Myrtle Beach Pelicans Defeat Kinston Indians 8-5 - Advanced A, Carolina League

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Myrtle Beach - The Myrtle Beach Pelicans clinched the Southern Division 1st half title with
an 8-5 win over Kinston, Friday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. Myrtle
Beach (41-21) has the best record in the CL and will go to the playoffs for
the first time since 2002.  The Pelicans clinch snaps a streak of four
consecutive first half titles by Kinston.  Coming into this season the
K-Tribe had won the Southern Division first half in seven of the last 11
years.

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The Pelicans got things going in a big way with two solo home runs off of
Carlton Smith in the first inning to go ahead 2-0. Kinston parlayed four
consecutive hits into three runs in the third to go ahead 3-2. Adam Davis's
solo home run extended the lead in the fifth, and it looked like the Pelican
celebration would be delayed for another evening.

Myrtle Beach stormed back with three runs in the sixth, and a big three-run
homer by Eric Campbell in the seventh to put the game on ice.

Carlton Smith (4-3) drops his third game and ends a streak of three straight
starts with a win. Ryne Reynoso (6-3) got the win for Myrtle Beach and Brett
Butts picked up his eighth save.

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