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Pelicans Get 11th Straight Victory
July 15, 2010
The Pelicans (9-0) offense remains on fire and John Alonso and Dane Devalk lead Pensacola to a win over the Fort Worth Cats (4-5) by a final score of 9-5. Pensacola has now won 11 straight games.
Pensacola jumped out in front early in the top of the first inning. John Alonso lined a sharp single to right center to score Carlos Leon from third base to give the Pels an early 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the second inning, Jeremy Sauceda launched a hanging curveball from Dane Devalk well over the left field wall to give the Cats a 2-1 lead. The homerun was Sauceda’s first of the season.
The Pelicans battled back in the top of the third inning when they loaded the bases with one out. Adolfo Gonzalez drew a bases loaded walk to score John Alonso and tie the game up at 2. Marcos Rodriguez followed with an RBI groundout to second scoring Lou Palmisano and giving Pensacola the lead back at 3-2.
In the top of the fourth inning with Javier Brito on base, John Alonso continued his hot ways with his bat. Alonso belted a hanging slider deep into left center which hit high up on the scoreboard for a two run homerun giving the Pels a 5-2 advantage. The majestic homer was Alono’s sixth of the season.
With score 6-2 in the top of the seventh inning, Lou Palmisano lined a two out double just fair down the third base line scoring Francisco Leandro and John Alonso all the way from first base to extend the lead for the Pels to 8-2.
John Alonso led the Pelicans offense tonight going for 4 for 6 with 3 runs batted in.
Dane Devalk (5-4) gets the win as he goes 6 1/3 innings and gives up five runs-four earned off ten hits on the night.
Please join us for the final game of this three game series with the Fort Worth Cats tomorrow night. First pitch is at 7:05pm with the pregame show at 6:55pm live via sportsjuice on pensacolapelicans.com. You can also watch the game as well on our watch live link via ustream.tv.
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