Pelicans win final 8-5, sweep series over Greenjackets

July 28, 2024 – Carolina League (CarL)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Press Release

For the first time since switching to a weeklong series in 2021, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans swept the Augusta GreenJackets in five games with an 8-5 victory in the finals on Sunday. Their season-long five-game winning streak has improved the Birds to 43-52, with a 14-15 second-half lead. The GreenJackets fell to 36-57, with a 9-19 second-half lead.

It was another offensive explosion as the Pelicans scored eight runs on 14 hits. Andy Garriola (1-5, 2B, 3 RBI) led the Birds with three runs batted in. Jacob Wetzel (1-3, HR, RBI, 2 BB) provided the power with a home run in the sixth and Eriandys Ramon (3-5, 2 2B) recorded a three-hit game in only his third game in Single-A.

Angel Hernandez (3-2) earned the win with 3 1/3 innings of hitless shutout baseball out of the bullpen. Hernandez struck out six for the second time this week. Starter JP Wheat allowed three earned runs on just one hit, but four walks in 2 2/3 innings.

With a home run in the final inning, Noah Williams (1-4, HR, 2 RBI) led the GreenJackets with a pair of RBI. Luis Sanchez (2-3, 2B, RBI, BB) recorded the lone multi-hit performance for Augusta.

In his second rehab appearance, Braves pitcher Hurston Waldrep (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing four earned runs in the first two innings. David Rodriguez later allowed four more earned runs in his three innings out of the bullpen for Augusta.

The Pelicans scored for the second straight night in the first inning when Garriola hit a two-run double off the left field wall with two outs.

After Augusta scored one in the top of the second inning on an RBI double by Sanchez, the Pelicans added two more in the bottom half. With two on, Leonel Espinoza hit an RBI single to right field. The lead was extended to 4-1 when a wild pitch from Waldrep scored Christian Olivo from third.

The GreenJackets made it a one-run game with two runs in the third. With a runner on third, Luis Guanipa hit an RBI groundout to short. Harry Owen followed with a sacrifice fly to center to cut the lead to 4-3.

The Pelicans added another run in the fourth inning, thanks to a fielder’s choice by Garriola, allowing Cristian Hernandez to score.

Three more runs came in for the Pelicans in the sixth. The inning began with Wetzel hitting deep on a 3-0 pitch for his eighth of the season. Miguel Pabon and Anderson Suriel later hit back-to-back RBI singles to extend the lead to 8-3.

Williams hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning to make it 8-5. Shane Marshall retired the next three batters to end the game.

The Pelicans begin their two-week road trip on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. in Delmarva

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