Pensacola Pelicans Offense Lights Up in 11-4 Win Over Cats

June 5, 2010

John Alonso and Francisco Leandro both homered and combined for five RBI’s to lead the way for a Pelicans (8-13) win over the Cats (8-12) Friday night in Pensacola.

Antoin Gray picked up where he left off last night in the first inning when he doubled into left center which scored Joey Side from second base to give the Pels an early 1-0 lead.

With the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the second inning, John Alonso led if off with hitting a ball to deep centerfield and over the fence for his second homerun of the year. The homer gave the Pels a 2-1 lead. Later in the inning with Adolfo Gonzalez on second with two outs, Francisco Leandro ripped an RBI single right back up the middle to give Pensacola a 3-1 advantage.

Pensacola added two more runs in the fourth inning with back to back two out RBI singles from Lou Palmisano and John Alonso to open the Pels lead to 6-1.

The Pels were up 7-1 when John Allen ripped a two- run double into left centerfield to drive in two runs for Fort Worth and make it 7-3.

The Pels led 8-4 in the eighth inning when Francisco Leandro belted a two run shot to right for his first homer of the year which gave Pensacola a 10-4 lead. Gray added an RBI single in the inning to make it 11-4.

Newest Pelican Randy Keisler (1-1) gets the win as he pitches six innings and gives up one run off eight hits while striking out six batters.

Joel Kirsten (1-2) takes the loss as he gives up six runs off eight hits in just four innings of work.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports