
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 25, 1990                   TAG: 9004250333
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: HAMPTON                                LENGTH: Medium

BUCS BLANK PILOTS

Ben Shelton's sacrifice fly in the fourth inning scored Brian Morrison to give the Salem Buccaneers their first run and they went on to a 5-0 victory over the Peninsula Pilots in Carolina League baseball Tuesday night.

Tim Wakefield (2-1) pitched eight innings of shutout ball for the Bucs. He allowed eight Pilots hits, struck out one, walked none and hit one batter. Jeff Neely pitched the ninth, striking out all three Pilots he faced.

Salem (7-6) and Peninsula (3-9) conclude their three-game series today at 7 p.m. John Latham is the Bucs' scheduled starter. The Pilots won Monday night's game 5-3.

\ BUCSHOTS: During the weekend in Kinston, N.C., the Pittsburgh Pirates made a roster move by promoting outfielder Brian "Bam-Bam" Morrison from extended spring training to Salem. To make room on the Bucs' roster, third-string catcher Nelson Caraballo was given his unconditional release. Morrison, 23, was acquired by the Pirates in early April in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays for minor-league catcher Joe Szekely. Morrison hit .242 with 16 home runs and 52 RBI at Dunedin of the Class A Florida State League last season. He finished the year in Class AA Knoxville, getting 26 at-bats in eight games with two homers and three RBI. Morrison was on the Knoxville roster at the time of the trade. . . . For the second week in a row, a Buccaneer has been voted Carolina League hitter of the week. Outfielder Domingo Merejo won the honor by going 10-for-27 (.370) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs and nine RBI. His slugging percentage was .815. Outfielder Greg Sims was honored for the first week of the season.

\ SALEM PENINSULA ab r h bi ab r h bi Sims cf2200 Robles ss4000 Schreiber 3b5110 Williams 2b4000 Merejo lf4011 Saetre rf4020 Morrison dh4120 Bailey 1b3000 Romero c3100 Campanis c3010 Skelton 1b2001 Pilkinton 3b3010 Estep rf4022 Taveras cf3000 Huyler ss4020 K. Thomas lf3020 Bailey 2b4000 D. Thomas dh3020 Wakefield p0000 Duke p0000 Neely p0000 Loe p0000 Garcia p0000 Totals32 5 8 4 Totals 30 0 8 0

Salem000 110 030-5 Peninsula000 000 000-0

E-Robles, Bailey, Campanis, Taveras. DP-Salem 2. LOB-Salem 7, Peninsula 4. 2B-Morrison, Campanis. SB-Sims (4), Merejo (2). IP HRERBBSO Salem Wakefield,W (2-1) 880001 Neely 100003 Peninsula Duke, L (0-1) 642112 Loe 133331 Garcia 110011

HBP-Bailey by Wakefield. PB-Romero.

Umpires-Home, Lehner; bases, Krause, Langley.

T-2:26. A-556.

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