KINSTON, N.C. (May 8, 2018) – The Myrtle Beach Pelicans’ late comeback attempt was foiled Tuesday night by the Down East Wood Ducks in a 5-3 loss from Grainger Stadium.
Trailing 5-0 in the bottom of the eighth, Tyler Alamo blasted a solo home run, his fifth of the season to lead the Pelicans (13-19). With runners on the edges and two down, Aramis Ademan and Connor Myers laced back-to-back RBI singles to cut the deficit to 5-3. The Birds retired in order in the ninth and could not complete the return.
Edgar Arredondo (3-1) was strong in the win for the Wood Ducks (16-16), throwing 5.2 shutout innings, allowing six hits while striking out four and walking two.
The Woodies struck first in the bottom of the fourth inning off of starter Tyson Miller(3-3), who was handed the loss after allowing all five runs in five innings of work. Leody Taveras blasted his second home run of the season, a solo shot, to lead off the inning. A base hit coupled with an error then brought home Alex Kowalczyk before Josh Altmann rripped an RBI double to make it 3-0.
Anderson Tejeda cracked a two-run shot for his fifth home run of the season in the fifth inning to give the Wood Ducks a 5-0 advantage.
Casey Bloomquist and Jhon Romero combined to fire three scoreless innings to finish off the game out of the bullpen for the Birds.
The Pelicans will send LHP Bryan Hudson (2-3, 7.06 ERA) against the Wood Ducks’ RHP Jonathan Hernandez (3-2, 2.45 ERA) in Wednesday’s 11 a.m. contest. Coverage begins at 10:45 a.m. on MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast, TuneIn and the MiLB First Pitch app.
