MYRTLE BEACH -- The opportunity Jason Lowey has received late this season by the Atlanta Braves isn't lost on the 25-year-old right-handed reliever.

It's the reason he has toiled in independent baseball leagues for more than three years, waiting for a major league baseball team to be impressed enough to sign him. That finally happened on Aug. 17, and Lowey has continued to impress the Braves since he joined Myrtle Beach that day to help the Pelicans make a push for the playoffs.

"He has a no-nonsense type of attitude," Pelicans pitching coach Kent Willis said. "He comes to the ballpark to do his job, knowing this is an opportunity he hasn't gotten. He's trying to take advantage of it."

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