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

DATE: SATURDAY, May 19, 1990                   TAG: 9005190326
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.                                LENGTH: Medium

SPIRITS ROUGH UP BUCCANEERS

Right fielder Kevin Roberson hit a home run and finished with four RBI to power the Winston-Salem Spirits to a 7-1 victory over the Salem Buccaneers on Friday night in Carolina League baseball.

Bucs pitcher Tim McDowell was outstanding through five innings, holding Winston-Salem to two hits. But McDowell lost it in the bottom of the sixth.

With one out, Paul Blair walked and Elvin Paulino delivered a hit-and-run single. Gary Scott singled home Blair, and Paulino scored on a wild pitch. Roberson's first homer of the season - a drive to right field - scored Scott and John Jensen, who was walked intentionally.

Roberson struck again in the eighth, driving in Jensen with a single to pad the Spirits' lead.

Winston-Salem starter Braz Davis turned in a solid performance, giving up four hits and one run in seven innings to earn the victory.

The Bucs' lone run came in the top of the first when third baseman Bruce Schreiber hit a one-out triple, and left fielder Domingo Merejo singled him home with two out. Salem managed just two hits the rest of the game.

The teams will meet again tonight, with Tim Wakefield (2-2, 2.70 ERA) on the mound for Salem against the Spirits' Jim Bullinger (1-4, 3.32 ERA). SALEM WINSTON-SALEM ab r h bi ab r h bi Simms cf3000 Williams dh4000 Schreiber 3b4110 Smith dh1000 Romero c4010 Blair 2b3100 Merejo lf3011 Paulino 1b4120 Shelton 1b4000 Scott 3b3111 Estep rf3010 Jensen lf1200 Raisanen dh4010 Roberson rf4224 Huyler ss4000 White ss4020 McNabb 2b3010 Taylor c4000 Murphy cf3010 Ramsey cf1000 Totals32 1 6 1 Totals 32 7 8 5

Salem100 000 000-1 Winston-Salem000 005 02x-7

E-Scott, Schreiber, Shelton. DP-Salem 1. LOB-Salem 9, Winston-Salem 7. 3B-Schreiber. HR-Roberson (1). SB-Estep (3), Simms (13). S-Simms, Blair. IP HRERBBSO Salem McDowell L, 2-2 655542 Pomeranz 232104 Winston-Salem Davis W, 2-1 741134 Robinson 220002

HBP-Estep by Davis, Jensen by Pomeranz. PB-Romero.

WP-McDowell 2, Pomeranz. Umpires-Home, Kraus; bases, Lehber.

T-2:48. A-3,218.

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