ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 TAG: 9704150099
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: WILMINGTON, DEL.
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
The Avalanche rallies from a two-run deficit, but reliever Luis Colmenares can't shut down Wilmington.
The Wilmington Blue Rocks did about all they could to lose to the Salem Avalanche on Monday night, but it wasn't enough.
The Blue Rocks (6-5) beat the Avalanche 3-2 despite committing five errors in the span of three innings and leaving nine men on base. Salem stranded eight men, right at its season average, which leads the Carolina League.
Hot prospect Carlos Beltran, who had one at-bat in Wilmington's four-game series this past week in Salem, drove in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Mark Quinn, who has batted .438 against the Avalanche this season, hit a two-out single and Beltran drove him home by hitting a hanging curve off reliever Luis Colmenares (0-1) for a single.
Manuel Bernal (1-1) got the victory for Wilmington (6-5), and Tim Grieve earned the save.
Donovan Delaney sent a shot off the right-center field wall in the third inning to put the Blue Rocks up 2-0.
Salem (3-8) scored its first run in the fifth as Rod Bair reached on an error by first baseman Gary Coffee, and center fielder Garrett Neubart brought him home with a single. Bair reached the plate safely thanks to an error by catcher Matt Treanor.
Bair drove in the Avalanche's other run in the top of the sixth with a single to center that scored left fielder David Feuerstein from second.
Salem sends Scott Randall, who helped no-hit the Blue Rocks this past Thursday, to the mound at 7:05 tonight in the third game of the series. Wilmington (6-5) counters with Todd Thorne.
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