Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 19, 1990 TAG: 9006190235
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By JOHN SMALLWOOD SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
He picked an opportune time to hit his second.
After Glen McNabb walked to start the seventh inning, Bailey blasted a two-run homer to left field off Spirits pitcher Jim Bullinger, breaking up a tie game and sending Salem to a 7-2 victory at Municipal Field.
Bailey, in his second professional season, hit his first homer last season while at Welland (Ontario) of the New York-Penn League.
He had driven the ball to the warning track several times this year but had not hit one out, he said.
"It was really one of those lucky things," Bailey said. "I'm not a guy who's going to hit balls out of the park.
"It was a fastball that was up and inside. I just wanted to make sure I got on top of it and not pop it up."
Bailey, who was inserted into the lineup at shortstop to give Mike Huyler a rest, ignited a four-run seventh inning that took the Bucs (25-43) to a needed victory as they try to generate momentum for the second half of the season.
It also was a severe blow to Winston-Salem's hopes of catching Southern Division-leading Kinston. The Indians (45-23) beat Frederick 3-0 on Monday and hold a two-game lead over the Spirits (43-25) with two games remaining.
The Bucs also may have found ways to help change their fortunes in the second half and erase the memories of a miserable first half.
Stan Fansler pitched a strong game, his second straight, yielding four hits and two runs in five innings. In his last two starts, Fansler has pitched 10 innings and given up two earned runs and seven hits.
Tim McDowell, recently moved from the starting rotation back to middle relief, struck out five in pitching four scoreless innings after Fansler left. McDowell is proving he could be the consistent setup man the Bucs have been searching for all season.
In his last four relief appearances, McDowell has given up just one run in 13 innings. WINSTON-SALEM SALEM ab r h bi ab r h bi Williams dh3120 Sims cf2320 White ss4000 Schreiber 3b3012 Paulino 1b3011 Brewington 1b4100 Scott 3b4000 Hines dh2110 Roberson rf3000 Pennye lf4022 Jensen lf4110 Romero c4011 Taylor c4011 Estep rf4000 Ramsey cf4010 McNabb 2b2100 Blair 2b3010 Bailey ss4122 Welch ph1000 Totals33 2 7 2 Totals 29 7 9 7
Winston-Salem100 100 000-2 Salem100 100 41X-7
E-Jensen 2, Huyler. DP-Winston-Salem 1, Salem 1. LOB-Winston-Salem 6, Salem 8. 2B-Schreiber, Williams 2, Paulino. 3B-Sims. HR-Bailey (1). SB-Scott (14), Paulino (4). S-Schreiber. SF-Schreiber. IP HRERBBSO Winston-Salem Bullinger L, 7-5 665544 Stroud 01110 Strauss 131000 Salem Fansler 542112 McDowell W, 3-3 430025
Stroud pitched to two batters in sixth.
HBP-Hines by Bullinger, Sims by Bullinger, Hines by Stroud.
Umpires-Home, Lehner; bases, Kraus, Irvin.
T-2:52. A-1,056.
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