Fourth Loss In A Row For The Pensacola Pelicans

June 3, 2010

The Saints (9-9) scored in the first four innings of the game off Pelican starter Kevin Cooper to lead the way for a 9-6 win over the Pensacola Pelicans (6-13) Wednesday night. The loss was the fourth in a row for Pensacola.

The Saints took an early lead in the top of the first inning when Brent Krause hit a sacrifice fly to right centerfield to score Coby Smith from third and give St. Paul a 1-0 lead.

The Pelicans answered back in the bottom half of the first inning when Saints right hander walked the bases loaded to set it up for Javier Brito at the plate. After three straight walks, Brito rifled a single into centerfield to bring home Francisco Leandro and Adolfo Gonzalez and give the Pels a 2-1 lead. Later in the inning, the bases would be loaded again with one out where Lou Palmisano would line a two-run single to left field and give Pensacola a 4-1 lead.

With the score 4-3, the Saints would have runners on first and second with one out when Brandon Carter singled to right field to score Cooper and tie the game 4-4. Steve Mays would follow with a single to left to bring in Gerard Haran to give the Saints a 5-4 lead. Steve Butler added a sacrifice fly RBI to left field to score Carter and give St. Paul a 6-4 lead.

It was a 7-5 lead for the Saints in the 8th inning when Ole Sheldon belted his eighth homerun of the year as he turned on an outside fastball thrown by Pelican reliever Jason Franzblau. It was a two run shot and it gave St. Paul a 9-5 lead.

Joey Side would line a RBI double to left centerfield in the bottom half of the eighth to score Lou Palmisano and get a run back to make it 9-6.

The Pelicans put runners on first and third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off closer Hunter Davis. John Alonso represented the tying run at the plate and Davis got Alonso to hit a chopper to first where Jason Cooper tagged him out on the stomach to end the game.

Jeff Plefka (2-0) gets the win as he pitched three and two thirds and didn’t give up any runs off four hits. Former Pelican closer and current Saints closer Hunter Davis closed out the ninth inning for his sixth save in seven chances this season.

Kevin Cooper (1-2) takes the loss as he gave up seven earned runs off ten hits through seven innings pitched.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports