Rocks Shoo Pelicans Away in the Ninth
Myrtle Beach, S.C. - The Wilmington Blue Rocks (60-57 / 29-18) held on to a thrilling one-run victory and escaped a Myrtle Beach Pelicans' (51-66 / 17-30) ninth inning rally to earn a 5-4 victory Saturday night at TicketReturn.com Field. Oliver Nunez led the offense with three hits and stole
Myrtle Beach, S.C. - The Wilmington Blue Rocks (60-57 / 29-18) held on to a thrilling one-run victory and escaped a Myrtle Beach Pelicans' (51-66 / 17-30) ninth inning rally to earn a 5-4 victory Saturday night at TicketReturn.com Field.
The Blue Rocks took a seventh inning lead thanks to aggressive base running by
Myrtle Beach attempted a rally in the bottom of the ninth inning against closer
Wilmington had to erase a first-inning deficit to start the game. The Pelicans struck for two runs against Wilmington's starter
The Blue Rocks added another run in the fifth on a
The Blue Rocks and Pelicans wrap up their series and head-to-head matchup on Sunday, August 12 with first pitch scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Right-hander
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The Blue Rocks stole six bases in the game for the first time this season, surpassing their single-game season-high of five which they accomplished seven different times this season. Oliver Nunez led the running attack with three swiped bags while Brewer Hicklen stole a pair and Angelo Castellano stole one as well. The Blue Rocks added to their league lead in stolen bases with 153 on the season and have stolen 76 through 47 games in the second half.
Wilmington improved to 21-14 in one-run games and an impressive 44-1 when leading after eight innings. The Blue Rocks are now back to 11 games over .500 in the second half and three games above sea-level overall on the campaign after finishing the first half with a 31-39 record. The Blue Rocks will look for another winning road trip with a victory in the rubber match Sunday night against Myrtle Beach to wrap up their six-game road trip.