Myrtle Beach Pelicans week in review (July 30, 2016)

By Max McKinnon

July 30, 2016 8:57 PM

The Pelicans’ Yasiel Balaguert racked up at least one hit in six of the seven games last week. JASON LEE jlee@thesunnews

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans got off to a good start this week – winning three in a row – but finished 4-3 as they played Wilmington, Carolina and Salem.

Myrtle Beach also scored six or more runs in five of the seven games they played and at least nine runs in three games, proving the offense is right where the coaching staff wants it.

Leading the way on offense has been Yasiel Balaguert, who had an .800 slugging percentage as he racked up at least one hit in six of the seven games. He also hit two home runs and has 15 on the season, good for fourth in the Carolina League.

“We’re doing well at the plate, we just need the pitching to come around,” Pelicans manager Buddy Bailey said.

The Myrtle Beach pitching staff allowed an average of five runs per game, and none of the team’s starters entered the seventh inning as the bullpen tossed at least three innings a night.

Preston Morrison, who was promoted from Low-A South Bend (Ind.) on Monday, made a strong Carolina League debut for the Pelicans on Friday. He scattered five hits, one walk and struck out six in six scoreless innings but received a no-decision in a 3-1 loss to the Salem Red Sox, who hold a 1 1/2-game lead over Myrtle Beach for the Carolina League southern division second half crown.

Last week’s results

Saturday, July 23: MB 9, Wilmington 0 Sunday: MB 6, Wilmington 4 Monday: MB 9, Carolina 5 Tuesday: Carolina 8, MB 6 Wednesday: MB 10, Carolina 7 Thursday: Salem 8, MB 2 Friday: Salem 3, MB 1

Best stat

Myrtle Beach hit seven home runs in seven games.

Star player

Balaguert, who was was 13-for-30 (.433) with nine RBIs and eight runs in seven games.

Top quote

“I’m sad because he’s my little bro. I don’t want him to go, but that’s the business. … We’re sad about it for sure, but at the same time we’re happy for him and his new opportunity. I wish him the best.” – Balaguert on top prospect Gleyber Torres, who was dealt to the New York Yankees on Monday, along with Pelicans outfielder Rashad Crawford, in a deal that brought Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs

Myrtle Beach statistics

Hitting

Player	POS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG	OPS	E
Bryant Flete	2B	4	13	4	7	1	1	0	3	10	2	3	0	0	.563	.769	.538	1.332	0
Donnie Dewees	OF	4	15	2	5	1	0	1	1	9	2	3	3	0	.412	.600	.333	1.012	0
David Bote	3B	40	138	26	42	11	1	3	16	64	16	27	3	1	.389	.464	.304	.852	6
Ian Happ	2B	69	240	37	71	16	3	7	42	114	48	69	10	3	.410	.475	.296	.885	7
Gleyber Torres	SS	94	356	62	98	23	3	9	47	154	42	87	19	10	.359	.433	.275	.791	19
Rashad Crawford	CF	83	329	59	84	18	8	3	30	127	33	73	22	6	.327	.386	.255	.713	2
Jason Vosler	SS	93	334	32	85	25	2	2	39	120	33	52	1	2	.325	.359	.254	.685	16
Yasiel Balaguert	1B	103	394	45	98	14	0	15	72	157	35	100	4	1	.309	.398	.249	.707	8
Gioskar Amaya	C	44	143	15	35	9	1	5	17	61	20	36	4	1	.335	.427	.245	.762	5
Daniel Lockhart	2B	37	119	16	29	6	3	1	12	44	8	24	6	1	.290	.370	.244	.660	3
Ian Rice	C	30	103	18	25	7	0	5	19	47	24	32	2	0	.392	.456	.243	.849	2
Charcer Burks	CF	93	317	48	77	19	3	8	31	126	48	74	20	4	.358	.397	.243	.756	4
Trey Martin	LF	29	90	10	21	3	0	0	12	24	11	30	2	1	.308	.267	.233	.574	0
Jeffrey Baez	RF	83	271	29	61	8	2	3	26	82	35	63	33	9	.318	.303	.225	.621	5
Erick Castillo	C	25	85	11	19	2	0	1	6	24	5	17	0	0	.298	.282	.224	.580	1
Shawon Dunston Jr.	LF	37	114	11	25	6	4	0	5	39	11	31	7	1	.299	.342	.219	.641	0
Jesse Hodges	3B	6	23	2	5	1	0	0	0	6	1	8	0	1	.250	.261	.217	.511	0
Daniel Spingola	OF	28	85	14	18	5	0	0	8	23	10	23	1	1	.293	.271	.212	.564	3

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HB	BB	SO	WHIP	HLD	GF
Jonathan Martinez	8	5	4.07	18	18	1	0	0	104.0	99	50	47	9	3	33	64	1.27	0	0
Jake Stinnett	7	4	4.53	17	17	0	0	0	97.1	97	60	49	7	5	33	81	1.34	0	0
Zach Hedges	7	8	2.89	16	16	1	0	0	96.2	92	46	31	4	2	18	63	1.14	0	0
Trevor Clifton	5	7	3.40	18	18	0	0	0	87.1	78	38	33	4	3	36	95	1.31	0	0
Erick Leal	10	4	3.02	16	16	0	0	0	86.1	80	37	29	5	3	18	60	1.14	0	0
Jeremy Null	2	4	5.20	14	13	0	0	0	64.0	88	45	37	7	2	13	39	1.58	1	0
Tommy Thorpe	4	6	4.20	28	5	0	0	1	60.0	59	28	28	6	1	26	51	1.42	5	9
James Pugliese	3	4	3.66	21	1	0	0	0	51.2	49	23	21	2	4	20	48	1.34	1	2
Daury Torrez	1	2	4.56	31	0	0	0	2	47.1	61	29	24	6	1	11	44	1.52	5	13
Ryan McNeil	0	1	2.52	33	0	0	0	16	39.1	36	12	11	3	0	12	41	1.22	4	22
Jordan Minch	0	2	2.88	29	0	0	0	2	34.1	34	12	11	0	1	18	26	1.51	6	14
James Farris	1	2	2.40	17	0	0	0	8	30.0	21	8	8	0	0	7	36	0.93	0	13
Jose Rosario	1	0	1.65	12	0	0	0	5	16.1	15	3	3	0	0	8	14	1.41	1	8
Pedro Araujo	0	1	6.14	9	0	0	0	0	14.2	15	11	10	2	1	11	16	1.77	1	4
Daniel Lewis	1	0	5.93	9	0	0	0	0	13.2	16	9	9	0	1	7	13	1.68	0	3
David Berg	2	0	1.42	9	0	0	0	4	12.2	10	4	2	0	1	1	10	0.87	0	8
Craig Brooks	1	0	10.50	8	0	0	0	0	12.0	17	14	14	1	1	11	13	2.33	1	0
Michael Wagner	0	0	3.68	3	0	0	0	0	7.1	5	3	3	0	0	1	8	0.82	1	0
Dillon Maples	0	1	7.71	9	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	7	6	0	2	7	6	2.29	1	2
Tyler Ihrig	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	0.75	1	1

Carolina League leaders

Average
Nick Basto,	Win-Salem:	.320
Mason Robbins	Win-Salem:	.319
Aderlin Rodriguez,	Frederick:	.312
Yoan Moncada,	Salem:	.307
Mauricio Dubon	Salem:	.306

Home runs
Bobby Bradley,	Lynchburg:	19
Aderlin Rodriguez,	Frederick:	19
Anthony Santander,	Lynchburg:	16
Yasiel Balaguert,	Pelicans:	15
Conor Bierfeldt,	Frederick:	14

RBIs
Bobby Bradley,	Lynchburg:	77
Anthony Santander,	Lynchburg:	76
Yasiel Balaguert,	Pelicans:	72
Aderlin Rodriguez,	Frederick:	70
Yu-Cheng Chang	Lynchburg:	69

Wins
Erick Leal,	Pelicans:	10
Sean Brady,	Lynchburg:	10
Mario Alcantara,	Salem:	9
Six tied	with	8

ERA
Zach Hedges,	Pelicans:	2.89
Erick Leal,	Pelicans:	3.02
Matt Kent,	Salem:	3.31
Trevor Clifton,	Pelicans:	3.40
Zach Lovvorn,	Wilmington:	3.55

Strikeouts
Jordan Stephens,	Win-Salem:	105
Trevor Clifton,	Pelicans:	95
Matt Cooper,	Win-Salem:	95
Three tied	with	94

This story was originally published July 30, 2016 at 8:57 PM with the headline "Myrtle Beach Pelicans week in review (July 30, 2016)."