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

DATE: TUESDAY, May 8, 1990                   TAG: 9005080270
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG                                LENGTH: Medium

BUCS' GAMBLE DOESN'T PAY OFF

With the score 6-6 and runners on first and third in the seventh inning, Salem went for the delayed double steal.

Armando Romero broke for second with the pitch and stopped between the bases. Tim Hines broke for home as Lynchburg catcher Louis Dorante threw to second. Second baseman Scott Powers gunned down Hines at the plate with a strong throw and the Bucs lost 7-6 in Carolina League baseball.

With the help of three errors, the Bucs jumped on Lynchburg pitcher Pete Estrada for three first inning runs.

Greg Sims led off the game with a single. Bruce Schreiber reached when Lynchburg third baseman Chris Whitehead missed a grounder.

Domingo Merejo followed with a double to left field that scored Sims. Red Sox second baseman Scott Powers then booted Tim Hines' grounder allowing Schreiber to score.

Merejo scored when Lynchburg left fielder Chris Leach dropped Armando Romero's fly ball.

The Red Sox took the lead in the fifth when Chris Whitehead hit a three-run double.

Estrada retired 13 consecutive hitters before hitting the showers after six innings.

Howard Landry took to the mound in the seventh inning and Chris Estep, who had struggled on this road trip, smacked a three-run, pinch-hit home run to pull the Bucs even at 6.

Hines followed with a triple and Romero was walked intentionally. With runners at the corners and two out, the Bucs gambled and lost.

In Lynchburg's half of the seventh inning, Willie Tatum doubled in the game-winner.

SALEM6 LYNCHBURG 7 ab r h bi ab r h bi Sims cf4210 Byrd ss5000 Schreiber 3b5100 Powers 2b5110 Merejo rf3121 Blosser rf4330 Estep rf2123 Wallin 1b4221 Hines dh5011 Whitehead 3b3113 Romero c2001 Tatum dh4023 Raisenen 1b4000 Leach lf1000 Pennye lf4000 Perozo lf2000 Huyler ss4010 Dorante c3020 Bailey 2b3110 Rivers cf3000 Totals36 6 8 6 Totals 34 7 11 7

Salem300 000 300-6 Lynchburg000 330 10x-7

E-Whitehead, Powers, Leach. LOB-Salem, 7, Lynchburg 7. 2B-Merejo, Blosser, Wallin, Whitehead, Tatum 2. 3B-Hines. HR-Estep (2). SB-Dorante (1), Blosser (1), Huyler (3). IP HRERBBSO Salem Buckholz 486622 Duncan L, 0-2 211112 Honeywell 010000 McDowell 110002 Lynchburg Estrada 633119 Landry 12210 Scott W,1-2 21110 Davis S,3 220003

WP - Estrada, Buckholz. PB-Romero.

Umpires-Home, Lehner; bases, Kraus

T-3:04. A-845.

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BASEBALL