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Pelicans sweep Mudcats in front of sellout crowd

Reynolds drives in three, Myrtle Beach wins 5-2 in final home game of 2019
Brendon Little tossed a quality start and earned his second win of the season on Thursday night. (Larry Kave - Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
August 22, 2019

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (August 22, 2019) - In front of a sellout crowd of 6,599, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans knocked off the Carolina Mudcats 5-2 on Thursday night from TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark to complete a three-game sweep.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (August 22, 2019) - In front of a sellout crowd of 6,599, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans knocked off the Carolina Mudcats 5-2 on Thursday night from TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark to complete a three-game sweep.

The Mudcats (23-36, 62-66) took the early lead in the series finale. In the top of the fourth inning, Wes Rogers drew a walk and after he advanced to second on a throwing error he scored on a triple from Mario Feliciano that made it 1-0 Mudcats. Carolina added to their lead when Payton Henry lifted a sacrifice fly to right off Brendon Little (W, 2-1) and Feliciano scored to make it a 2-0 lead.
The Pelicans (32-27, 62-66) came right back and evened the score at two in the bottom of the fourth inning. After Carlos Sepulveda and Grant Fennell walked, Luke Reynolds drove in both runners on a double to center and the Pelicans tied the score at 2-2 in the fourth inning. 
In the sixth, the Pelicans took their first lead of the night when Reynolds blasted a triple off the wall in center off Wuilder Rodriguez (L, 0-1) and Miguel Amaya scored and made it 3-2 in favor of Myrtle Beach. 
The Pelicans added on a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth inning when Sepulveda and Fennell scored on a throwing error that made it 5-2 Myrtle Beach.
Jesus Camargo pitched the final three innings for Myrtle Beach and he allowed just one hit to earn his fourth save of the season.
The capacity crowd of 6,599 on Thursday night was the first sellout crowd in the club's 21-year history on the final home date of the regular season. 
The Pelicans will hit the road on Friday to open up a three-city, 11-day road trip in Salem on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Myrtle Beach will turn to LHP Bryan Hudson (1-2, 4.44) in the opener against RHP Daniel Gonzalez (5-9, 4.15) for the Red Sox. Coverage will begin at 6:50 p.m. on the Pelicans Baseball Network which is available on the TuneIn App, MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast and MiLB First Pitch app.
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].