MYRTLE BEACH -- Pitching rotations are a basic element in baseball, but a rotation of catchers is something the Myrtle Beach Pelicans have wrestled this season.

Through Wednesday's game against Wilmington, which was still in progress at press time after Myrtle Beach rallied from three runs down to force extra innings, the Pelicans have used six different players behind the plate, with changes fueled by promotion, demotion and injury.

"That's the nature of the game. It seems like when one goes down, they all go down," Pelicans manager Rocket Wheeler said.

There was consistency - if not comfort - for most of the first half of the season, with Jesus Sucre and Matt Kennelly, who were both on the team's opening day roster, manning the spot until Sucre was promoted to Double-A Mississippi on June 16, part of a string of 10 promotions, demotions or stints on the disabled list that have brought a bevy of backstops to the Beach over the last six weeks.

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