-hander Jason Knapp in the top of the seventh. Knapp was called upon with a clean sleigh in the inning and after getting a lead off fly out, he quickly gave up back-to-back doubles allowing one run, then gave up a 2-run big fly. The Pelicans' skipper, C. Massey elected to stick it out with Knapp, surprisingly, for the remainder of the inning in order to "lower his sky-high ERA", as Massey told reporters after the game.
Myrtle Beach outfielder Zach Cone did something in the bottom of the seventh that hadn't been done in a Pelicans uniform since Joey Gallo was promoted weeks ago. He homered, his second of the game, a solo shot to put the Pelicans ahead 8-5. Here's a shot of the shot:
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Myrtle Beach center fielder Zach Cone hits his 2nd HR of the game against Palm Beach at home
The Cardinals would get one run back in the top of the eighth , but that's all they'd be able to muster against another stuggling Pelican relief pitcher, left-hander Cody Ege.
Pelican Standouts
CF- Zach Cone: 2-4, 2 HRs, 4 RBI
SP- Victor Payano: 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, 7 K
LF- Chris Garia: 2-3, 2 BB, 2B, SB
2B- Christopher Bostick: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 HBP, 2B
SS- Hanser Alberto: 1-4, HR
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Myrtle Beach 8, Palm Beach 6
Season Seats, Mini Plans, Flex Books, and single game tickets are available to see the Pelicans in 2014. For more information on tickets, please call (843) 918-6002, e-mail [email protected], visit www.MyrtleBeachPelicans.com, or visit the Pelicans box office, which is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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