MYRTLE BEACH (WBTW) – The Myrtle Beach Pelicans defeated the Frederick Keys 5-2 in their season opener on Thursday night at TicketReturn.com Field.
Starting pitcher Jonathan Martinez earned the win for Myrtle Beach. He pitched five innings of one-run ball.
The Birds got the scoring going in the second inning. After Jason Vosler walked, Jeffrey Baez doubled to deep left to move Vosler to third. Gioskar Amaya followed with a hard-hit single to left to put the Pelicans in front 1-0. Baez would score two batters later on a fielding error by Keys (0-1) shortstop Erick Salcedo. Yasiel Balaguert drove in another Pelicans run in the third.
Daury Torrez, James Pugliese and David Berg combined for four innings of one-run baseball to earn the Pelicans their first win of 2016.
The Pelicans and Keys will meet again at 7:05 p.m. on Friday.