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Nationals take down the Pelicans in the series finale

Fennell two hits, Nationals take the series with 5-1 win
Grant Fennell knocked a pair of hits in a 2-for-4 day in the Pelicans loss on Thursday night. (Larry Kave - Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
August 29, 2019

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (August 29, 2019) - The Potomac Nationals came from behind for the second-straight night to take down the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 5-1 on Thursday night from Northwest Federal Field. 

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (August 29, 2019) - The Potomac Nationals came from behind for the second-straight night to take down the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 5-1 on Thursday night from Northwest Federal Field. 

The Pelicans (33-33, 54-79) took the early advantage in the series finale on Thursday night. In the top of the second inning, Luke Reynolds drew a walk and after a single by Jhonny Bethencourt , Reynolds scored on a single from Kevonte Mitchell that made it 1-0. 
Enrique De Los Rios (L, 1-3), who made a spot start for the Pelicans on Thursday, cruised through the first four innings before he ran into trouble in the fifth. The Nationals loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth inning and tied the game at 1-1 when Cole Freeman grounded into a fielder's choice that scored Osvaldo Abreu from third and evened the score. 
The Nationals (34-30, 65-67) blew it open one batter later when Aldrem Corredor drove a three-run homer over the right field fence off of Tyler Peyton that gave the P'Nats a 4-1 lead after five innings. 
Potomac added on another run in the seventh inning off of Pelicans' reliever Erling Moreno . Gilbert Lara singled and Jack Sundberg walked to put two runners on for Freeman who lined a double to left that scored Lara and extended the P'Nats lead to 5-1.
Hayden Howard shut down the Pelicans in the ninth inning and the Birds fell 5-1 in the series finale. 
With the loss and Fayetteville's 5-0 win over Carolina, the Pelicans have been eliminated from postseason contention in 2019.
The Pelicans will play their final for games of the season over the weekend in Wilmington against the Blue Rocks. 
Game one of the series will start at 7:05 p.m. and the Pelicans will send RHP Javier Assad (4-10, 3.80) to the hill against RHP Jonathan Bowlan (5-3, 2.74) for the Blue Rocks. 
Coverage starts at 6:50 p.m. on MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast and the MiLB First Pitch and TuneIn Apps.
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].