Mudcats Drop Second Straight 4-1 in Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, SC - Trever Morrison doubled and tripled, Pat McInerney had his second straight multi-hit game and Phil Bickford pitched through two and 2/3 scoreless inning in relief, but the Mudcats lost their second straight to the Pelicans 4-1 on Wednesday night in Myrtle Beach.
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Carolina (23-35, 62-65) led first at 1-0 after Morrison tripled and scored on a sac fly from
The Pelicans (31-27, 62-65) quickly answered in the bottom of the third with a run against Carolina's starter
Mitchell broke the 1-1 tie in the fourth after connecting on a two-run home run off Smith (L, 4-11, 3.65) as the Pelicans went up 3-1. The homer was Mitchell's 13th of the season and his first of two hits in the game for Mitchell as he went 2-for-4 with two RBI while hitting ninth for the Pelicans.
Smith ended up with the loss in what was the middle game of the three game series. He allowed Fennell's game tying hit in the third and Mitchell's homer in the fourth while allowing three runs overall on six hits over three and 1/3 innings. The fourth inning homer knocked Smith out of the game and ran his streak of consecutive starts with a home run allowed to four straight. Smith also walked two and struck out while reaching 73 pitches (46 strikes).
Bickford, meanwhile, first entered the game out of the bullpen in the fourth after Smith was removed. Bickford went on to work through two and 2/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts, a walk and two hits allowed. His scoreless effort ran his current scoreless innings streak to 21 and 2/3 consecutive innings. Bickford has also totaled 31 strikeouts (12.9 SO/9) and six walks during the streak.
Relievers
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The loss dropped Carolina to 2-3 in its current road trip. It also dropped them to 6-8 against the Pelicans this season overall. The series, with the Pelicans leading 2-0, will conclude on Thursday night at TicketReturn.com Field in Myrtle Beach.
The game will begin at 7:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach and will air on the Mudcats Radio Network, The Big Dawg 98.5 FM and online at carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn Radio.
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