Myrtle Beach Pelicans

Myrtle Beach Pelicans week in review: Aug. 8-14


Myrtle Beach’s Jonathan Martinez allowed just one hit and struck out two in six shutout innings for a no-decision during a 2-0 win over Salem on Aug. 11.
Myrtle Beach’s Jonathan Martinez allowed just one hit and struck out two in six shutout innings for a no-decision during a 2-0 win over Salem on Aug. 11. Myrtle Beach Pelicans file photo

The Pelicans were .500 during the week as they went 3-3 against three different teams (Frederick, Salem, Lynchburg).

Infielder Daniel Lockhart had a career game during the week as he went 4-for-4 with a career-high four RBIs and three runs scored during a 10-2 win Sunday over Frederick.

Pelicans infielder Chesny Young remains atop the Carolina League in batting average with a .329 mark.

Pitcher Daury Torrez picked up a victory in Myrtle Beach’s 9-3 win over Salem on Thursday and Torrez is now third in the Carolina League with nine wins.

Meanwhile, starter Jonathan Martinez and reliever Michael Heesch remain tied for fourth in Carolina League wins with eight.

Martinez also jumped to fifth in ERA in the Carolina League with a 2.83 mark.

Last week’s results

Saturday, Aug. 8: Frederick 2, MB 1 Sunday: MB 10, Frederick 2 Monday: OFF Tuesday: MB 2, Salem 0 Wednesday: Salem 5, MB 4 Thursday: MB 9, Salem 3 Friday: Lynchburg 7, MB 3

Top quote

“It’s been great, I feel like we’ve been starting to click on all cylinders. Our pitching has been really good and our [offense] has been picking it up. We’re both picking each other up if either of us has an off-game.” – Pelicans infielder Daniel Lockhart after a career game during a 10-2 win over Frederick on Sunday.

Best stat

The Pelicans drew 25 walks over six games.

Star batter

Jason Vosler, who compiled a .316 average with a home run, two doubles, three RBIs, two runs scored and drew eight walks in six games played during the week. Vosler also had a .519 on-base percantage and a .579 slugging percentage.

Star pitcher

Jonathan Martinez, who twirled a gem as he allowed just one hit and struck out two in six shutout innings for a no-decision during a 2-0 win over Salem on Aug. 11.

Myrtle Beach statistics

Hitting

Player

POS

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

TB

BB

SO

SB

CS

OBP

SLG

AVG

OPS

E

Billy McKinney

RF

29

103

19

35

5

2

4

25

56

17

13

0

2

.432

.544

.340

.976

0

Chris Denorfia

OF

2

3

0

1

1

0

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

.600

.667

.333

1.267

0

Chesny Young

2B

81

325

51

107

13

3

1

29

129

29

38

9

4

.388

.397

.329

.785

3

Jacob Hannemann

CF

16

61

12

20

4

0

0

4

24

6

15

7

1

.388

.393

.328

.782

0

Mark Zagunis

OF

101

364

69

100

22

4

7

48

151

71

72

11

10

.408

.415

.275

.823

3

Pin-Chieh Chen

RF

77

289

43

79

13

3

1

22

101

29

38

18

3

.347

.349

.273

.696

3

Jason Vosler

SS

20

63

10

17

4

0

5

12

36

17

14

0

0

.446

.571

.270

1.017

2

Jeimer Candelario

3B

82

318

42

86

25

3

5

39

132

20

62

0

1

.318

.415

.270

.733

8

Jacob Rogers

1B

90

315

39

81

17

0

11

61

131

48

94

0

0

.359

.416

.257

.775

6

Cael Brockmeyer

C

24

79

11

20

4

0

2

18

30

12

22

0

1

.357

.380

.253

.737

2

Victor Caratini

C

96

334

33

81

24

0

3

46

114

45

63

0

0

.334

.341

.243

.676

4

Trey Martin

LF

86

296

33

71

13

1

2

31

92

15

82

14

3

.279

.311

.240

.590

0

Kevin Brown

RF

66

234

26

56

10

3

3

19

81

19

28

1

1

.297

.346

.239

.643

1

Daniel Lockhart

2B

102

357

36

85

16

3

2

30

113

19

59

7

2

.282

.317

.238

.599

11

Shawon Dunston Jr.

LF

12

38

4

9

1

3

0

2

16

1

6

3

0

.275

.421

.237

.696

0

Ben Carhart

C

29

102

16

23

7

0

3

12

39

8

18

0

0

.296

.382

.225

.678

0

Wes Darvill

3B

20

59

9

13

4

1

1

5

22

8

11

1

1

.313

.373

.220

.686

0

Carlos Penalver

SS

101

339

36

72

10

3

2

41

94

35

69

9

7

.286

.277

.212

.563

17

Jordan Hankins

C

22

62

7

13

4

0

1

6

20

9

11

2

1

.306

.323

.210

.628

0

Alberto Mineo

C

5

11

5

2

0

0

0

0

2

3

3

0

0

.357

.182

.182

.539

0

Sutton Whiting

2B

3

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

.000

.000

.000

.000

0

Pitching

Player

W

L

ERA

G

GS

CG

SHO

SV

IP

H

R

ER

HR

HB

BB

SO

WHIP

HLD

GF

Daury Torrez

9

6

3.98

21

20

2

1

0

115.1

122

55

51

9

4

17

76

1.21

0

0

Jonathan Martinez

8

2

2.83

20

19

0

0

0

105.0

77

35

33

10

6

22

59

0.94

0

0

Jen-Ho Tseng

5

7

3.65

19

19

0

0

0

101.0

101

42

41

5

7

27

65

1.27

0

0

Paul Blackburn

5

5

3.15

15

15

0

0

0

74.1

78

30

26

1

4

18

51

1.29

0

0

Duane Underwood Jr.

6

3

2.66

12

12

0

0

0

64.1

46

23

19

5

3

20

42

1.03

0

0

Tyler Skulina

2

4

3.05

12

12

0

0

0

62.0

43

24

21

4

2

29

59

1.16

0

0

Michael Heesch

8

1

2.13

27

2

0

0

3

55.0

51

16

13

2

3

19

39

1.27

3

9

James Pugliese

4

2

2.62

30

0

0

0

5

55.0

52

17

16

0

3

13

49

1.18

5

14

Josh Conway

2

2

2.80

29

0

0

0

2

45.0

42

18

14

2

1

28

40

1.56

2

13

Juan Paniagua

3

2

2.58

20

0

0

0

0

38.1

25

11

11

2

0

11

35

0.94

3

4

Jasvir Rakkar

2

1

2.37

31

0

0

0

14

38.0

31

11

10

0

2

7

31

1.00

0

29

Jeremy Null

2

1

3.58

7

7

0

0

0

37.2

38

16

15

3

3

4

22

1.12

0

0

Brad Markey

4

0

1.01

6

5

0

0

0

35.2

21

4

4

1

0

5

24

0.73

0

0

Fernando Cruz

1

2

3.78

15

3

0

0

2

33.1

31

15

14

4

1

12

25

1.29

2

6

Tyler Ihrig

0

0

3.46

8

2

0

0

0

26.0

27

10

10

1

0

9

16

1.38

1

2

Tayler Scott

2

2

1.96

11

1

0

0

2

23.0

18

6

5

1

2

6

27

1.04

2

6

David Garner

2

1

2.08

10

0

0

0

0

21.2

15

6

5

3

0

5

23

0.92

0

1

Zach Cates

2

1

1.50

12

0

0

0

2

18.0

11

5

3

1

2

11

20

1.22

0

8

James Farris

0

3

6.39

12

0

0

0

0

12.2

16

11

9

0

1

9

9

1.97

2

5

Gerardo Concepcion

0

2

3.55

7

0

0

0

1

12.2

9

6

5

0

0

8

14

1.34

0

3

David Berg

0

1

2.79

11

0

0

0

2

9.2

13

3

3

0

0

1

10

1.45

1

9

Ben Wells

1

0

6.75

5

0

0

0

0

9.1

9

7

7

0

1

5

5

1.50

2

0

Matt Brazis

0

0

3.86

3

0

0

0

2

4.2

3

2

2

0

0

4

6

1.50

0

3

Starling Peralta

1

0

4.50

3

0

0

0

1

4.0

5

2

2

0

0

2

7

1.75

0

3

Average

Chesny Young,

Pelicans:

.329

Bradley Zimmer,

Lynchburg:

.308

Luigi Rodriguez,

Lynchburg:

.293

Clint Frazier,

Lynchburg:

.287

Connor Lien,

Carolina:

.286

Home runs

Nellie Rodriguez,

Lynchburg:

17

Clint Frazier,

Lynchburg:

13

Luigi Rodriguez,

Lynchburg:

12

Jacob Schrader,

Carolina:

12

Jacob Rogers,

Pelicans:

11

RBIs

Nellie Rodriguez,

Lynchburg:

84

Clint Frazier,

Lynchburg:

64

Trey Michalczewski,

Win-Salem:

64

Keon Barnum,

Win-Salem:

62

Jacob Rogers,

Pelicans:

61

Wins

Matt Heidenreich,

Win-Salem:

12

D.J. Brown,

Lynchburg:

11

Daury Torrez,

Pelicans:

9

7 tied

at

8

ERA

Seth Webster,

Carolina:

2.70

Alec Mills,

Wilmington:

2.73

Matt Heidenreich,

Win-Salem:

2.76

Blair Walters,

Carolina:

2.82

Jonathan Martinez,

Pelicans:

2.83

Strikeouts

Mitch Horacek,

Frederick:

126

David Hess,

Frederick:

104

Matt Heidenreich,

Win-Salem:

103

Luis Lugo,

Lynchburg:

100

Jake Junis,

Wilmington:

95

This story was originally published August 15, 2015 at 10:04 PM with the headline "Myrtle Beach Pelicans week in review: Aug. 8-14."

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