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Pelicans Beat The Cats 7-2
May 27, 2010
The Pelicans (5-8) got a solid pitching performance from Jared Gothreaux and 2 RBI’s each from Javier Brito and Dallas Christison to lead the way in a 7-2 victory over the Cats (5-7) Wednesday night
The Pelicans offense stuck in the 1st inning when they had runners on first and second with one out and Javier Brito at the plate. Brito hit a high bouncer down the 3rd base line for a 2-run RBI double to give the Pels an early 2-0 lead. Marcos Rodriguez walked following Brito’s hit, then Alonso hit a chopper to Brenan Herrera at third which took a high hop off his glove and rolled in left field which scored Brito to make it 3-0.
In the 2nd inning, the Pels struck again as Adolfo Gonzalez drove a ball off the left field wall to score Dallas Christison to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
The Cats would get on the board in the 6th inning when John Allen would flip a single to right to score Rob Recuenco to make it a 4-1 game. Fort Worth would add a run on Seth Fortenberry hitting into a double play which scored Brian Fryer to cut the lead in half for the Pels 4-2. There was no RBI recorded for Fortenberry on the play.
In the 7th inning, Pensacola would open up the lead a bit more when newcomer Chase Porch would beat out a grounder with the bases loaded to give himself his first professional baseball RBI and give the Pels a 5-2 lead. Dallas Christison would follow with a sharp grounder down the left field line to bring home Rodriguez and Porch to bust the game open 7-2.
Adolfo Gonzalez went 4 for 5 with a run batted in for the night.
Jared Gothreaux (2-1) got the win as pitched 6 solid innings only giving up 2 runs off 8 hits. Pelicans reliever Ron Hill followed Gothreaux with pitching a scoreless 7th and 8th inning.
Pelicans hurler Nick Slack gave up a run in the 9th on an RBI single from Jaremy Sauceda and got Rob Recuenco to fly out to center to end the ballgame for a 7-3 win for Pensacola.
Jason Fernandez (0-2) takes the loss as he gives 4 runs-3 earned off 8 hits and struck out five.
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