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Winning Streak For The Pelicans: Pensacola Tops Captains 9-5
July 8, 2010
The Pensacola Pelicans scored at least one run in each of the first five innings of the game in a wild and crazy affair to top the Shreveport-Bossier Captains 9-5 Wednesday night.
Shreveport-Bossier opened up the contest with three straight singles including an RBI from Christopher Garcia giving the Captains an early 1-0 lead.
Pensacola (22-28, 2-0) tied the game up in the bottom of the first inning when Javier Brito hit into a fielder’s choice to bring in Carlos Leon from third base to tie the game up at 1.
Jorge Alvarez led off the second inning with a golf shot that left the park in a hurry to left for his first homerun of the season. The homer gave the Captains a 2-1 lead.
The Pelicans grabbed their first lead of the contest in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI single from Marcos Rodriguez bringing in Chase Porch tying the game up at 2. Later in the inning, Carlos Leon had an RBI groundout scoring Rodriguez and which gave the Pels the lead 3-2.
In the bottom of the third inning, Lou Palmisano hit a line drive double into deep left center to score John Alonso to give the Pelicans a 4-2 lead. Later in the inning, Adolfo Gonzalez hit an infield RBI single to score Brito from third base to give Pensacola a 5-2 advantage.
Shreveport-Bossier answered right back in the top of the fourth inning when Brian Peterson crushed a hanging curveball from Jared Gothreaux deep to left center for his first homerun of the season. The homer pulled the Captains within a run at 5-4.
With the score 6-5 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Dallas Christison lined a single to right to score Porch and give the Pels a two run lead at 7-5.
The Pelicans got some insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth inning when Javier Brito hit a bomb to left field for a two run homerun that gave Pensacola a 9-5 lead. The majestic shot was Brito’s tenth homerun of the season.
Jared Gothreaux (5-5) gets the win as he goes five innings and gives up five runs off nine hits on the night. Pelican reliever Lee Henry tossed a scoreless sixth and seventh inning. Seth Overbey threw a scoreless eighth inning while Austin Chambliss pitched a perfect ninth to close out the game.
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