Myrtle Beach Pelicans use pair of homers, quality start to take down Potomac

It was pretty good. [There was] a lot of lefties tonight, so we had to get kind of creative in the zone. I was just trying to find ways to get outs however I could. A lot of hits tonight (10); I just had to work out of the stretch a lot and just trust my defense. They made some good plays for me and we had to focus with runners on tonight.The three-run third inning was big with Balaguert capping that off with one that was as good as he can hit a ball. But [Rashad] Crawford, to me, had the story of the game. He made two great plays; one in the gap and one diving with two runners on to save runs in the seventh inning. He got on base four times and made a lot of stuff happen, and [Jason] Vosler had a good game as well. The last couple of days, our offensive guys have been doing a lot better. We were in a bit of a funk and came out really swinging the bats.Hedges did a really nice job. He gave up more hits than usual, but at the same time – he didn’t give up extra-base hits and he didn’t walk people. It just shows you can give up hits and scatter them around, as long as you’re not putting extra runners on by walks. [Reliever James] Farris was outstanding. That’s a tough duty to come in with the bases loaded, facing the tying run and only one out. But he was able to get a strikeout and got us out [of the inning], then he 1-2-3’d them in the ninth. We had a lot of pluses tonight, and I could go down a whole list of guys that had a nice ballgame.Yeah, I’ve been having some good success. You just have to know what your strengths are, and I’ve been working a lot between starts and things like that. I have a good sinker; I just have to trust that pitch and I’ve been attacking hitters with it. … My mentality is just trying to get that hitter out of the box as quick as I can. There’s games where I’m going to get a lot of Ks (strikeouts), but right now I’ve been throwing the fastball until they prove they can hit it. That’s my mentality; not just strikeouts, I’m trying to get outs as quick as I can.

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