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

DATE: SUNDAY, May 29, 1994                   TAG: 9405290127
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

KEYS HOLD BACK BUCS

On the surface, it's a modest little milestone.

For the Salem Buccaneers reaching a record three games under .500 has been like trying to sneak a Japanese Army platoon past Godzilla.

With yet another stab at it Saturday night at Municipal Field, Salem bowed to the Frederick Keys 9-6 before a Carolina League baseball crowd of 3,237.

"I don't know how many times we've had a chance to go three under," said Salem manager Trent Jewett, whose club is 22-27. "I think it's been about seven. It seems like 20."

The Bucs gave up runs in six of nine innings and never led. A three-run eighth in which the potential tying run came to the plate did not suffice.

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