Monday Preview: Dash vs. Pelicans, 7:05pm.
By Myrtle Beach Pelicans Media
MONDAY, APRIL 11–7:05 PM.
WINSTON-SALEM DASH VS. MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS
TICKETRETURN.COM FIELD — MYRTLE BEACH, SC
GAME INFO
After defeating the Dash in the Southern Division Championship in 2015, Winston-Salem is back for revenge Monday night. First pitch of the three-game set is scheduled for 7:05.
PITCHING MATCHUP
RHP Jake Stinnett (MB)
Jake Stinnett was outstanding in the team’s exhibition game on Wednesday. (Larry Kave/Myrtle Beach Pelicans.)After a disappointing 2015, top-30 prospect Jake Stinnett will make his first start of the season tonight. The right-hander dazzled in the team’s exhibition game in Charleston on Wednesday, striking out six over four perfect innings. Now in his second full pro season, Stinnett is a likely bouceback candidate this year.
LHP Blair Walters (WS)
Walters is the ultimate baseball survivor. Released twice and traded once, the lefty from the University of Hawaii begins his second stint in the White Sox organization tonight. Walters spent Spring Training with the Braves until he was released on March 29. The White Sox signed him six days later. The southpaw spent 2015 with the Carolina Mudcats, finishing third in the Carolina League in opponents’ average (.251) and fifth in ERA (3.13)
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LINEUP
- Rashad Crawford, CF
- Gleyber Torres, SS
- Ian Happ, 2B
- Yasiel Balaguert, 1B
- Jason Vosler, 3B
- Jeffrey Baez, RF
- David Bote, DH
- Gioskar Amaya, C
- Shawon Dunston Jr., LF
BIRDS’ NEST NOTES
-After splitting their season-opening four-game series with Frederick, Myrtle Beach welcomes in the Winston-Salem Dash for a three-game series beginning on Monday. The Pelicans and Dash split the 2015 season series 13–13, with each club dominating on the road. The Birds were just 2–8 against the Dash at TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark, but posted an 11–5 record at Winston-Salem’s BB&T Ballpark. This series is also a rematch of last year’s Southern Division
Championship Series, where the Pelicans took a pair of one-run
victories in Games 2 & 3 en route to the Mills Cup Championship.
-Since committing two errors and going 0-for-4 with a career-high four strikeouts Friday against Frederick, Pelicans second baseman Ian Happ has gone 3-for-6 with a double, triple, walk and hit-by-pitch (.500 OBP). The №76 prospect in baseball according to MLB.com reached base in all four plate appearances in Saturday’s contest against the Keys.
-Myrtle Beach plated four in the fourth inning, three coming on a Shawon Dunston Jr. bases-clearing triple, and three in the seventh
Sunday to hold off Frederick 7–5 and earn a series split. In the ninth inning, the Keys loaded the bases with two outs, prompting Birds manager Buddy Bailey to call on Jose Rosario, who was assigned to the club on Saturday. Rosario retired Jonah Heim on a fly ball to right to end the ballgame and earn the save.
-Jose Rosario entered Sunday’s contest with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth, and the Pelicans clinging to a 7–5 lead. For the right-hander, it was his first appearance since August 31, 2014 when he was with High-A Daytona — Rosario missed the entire 2015 season after undergoing Tommy John Surgery. Rosario got Jonah Heim to fly out to right to end the ballgame and pick up his first save since July 24, 2011.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Monday’s game will be broadcast in the following ways:
Video Feed: MiLB.tv
Online (Available at 6:40pm): Pelicans Baseball Network
Phone/Tablet: TuneIn App.
