Lighting failure suspends Pelicans and Red Sox in the eighth inning

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (July 21, 2019) - Due to a lighting failure and in the interest of player safety, Sunday's game between the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and the Salem Red Sox has been suspended in the top of the eighth inning with the Pelicans leading 6-1 from TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark. 

Prior to the top of the eighth inning, the game was suspended due to a lighting failure. The game will conclude on Monday night starting at 5:00 p.m. The final game of the series will follow beginning at 7:05 p.m. unless the first game ends later than 6:30, then the finale will start 30 minutes after the conclusion of the primary contest.
On Sunday, Pelicans jumped on the Red Sox in the bottom of the first inning. Carlos Sepulveda doubled, advanced to third on a throwing error from Nick Sciortino and scored on a sacrifice fly from Delvin Zinn and the Pelicans took a 1-0 lead after the first.
The Birds added to their lead in the fifth inning when Sepulveda knocked in Tyler Payne and Grant Fennell with an RBI single off of starter Daniel Gonzalez and the Pelicans led 3-0 after the fifth. 
Paul Richan was lights out for the Pelicans as he retired the first eight batters of the game before allowing his first baserunner in the third inning. Richan ended up going 6.2 innings before he was lifted after Jagger Rusconi singled with two outs in the seventh inning. Ryan Lawlor entered the game out of the bullpen and after he surrendered a single to Michael Osinski, Sciortino grounded a ball to short and an error kept the inning alive and Rusconi scored on the play which made it 3-1 Pelicans in the seventh. 
In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Pelicans exploded for three runs to take a 6-1 advantage. Fennell opened the action with a single and after Sepulveda doubled for the second time in the game, a passed ball allowed Fennell to score from third and the Birds extended their lead to 4-1. 
One batter later, Delvin Zinn made it 5-1 with an RBI single that plated Sepulveda and Zinn later scored in the inning on a wild pitch to stake the Pelicans to a 6-1 lead. 
In the series finale on Monday, RHP Erich Uelmen (4-2, 2.88) will take the hill for the Pelicans against LHP Jhonathan Diaz (4-6, 4.50) for the Red Sox. Coverage starts at 4:50 p.m. on MiLB.tv, MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast and the MiLB First Pitch and TuneIn Apps.
Monday will be a half off Hunger Monday, presented by WPDE. Fans will receive half-price admission when they donate an item from the approved Backpack Buddies list. Additionally, Monday will be a Thirsty Monday, featuring $1 12 oz. Bud and Bud Light drafts, $2 16 oz. cans and $2 glasses of Duplin Wine. 
The 2019 season is the 21st season for the Pelicans franchise and fifth as the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. For tickets visit MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/tickets, call (843) 918-6000, or visit the Pelicans Box Office.
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. Since being acquired by a group led by Chuck Greenberg during the 2006 season, the Pelicans have repeatedly set team attendance records and become known as one of Minor League Baseball's most innovative and creative franchises. The team and its employees have been dedicated to making a difference in the Myrtle Beach community, specifically giving back over $2 million in donations, fundraising proceeds, in-kind services and community service since launching the Pelicans Play It Forward Community Initiative in 2013. TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark has ranked in the top eight in all of Minor League Baseball by Stadium Journey in six of the last seven seasons. The same publication also placed the Pelicans in the Top 100 Stadium Experiences and the best in the Carolina League for six of the past seven seasons. In June 2017, the Pelicans won the 2017 TripAdvisor.com Certificate of Excellence award. On the field, the team has won four Mills Cup Championships, including claims to back-to-back titles in 1999 and 2000, and again in 2015 and 2016. The Pelicans have made 11 postseason appearances behind 13 half-season Southern Division championships, including the first half of the 2015 season, second half of 2016 and first half of 2017. For more information on the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, please contact the Pelicans at (843) 918-6000 or email [email protected].