Myrtle Beach rallies past Winston-Salem

By: JournalNow Staff | JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
Published: September 06, 2009

Myrtle Beach scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning off reliever Tyson Corley, rallying for a 5-4 win over Winston-Salem last night.

Adam Milligan drove in two runs with a two-out single off Corley for the go-ahead runs, and Benino Poreda (2-3), who entered the game in the top of the eighth inning, retired the side in order to preserve the win.

The Dash wasted a solid effort by starting pitcher Anthony Carter, who scattered seven hits and allowed two runs in seven innings with no walks and four strikeouts before leaving with a 4-2 lead.

Michael Fisher singled with one out in the eighth inning to start the rally and went to third on a double by Donnell Linares.

Fisher came in to score when Gerardo Rodriguez grounded out to third base for the second out of the inning, cutting the deficit to 4-3.

Jesus Sucre followed with a walk, and advanced to second base on a wild pitch that also allowed Linares to get to third.

Milligan followed with his game-winning hit to right field that brought home Linares and Sucre.

The Dash was cruising with a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning when Rodriguez hit a two-run home run to make the score 3-2.

Winston-Salem took a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning when Justin Greene scored on a wild pitch by Yeliar Castro. Greene walked to lead off the inning, stole second base and then advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Jace Whitmer of Myrtle Beach.

Winston-Salem and Myrtle Beach will play the third game of the four-game series tonight at 6 o'clock.

W-S ab r h bi MB ab r h bi

Kuhn lf 5 0 1 0 Miles cf 4 0 0 0

Paiml ss 4 1 0 0 Fisher 2b 4 2 2 0

Snchez rf 5 0 1 0 Lnares 3b 4 1 1 0

Morel 3b 4 0 1 0 Rdrgez 1b 4 1 2 3

Loman dh 3 0 0 1 Sucre dh 3 1 2 0

Greene cf 3 1 0 0 Mllgan lf 4 0 1 2

Curtis c 4 1 1 0 Shehan rf 4 0 1 0

Pschna 1b 3 1 1 0 Whtmr c 3 0 0 0

Lang 2b 4 0 1 2 Gress ss 3 0 1 0

Totals 35 4 6 3 Totals 33 5 10 5

Winston-Salem 100 201 000 -- 4

Myrtle Beach 000 200 03x -- 5

E--Whitmer. DP--Winston-Salem 0, Myrtle Beach 0. LOB--Winston-Salem 8, Myrtle Beach 5. 2B--Lang, Sucre, Linares. HR--Rodriguez. SB--Greene. CS-- Shehan

Winston-Salem IP H R ER BB SO

Carter 7 7 2 2 0 4

Corley (0-1) 1 3 3 3 1 1

Myrtle Beach IP H R ER BB SO

Rohrbough 4 6 3 3 1 4

Castro 3 0 1 1 1 5

Pruneda (2-3) 2 0 0 0 1 2

HBP--Loman (by Rohrbough). WP--Corley, Castro (2). T--2:26. A--2,859