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Myrtle Beach vaults back into first with 3-1 win

Burks, Flete homer, Null goes six strong as Birds earn series split in Salem
By Scott Kornberg
July 31, 2016

SALEM, Va. (July 31, 2016) - Both Charcer Burks and Bryant Flete homered and Jeremy Null turned in six innings of one-run ball to lead the Myrtle Beach Pelicans back into first place with a 3-1 Sunday win over the Salem Red Sox at LewisGale Field.

With the score tied at one in the third, Yasiel Balaguert singled before Flete homered to right, putting Myrtle Beach (56-51, 20-17) on top 3-1. It was Flete's fifth career home run, with each dinger coming in July of this season.

The Birds struck almost instantly when Burks homered off Salem (62-43, 19-17) starter Anyelo Leclerc (2-1) to begin the ballgame, putting the Pelicans up 1-0.

Null (3-4) gave up three straight singles to begin the bottom of the first, loading the bases with nobody out. However, the right-hander whiffed the next two before walking in a run to knot the score.

Null scattered just two hits and one walk the rest of the way in his six innings of work for his first quality start in six outings. All told, he yielded one run on six hits, whiffing three against two walks.

Craig Brooks retired all four batters he faced before Ryan McNeil came in with one out in the eighth inning. The right-hander matched a career-high with five strikeouts en route to his league-leading 17th save. No one else in the circuit has more than 10.

Following their series split in Salem, Myrtle Beach heads to Frederick to begin a three-game series Monday at 7 p.m. with RHP James Pugliese (3-4, 3.66 ERA) on the mound. The Keys counter with LHP Mitch Horacek (4-10, 4.88 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. on MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast, the MiLB First Pitch app and TuneIn.

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].