Pfeifer induces double play, leads Carolina to 8-6 win over Myrtle Beach
Philip Pfeifer got Yasiel Balaguert to hit into a double play in the eighth inning, leading the Carolina Mudcats to an 8-6 win over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Tuesday.
The double play came with runners on first and second and helped to limit the Pelicans to a two-run inning.
After Carolina added two runs, the Mudcats took the lead for good with five runs in the eighth inning. Jordan Edgerton hit a three-run home run en route to the four-run lead.
Tuesday’s box score
Mudcats | ab | r | h | bi |
Valenzuela, DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Gebhardt, 2B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tejeda, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Davidson, RF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Curcio, LF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Edgerton, 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Murphy, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Harper, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mendez, CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Pelicans | ab | r | h | bi |
Burks, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ely, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bote, DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Balaguert, 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Rice, C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Castillo, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dewees, CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Spingola, RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
a- Baez, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hodges, 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Flete, 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Carolina | 010 | 110 | 050 | — | 8 | 13 | 2 |
Myrtle Beach | 040 | 000 | 020 | — | 6 | 13 | 1 |
E—Harper, Edgerton, Spingola. DP–Carolina 2, Myrtle Beach 0. LOB–Carolina 14, Myrtle Beach 13. 2B–Mendez, Davidson, Balaguert, Rice. 3B–Curcio, Flete. HR—Edgerton (4), Burks (8). SB–Valenzuela (1), Edgerton (2), Burks (19), Dewees (1).
Mudcats IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Enderson Franco | 5 1/3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Sean McLaughlin (W, 4-4) | 1 2/3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Philip Pfeifer (H, 1) | 1 1/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Carlos Portuondo (S, 1) | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pelicans IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Tommy Thorpe | 3 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Daniel Lewis | 2 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Pedro Araujo (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Tyler Pearson | 1 1/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This story was originally published July 26, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Pfeifer induces double play, leads Carolina to 8-6 win over Myrtle Beach."