MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Wilson Warbirds jumped out to an 8-0 lead and Carlos Carra made that advantage hold up Wilson earned a series split with a 10-1 victory over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Sunday night at Pelicans Ballpark.
Wilson (26-25) opened the scoring in the third when Nick Monile crossed home via a wild pitch from Pierce Coppola (L, 0-4) for an early 1-0 advantage.
The Warbirds added to their total in the fourth when they scored three times, highlighted by a two-run double from Monile to extend the lead to 4-0.
There would be more offense one inning later when Luis Lameda was issued a bases loaded walk to push the advantage to 5-0. Kevin Garcia provided one final spark in the sixth when he cranked a three-run home run over the left field wall, his second of the season, to make the margin 8-0.
Carra (W, 2-5) was terrific for Wilson, hurling five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and fanning six to earn the victory.
Myrtle Beach (21-28) pushed across their only run of the game in the sixth on a Derniche Valdez groundout which cut the deficit to 8-1.
The Warbirds wasted little time getting that run back as Handelfry Encarnacion collected his team-leading 34th RBI on a sacrifice fly to make it a 9-1 game.
In the ninth, Wilson pushed across the final run of the game when Monile trotted home on another wild pitch to cap the scoring with the Warbirds in front 10-1.
Tyler Renz covered three innings out of the game before turning it over to Joses Meneses who slammed the door to cap the nine-run victory.
Wilson returns home Tuesday night to open a six-game series against the Salem RidgeYaks with first pitch slated for 7:05 p.m. Tickets for the entire series are on sale and can be purchased by visiting WilsonWarbirds.com or by calling (919) 269-2287.