Pelicans Soar Over Missions in Series Opener

METAIRIE, LA -- The New Orleans Baby Cakes turned back the clock by donning uniforms of the city's original minor league club, and then turned out the lights on the Missions by using a barrage of four homeruns to take the opening game of the series, 7-3, at the Shrine On Airline Ballpark.
The New Orleans Pelicans were a team that played in the old Southern Association from 1901-1959 and a made a brief reappearance in 1977 as a Triple-A club in the American Association.
Pelican's starting pitcher Héctor Noesi was just as tough in his new outfit as he's been when donning the Baby Cakes uniform. The right-hander recorded his ninth win of the year by limiting San Antonio to three hits and a pair of runs over seven innings. The runs came courtesy of solo homeruns by Cory Spangenberg and Mauricio Dubón, which snapped the club's homerun drought at three games.
New Orleans plated three runs within the first two innings off Miguel Sanchez (2-4), who was making his fifth spot start of the season.
Dubon's blast cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the seventh before Pelican outfielder Peter O'Brien hit a monstrous three-run shot off Donnie Hart in the bottom of the frame to break open the game.
The loss was San Antonio's ninth in 14 games since a season-high seven game win streak.
The club has been held to three or fewer runs in eight of the last nine contests while recording 19 hits and 10 runs over the last four games.
The four game series continues on Friday night.
RH Thomas Jankins (8-2, 3.59) vs. RH Cody Poteet (0-0, 3.86) 7:00 PM
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