Myrtle Beach Pelicans take down Carolina Mudcats for seventh consecutive win

Martinez got out of a a couple of tough jams, bases loaded. Great play by Burks in the gap to save an extra base hit that would have changed the complexion of the game. Instead of three runs, we got out of it only giving up one. Burksy, before that, had hit the two-run homer so the bottom of the third and the top of the fourth were the difference in the game. Huge night for Burks; goes to show you don’t always need to have value to the team on the offensive end – but he did with the homer, getting us on the board and he saved [multiple] runs with his defense.Who knows what happens if that ball is in the gap, which looked like it off the bat and everyone in the ballpark thought it was in the gap – including their baserunners. The one run we had that I thought was really big, got to second on a wild pitch and Rice had a really nice at-bat moving a runner to set up Baez’s sac fly to set up a cheap run, which was huge in the game as well.Our bullpen did a good job doing what we asked. Brooks got two quick outs then struggled to throw a strike, but got out of the inning. Misplayed the ball in center field with communication problems to set up an inning there in the eighth, but Araujo was able to get through it and Thorpe got through a 1-2-3 inning. [Closer Ryan] McNeil didn’t have to come in, which was huge because he needs some breaks.When you’re finding ways to win – which we are – you do enough things right but there’s some other things we need to get better on, no doubt. But the last week had flown by; winning makes time fly. The guys are playing with a lot of energy, and finding a way to leave with a win. When you’re getting this late in the year, with where the standings are, it’s good that guys are believing in it and having some energy and it’s leading to some wins.

Bailey