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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 23, 1990                   TAG: 9005230326
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: DURHAM, N.C.                                LENGTH: Medium

BUCS LOSE 5TH IN ROW

Missed opportunities proved to be Salem's undoing Tuesday night as the Bucs dropped their fifth straight, losing 6-4 to the Durham Bulls in Carolina League baseball.

The Bucs scored their first run in the second inning, but they could have had more.

Tim Hines led off with a single to left and moved to second on a one-out walk to Ben Shelton. Darwin Pennye singled to center, driving in Hines and sending Shelton to second. Tim Huyler then singled to right to load the bases, but Bulls starter Nate Minchey (3-3) struck out Rob Bailey and Greg Sims to end the threat.

Durham took the lead with three runs in its half of the inning.

The Bucs added a run when Bruce Schreiber scored on Hines' double-play grounder in the third. But Salem trailed 6-2 going to the ninth inning after stranding a runner at third in the fourth, fifth and sixth.

Greg Sims led off the Bucs' ninth with a single and took second on a wild pitch by reliever Preston Watson. After Schreiber was hit by a pitch, Domingo Merejo hit into a double play as Sims took third. Hines then drove a Watson pitch over the wall in right-center, cutting the Bulls' lead to 6-4. Mandy Romero kept the rally going with a walk, but Eddie Mathews came on to get his first save by retiring Shelton on a grounder to second.

Starter Steve Buckholz (4-3) took the loss for Salem.

\ BUCSHOTS: Tim McDowell (2-2) pitches for the Bucs tonight against Lee Johnson (1-1). . . . Longtime Carolina League reliever Jim Czajkowski joined Salem on Tuesday night after coming to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in a deal involving former major-league pitcher Scott Medvin.

SALEM DURHAM ab r h bi ab r h bi Sims cf4110 Campbell lf5221 Schreiber 3b4110 Mordecai ss5012 Merejo rf5020 Mitchell cf2100 Hines dh5222 Champion 1b4132 Romero c2000 Brust 3b3000 Shelton 1b4000 Alicea 3b1010 Pennye lf3011 Deak c2000 Huyler ss4020 Todd rf3110 Bailey 2b4000 Maldonado dh4011 Castleberry 2b4100 Totals35 4 9 3 Totals 33 6 9 6

Salem011 000 002-4 Durham030 001 20x-6

E-Shelton, Todd, Mordecai 2, Champion, Deak, Bailey. DP-Salem 1, Durham 2. LOB-Salem 11, Durham 8. 2B-Alicea. 3B-Mordecai. HR-Hines (2). SB-Merejo (4), Pennye (4). IP HRERBBSO Salem Buckholz L, 4-3 686342 Honeywell 110011 Durham Minchey W, 3-3 662148 Watson 232221 Mathews S, 1 00000

HBP-Schreiber by Watson. WP-Minchey, Buckholz, Watson.

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

T-2:45. A-255.

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