by Bill Turner
The Salem Red Sox return home tonight (Thursday, Aug. 11th) for a week-long homestand in their quest to make the Carolina League playoffs. The Sox play Kinston in a four-game series through Sunday before Myrtle Beach visits Lewis-Gale Field for a three-game set beginning Monday.
After last Monday night’s 2-1 win on the road over the Potomac Nationals, the Red Sox were 4 1/2 games behind Winston-Salem with 27 games remaining in the second-half. Myrtle Beach has already securred one playoff spot in the Southern Division by virtue of winning the first-half title.
