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

DATE: FRIDAY, May 25, 1990                   TAG: 9005250307
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: JOHN SMALLWOOD SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

SALEM PITCHERS FALTER IN LOSS TO LYNCHBNURG

The good news for the Salem Buccaneers during the their current swoon is that they are hitting the ball and scoring runs. Unfortunately, the Bucs' opponents are having more success against Salem's pitching staff.

It was Lynchburg's turn Thursday night to feast on Buccaneers pitching. The Red Sox had 18 hits and dealt Salem its seventh consecutive Carolina League baseball loss 10-9 at Municipal Field.

Catcher Paul Williams hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and had six RBI to pace Lynchburg (23-18).

Ben Shelton had a pair of two-run homers among the Bucs' 13 hits.

Williams hit a first-inning grand slam off Bucs starter Tim Wakefield to give the Red Sox a 4-0 lead. Then, after Salem (15-28) rallied to an 8-5 lead, Williams' two-run homer off reliever Brent Honeywell highlighted a five-run sixth inning for Lynchburg.

Honeywell (2-2) gave up five runs on six hits in the sixth and picked up the loss. Red Sox reliever Rennie Scott (2-3), who shut down the Bucs after they picked up five runs in the third inning, gained the victory.

The Bucs' could be getting some pitching relief. The Pittsburgh Pirates have assigned pitchers Bobby Underwood and Stan Fansler to Salem.

Underwood, a 23-year-old left-hander, was 3-1 and had a 3.12 earned-run average with the Augusta (Ga.) Pirates of the Class A South Atlantic League.

Fansler, 25, is coming in from extended spring training. He was in Salem last season on rehabilitation for bursitis in his right shoulder. The right-hander was the Pirates' second selection in the 1983 draft and started five major-league games in 1986. He has had shoulder problems since 1987.

\ BUCSHOTS: To make room for Fansler and Underwood, Pittsburgh released Keith Raisanen and Brian "Bam Bam" Morrison. In 50 at-bats, Raisanen hit .120 and struck out 22 times. Morrison, who was acquired in a trade with Toronto, hit .183 with 25 strikeouts in 60 at-bats with the Bucs. . . . Pitcher John Latham (1-4) was reassigned to Augusta. . . . The Bucs will hold a free youth baseball clinic from 5 pm to 6:30 p.m. before tonight's game.

LYNCHBURG SALEM ab r h bi ab r h bi Byrd ss5140 Sims cf4220 Leach lf3210 Schreiber 3b5021 Blosser rf4222 Merejo rf4120 P. Williams5336 Hines dh5110 Wallin 1b4120 Romero c5123 Whitehead dh5021 F. Williams pr0000 Powers 2b5030 Pennye lf3211 Manegro 3b5000 Shelton 1b4224 Malzon 3b0000 Huyler ss4010 Rivers cf4110 McNabb 2b4000 Totals40 10 18 9 Totals 38 9 13 9

Lynchburg401 005 000-10 Salem125 000 001-9

E-Powers, Rivers, Shelton, Wakefield. DP-Lynchburg 2, Salem 2. LOB-Lynchburg 6, Salem 7. 2B-Byrd, P. Williams. 3B-Hines, Huyler. HR-Shelton 2 (7), P. Williams 2 (6). SB-Sims (16), Pennye (6). S-Pennye, Leach. IP HRERBBSO Lynchburg Ryan 288715 Scott W, 2-3 330022 Uhrhan 200014 Davis S, 8 121100 Salem Wakefield 5115424 Honeywell L, 2-2 165501 Schlopy 310003

HBP-Wallin by Honeywell, Hines by Scott, Shelton by Uhrhan. WP-Wakefield, Honeywell, Ryan 2.

Umpires-Home, Jones, bases, Franek, Langley.

T-3:08. A-1215.

by CNB