Harper, Tejada Have 3 RBI Each As Mudcats Pound Pelicans, 8-1
Reed Harper and Isaias Tejada drove in three runs a piece and Caleb Beech notched his first win of the season as the Carolina Mudcats handled the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 8-1 Saturday at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark.
After a scoreless first inning, Pelicans starter Jeremy Null (2-4) allowed a double to Mudcats (31-42, 2-1) third baseman Jordan Edgerton. Tanner Murphy followed with an RBI single before Reed Harper singled. Harper’s single bounced past right fielder Jeffrey Baez, allowing Murphy to score and making it 2-0. The next batter was Isaias Tejeda, who homered to right in his first at-bat in the Atlanta Braves organization, making the score 4-0.
The offense continued in the third when Sal Giardina singled with one out. After an Edgerton hit and Murphy walk, Harper blooped in a two-run single to open a 6-0 lead. Tejeda followed with a sacrifice fly to give Carolina a 7-0 advantage.
Mudcats starter Caleb Beech (1-1) worked five shutout innings, holding Myrtle Beach (37-36, 1-2) to five hits and a walk to earn the win. The bullpen combined to allow one run over the next four innings.
Down 8-0 in the ninth, the Pelicans managed to get on the board against Evan Phillips.
Saturday’s Box Score
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Gaylor, CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Obregon, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Davidson, RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Giardina, 1B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Edgerton, 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Murphy, C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Harper, 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Tejeda, DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Mendez, LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
Myrtle Beach | ab | r | h | bi |
Crawford, CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Torres, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Vosler, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Balaguert, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rice, DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Bote, 2B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Baez, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pearson, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burks, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Carolina | 043 | 000 | 100 | — | 8 | 11 | 0 |
Myrtle Beach | 000 | 000 | 001 | — | 1 | 8 | 1 |
E — Baez. DP–Carolina 1, Myrtle Beach 1. LOB–Carolina 7, Myrtle Beach 9. 2B–Edgerton, Mendez, Bote, Rice. HR—Tejeda (1). SF–Tejeda, Baez.
Carolina IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Beech (W, 1-1) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Salazar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Phillips | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Myrtke Beach IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Null (L, 2-4) | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Pugliese | 3 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Maples | 1 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Minch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
This story was originally published June 25, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Harper, Tejada Have 3 RBI Each As Mudcats Pound Pelicans, 8-1."