Myrtle Beach Pelicans drop doubleheader to Potomac Nationals

Final score

Potomac Nationals 4-4, Myrtle Beach Pelicans 3-2

Turning point

G1: After shutting down the Pelicans in the top half of the eighth inning, Nationals catcher Raudy Read hit a walkoff two-run home run off Pelicans reliever Tommy Thorpe.

G2: Potomac had an RBI double and single, and two RBI groundouts in the four-run third inning and the Nationals held on to win.

The man

Read, whose only hit of the night proved to be the biggest.

He said it

Decision takers

G1: W–Ryan Brinley. L–Tommy Thorpe.

G2: W–Boone Whiting. L–Zach Hedges. S–Robert Orlan.

By the numbers

Keeping records

Myrtle Beach Pelicans (34-33), Potomac Nationals (33-32)

This story was originally published June 17, 2016 at 11:22 PM with the headline "Myrtle Beach Pelicans drop doubleheader to Potomac Nationals."