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Hedges pitches Pelicans to first sweep of season

Right-hander tosses seven scoreless frames in 3-0 triumph
By Scott Kornberg
May 4, 2016

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (May 4, 2016) - Zach Hedges fired seven outstanding innings and Cael Brockmeyer knocked in a pair of runs to help the Myrtle Beach Pelicans to their first sweep of the season with a 3-0 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash Wednesday at BB&T Ballpark.

Hedges (3-2) retired as many as 12 Dash (10-17) batters in a row, yielding only three hits in his seven shutout frames. He did not walk a batter and struck out five. Over his last four starts, the Myrtle Beach (14-11) right-hander has surrendered just four earned runs in 26.2 innings.

The game was scoreless through the first three frames, but the Pelicans finally broke through in the fourth. With one out and Gleyber Torres stole second base. Two batters later, Yasiel Balaguert grounded a ball down the left field line to bring in Torres for his 19th RBI in his last 16 contests.

With the score still 1-0 in the seventh, Shawon Dunston Jr., who reached three times for the second straight day, walked with two outs. Dunston Jr. stole second just before Brockmeyer lined a base hit to center, plating the base runner to make it 2-0.

Brockmeyer would strike again in the ninth. Jeffrey Baez doubled with one out. Two batters later, Brockmeyer looped a single to left-center to bring Baez, making the score 3-0.

Ryan McNeil pitched a scoreless eighth and James Farris did the same in the ninth for his fifth save of the season. The Pelicans are three games above .500 for the first time in 2016.

Myrtle Beach heads to Wilmington Thursday to begin a four-game series with the Blue Rocks. RHP Trevor Clifton (0-2, 4.00 ERA) goes for the Birds against Wilmington's RHP Ashton Goudeau (1-2, 6.11 ERA). First pitch is at 6:35 p.m., with coverage beginning at 6:20 on MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast and the TuneIn app.

The 2016 season is the 18th season for the Pelicans franchise and second as the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. For information on tickets to see the Pelicans in 2016, please call (843) 918-6000, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.MyrtleBeachPelicans.com.

ABOUT THE PELICANS: The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs and play their home games at TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The park has ranked in the top eight in all of Minor League Baseball by Stadium Journey in each of the last five seasons. The same publication also placed the Pelicans in the Top 100 Stadium Experiences in all of sports in each of the last five years and the best in the Carolina League for five straight seasons as well. In May 2015, TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark won the 2015 TripAdvisor.com Certificate of Excellence award. The Pelicans are the defending Mills Cup Champions, winning the title in 2015 as well as 2000 and co-Mills Cup championship honors in the inaugural 1999 season. The Pelicans have made nine postseason appearances behind 11 half-season Southern Division championships, including the first half of the 2015 season, as well as five Southern Division titles, most recently in 2015. For more information on the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, please contact the Pelicans at (843) 918-6000 or emailing [email protected].