Lange's brilliance drives Birds to sweep of Potomac

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (July 3, 2018) - Alex Lange threw six scoreless innings and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans swept aside the Potomac Nationals with a 3-0 win on Tuesday night in front of a sellout crowd of 6,599 from TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark. 
The Pelicans' (39-44, 5-8) Lange (5-5) chopped through the Nationals (40-39, 3-9) and finished with four strikeouts over his six innings while only ceding two hits and walking one. After a leadoff walk, Lange retired 13 in a row until Rhett Wiseman's single in the fifth inning.

The Birds backed Lange early against P-Nats' starter Ben Braymer (3-2). In the second inning, after Andruw Monasterio tripled with one out, Kevonte Mitchell plated him on a sacrifice fly. D.J. Wilson made it 2-0 later in the frame with an RBI single, scoring Austin Upshaw .
Mitchell gave the Pelicans a 3-0 advantage with an RBI ground out in the third inning.
Jose Paulino and Jhon Romero combined to throw the final three shutout innings out of the bullpen for the Birds. 
The Pelicans start a five-game series at Buies Creek with Wednesday's 6 p.m. contest behind RHP Erick Leal (0-1, 1.27 ERA). Coverage begins at 5:45 p.m. on MiLB.tv, MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast, the MiLB First Pitch app and TuneIn. 
The 2018 season is the 20th season for the Pelicans franchise and fourth as the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. For tickets visit MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/tickets, call (843) 918-6000, or visit the Pelicans Box Office.
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