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

DATE: TUESDAY, May 22, 1990                   TAG: 9005220320
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: DURHAM, N.C.                                LENGTH: Medium

BUCS' SKID AT FOUR

Relief pitcher Tom Deller lost his control in the 10th inning and the Salem Buccaneers blew a four-run lead to lose 5-4 to Durham in a Carolina League baseball game Monday night.

Deller walked four batters in the 10th, including Popeye Cole with the bases loaded to allow the winning run. Salem lost its fourth consecutive game and fell to last place in the Northern Division.

The Buccaneers led 4-0 after 6 1/2 innings. Ben Shelton hit a one-out, solo home run in the second inning for a 1-0 lead. Another run scored when Mandy Romero hit a double-play grounder in the third.

Salem scored twice in the seventh when, with Shelton on third and Mike Huyler on second, Shelton was caught in a rundown. Both runners scored, however, when third baseman Edwin Alicea's throw hit Shelton in the head and bounced away.

Bucs starter Paul Miller breezed through six innings but allowed two hits and a walk to load the bases in the seventh, bringing on Butch Schlopy in relief. Cole pinch hit for D.C. Campbell and grounded a single up the middle to score two runs.

In the eighth, Schlopy walked two batters and Alicea sacrificed them to second and third. Brian Deak hit to Huyler at short, but the ball bounced off his glove into left field for two more runs to make it 4-4.

SALEM DURHAM ab r h bi ab r h bi Merejo cf3020 Campbell lf2000 Schreiber 3b4010 Cole rf2013 Romero c3000 Mordecai ss5010 Hines dh3000 Mitchell cf3110 Raisanen dh2000 Champion dh3020 Estep rf3010 Johnson dh0100 Shelton 1b4211 Cuevas dh1000 Pennye cf4010 Alicea lf3000 Huyler ss4110 Deak c4101 McNabb 2b0000 Robles 1b3110 Bailey 2b3100 Maldonado 1b1010 000 Todd rf3120 000 Harring 3b1000 000 Castleberry 2b3010 Totals33 4 7 1 Totals 35 5 10 4

Salem011 000 2000-4 Durham000 000 2201-5

One out when the winning run scored.

E-Mitchell, Alicea, Huyler, Bright. DP-Salem 2, Durham 2. LOB-Salem 8, Durham 13. 2B-Merejo 2, Robles. HR-Shelton (5). S-Alicea, Maldonado. IP HRERBBSO Salem Miller 662233 Schlopy 242220 Deller L,1-2 01140 Durham Vazquez 654232 Wright 220023 Richey W,3-0 100012

WP-Miller. HBP-McNabb by Vazquez, Schreiber by Vazquez, Shelton by Vazquez.

Umpires-Home, Smith; bases, Franek, Dezelan.

T-3:19. A-3,507.

by CNB