MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Salem, VA (June 13, 2009) – Che-Hsuan Lin went 3-4 with three runs scored and the Red Sox went 6-9 with runners in scoring position to knock off the Pelicans 6-4 on Saturday evening. Mike Jones drilled an RBI double down the right-field line to break a 4-4 tie with two down in the eighth, scoring Lin from second. Luis Exposito followed that up with a deep jack off the left-field wall, giving Salem a 6-4 cushion. The Sox scored every one of their runs with two outs, giving their bullpen a late lead that All-Star Derrick Loop would not relinquish.

Loop improved to 3-3 with two scoreless innings out of the bullpen, picking up a pair of strikeouts as the Pelicans went quietly in the ninth. Ryne Miller also threw a pair of shutout frames in relief of Bryan Price, who yielded four runs (three earned) in five innings. Price gave up a two-run homer to Myrtle Beach’s Randy Gress in the fourth, but also struck out four batters over the course of a solid outing.

Salem trailed 1-0 after the Pelicans rallied with three consecutive singles in the top of the third, but quickly responded with two outs in the bottom half of the frame. Myrtle Beach starter Cole Rohrbough retired the first eight batters he faced to open the game, however he walked Kris Negron to open the floodgates for the Sox. Zach Borowiak and Lin both singled, scoring Negron and setting the stage for Daniel Nava, who followed up his 3-3 effort on Friday with a two-run double to put Salem on top 3-1. Nava finished 1-4 with two RBI in his second contest with the Red Sox.
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Though Myrtle Beach tied it up on Gress’ homer in the fourth and took a lead on Jon Hee’s fielding error in the fifth, the Red Sox once again would break through against Rohrbough in the sixth. Following perfect fourth and fifth innings for the Pelican lefthander, Rohrbough yielded a leadoff single to Lin in the sixth. Though Nava and Jones each flied out, Lin stole second with Exposito coming up. The Red Sox catcher came through with another two-out RBI, driving in Lin with a single up the middle to even the score at four. Two innings later, facing the Pelicans bullpen, Lin would score the winning run on another two-out rip from the Red Sox cleanup hitter, as Jones came through with the timely liner in the corner.

Lee Hyde absorbed the loss, falling to 2-1, having pitched just two-thirds of an inning before leaving with an apparent wrist injury in the middle of Jones’ at-bat in the eighth. Benino Pruneda entered the game, inducing a couple foul tips before Jones drove the go-ahead double.

One again the Red Sox were carried by the top five batters in the lineup. Salem’s top half went 10-21 on Friday night and finished 8-20 today with every tallying at least one hit. The bottom four hitters only added one, a Matt Sheely infield single in the eighth.

The Red Sox will send righthander Kyle Weiland to the hill as they aim to sweep to the Pelicans on Sunday afternoon. The matinee finale will kick off at 2:05, with Jacob Thompson the scheduled starter for the Pelicans.

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