Myrtle Beach is continuing to play very good baseball, and if they keep it up they might climb out of the basement by the weekend (they are now tied for last place). If they keep playing like they have over the past two weeks, they could be a .500 team by next weekend. Given how rough their slow start was, this is a pretty notable turnaround.
A lot of the credit does to go the pitching. Last night it was Tyson Miller pitching seven shutout innings and dropping his ERA to 2.33 in the process. Even at that, he doesn’t have the lowest ERA among Pelican starters. That belongs to Matt Swarmer (1.74).
The bats have been warming up as well. Myrtle Beach now has two hitters with an OPS over .800 (Andruw Monasterio and Vimael Machin), and three more in the .700 range (Jhonny Pereda, Connor Myers, and D.J. Wilson). There are still some notable bats who haven’t quite got going yet (Austin Upshaw and Aramis Ademan in particular), but in general the trend lines are moving in the right direction.
Right now, if the Chicago squad isn’t playing and you are wanting baseball, you can do a lot worse than to fire up MiLB.tv and see if the Pelicans are playing.
Triple A: Iowa Cubs
Omaha 8, Iowa 7 in ten innings
The Cubs rallied for two in the ninth to tie it.
Double A: Tennessee Smokies
Birmingham 8, Tennessee 3
Had it not been for their ninth inning rally, the Smokies would have been shutout.
High A: Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Myrtle Beach 3, Carolina 0
The Pelicans have won four straight and are 8-3 since April 19.
Low A: South Bend Cubs
Cedar Rapids 5, South Bend 0 in five plus innings.
At least it wasn’t a no hitter.
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