Crawford helps Myrtle Beach Pelicans to win over Lynchburg

Obviously, [starter Zach] Hedges deserves a lot of credit for one run against a good club over seven innings. He did it efficiently and we played some really good defense and, even in the first inning, [outfielder Shawon Dunston Jr.] and Crawford made nice plays. [Lynchburg] hit a couple of bullets in the sixth, which [first baseman Yasiel] Balaguert made a couple of nice plays on. We played steady all the way through, but that happens when you’re throwing strikes. Hedges set the tone, the defense backed him up and Crawford’s night at the plate helped us big time as well.The big thing was they scored a run and we come back and put up two, and Crawford was big part of that with his triple and scoring a run. Crawford had a really, really nice game. Take the play he made in the first inning – a sinking liner – and add a triple, his home run and there you have it.It tells you how good a ballgame it is, when you only play for two hours and it’s nice to be a winner in those ones.

Bailey