Myrtle Beach Pelicans

Myrtle Beach Pelicans come from behind to top Carolina Mudcats

Pelicans slugger Yasiel Balaguert (middle) had three hits in Monday’s win over the Carolina Mudcats
Pelicans slugger Yasiel Balaguert (middle) had three hits in Monday’s win over the Carolina Mudcats jblackmon@thesunnews.com

Final score

Myrtle Beach Pelicans 9, Carolina Mudcats 5 (Box score)

Turning point

Carolina got out to a four-run lead after three innings, but Myrtle Beach would score eight runs on 13 hits across the next six frames to pick up the win.

See you later

Catcher Erick Castillo – who batted ninth Monday – launched his third hit of the night in the eighth inning, a solo home run which was his first after 22 games in a Myrtle Beach uniform.

The man

Pelicans slugger Yasiel Balaguert, who was 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored.

He said it

I made good adjustments, tried to keep it up the middle of the field and looked for my pitch and that’s what happened.Hit parade tonight. We had a lot of hits as a team, played solid defense and scored runs when we needed to.Obviously [starter Jeremy] Null struggled badly at the beginning with a lot of solid contact and they got runs but he found away to give us two shutout [innings] and give us a chance. The bullpen was outstanding; that’s the best [Craig] Brooks has thrown and Daury did the job. Castillo doesn’t play much but he did a good job tonight, reaching base three times and scoring all three times. He was the leadoff hitter in three of the (five) innings we did score runs in. He gave us what we needed to start the innings with a single in the fifth, hit by pitch in the seventh and a home run [in the eighth]. And Balaguert and [infielder David] Bote continue to swing well.

Bailey

Decision takers

W–Craig Brooks. L–Chad Sobotka. S–Daury Torrez.

By the numbers

Keeping records

Carolina Mudcats (40-61 overall, 11-20 second half), Myrtle Beach Pelicans (53-48, 17-14)

Max McKinnon: 843-626-0302, @mmckinnonTSN

Next up

Who: Carolina Mudcats at Myrtle Beach Pelicans

Where: TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark

When: 7:05 p.m. Tuesday

Listen: MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast or TuneIn Radio App

Watch: MiLB.TV

This story was originally published July 26, 2016 at 12:35 AM with the headline "Myrtle Beach Pelicans come from behind to top Carolina Mudcats."

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