Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 7, 1990 TAG: 9006070437
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: JOHN SMALLWOOD SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Rick Gutierrez singled in Tony Beasley about 15 minutes before 1 a.m. today as the Frederick Keys beat the Salem Buccaneers 5-4 in 17 innings in a Carolina League baseball game at Municipal Field.
With two out in the top of the 17th, Beasley singled off Bucs reliever Mike Pomeranz (3-4). Then Mike Lehman doubled down the left-field line with Beasley stopping at third.
Gutierrez slapped a hard single up the middle, scoring Beasley with what became the winning run.
The Bucs had a chance to win with two on and one out in the bottom of the inning. However, Frederick reliever David Riddle (1-1) struck out Greg Sims, then retired Bruce Schreiber on a ground out to end the second-longest game in Buccaneers history.
"You won't see one much better than that one," Frederick manager Wally Moon said. "It had a little bit of everything."
The Bucs led 4-3 with two out in the eighth inning when Tyrone Kingwood hit his first home run of the season off Salem reliever Jim Czajkowski to tie the game. Czajkowski, who was voted Carolina League pitcher of the week, didn't give up a run in seven innings over four appearances last week.
Salem had other opportunities to win in the extra innings.
In the 11th and 15th innings, the Bucs had the bases loaded with just one out, but both times Schreiber and Domingo Merejo popped out to end the inning.
For the game, the Bucs stranded 18 runners, 10 in extra innings.
Frederick scored four of its five runs by way of two-out rallies.
In the first inning, Ken Shamburg hit a two-run homer off starter Paul Miller after Tim Holland had singled with two outs.
The Bucs made it 2-2 in the second when Chris Estep hit a solo homer, his league-leading 11th. Then Schreiber singled in Mike Huyler, who was 4-for-5 and scored two runs. They scored two unearned runs in the fourth to take the 4-3 lead.
FREDERICK SALEM ab r h bi ab r h bi Gilbert cf3000 Sims cf5100 Hedge lf2010 Schreiber 3b9021 Reynolds ph1000 Merejo rf7021 Lehman c2010 Hines 1b4010 Gutierrez ss8031 Shelton 1b3000 Holland lf7120 Romero c6010 Shamburg 3b8122 Pennye lf8010 Rose 3b4000 Estep dh7131 Richardson 1b3000 Huyler ss5240 Bethel cf7120 Bailey 2b3000 Kingwood rf8141 Williams 2b2010 Horowitz c5041 Riddle p2000 Beasley 2b7120 Totals67 5 20 5 Totals 59 4 15 3
Frederick200 100 010 000 000 01--5 Salem020 200 000 000 000 00--4
E-Gutierrez. DP-Frederick 2, Salem 2. LOB-Frederick 14, Salem 18. 2B-Huyler, Gilbert, Shamburg. HR-Shamburg (6), Kingwood (1), Estep (11). SB-Pennye (9), Bethel (5), Horowitz (1). S-Bailey 2, Huyler 2, Gutierrez. SF-Merejo. IP HRERBBSO Frederick Oquist 474231 Mondile 520011 Stephan 310023 Riddle W, 1-1 550000 Salem Miller 6123305 Czajkowski 341123 McDowell 620031 Pomeranz L, 3-4 130000
HBP-Shelton by Riddle, Bethel by McDowell.
Umpires-Home, Lehner; bases, Kraus.
T-5:41. A-1,191.
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