Pensacola Blue Wahoos Top Suns 9-2 To Even Series

June 6, 2012

Blue Wahoos starter J.C. Sulbaran struck out ten batters in and gave up just two earned runs, while Pensacola scored nine runs on 14 hits to defeat the Jacksonville Suns 9-2 and even the series at 2-2 on Tuesday night in Pensacola’s Bayfront Stadium.

With the win, the Fish now own a 27-32 record in 2012, while the Suns dropped to 27-32 this season.

For the second straight night, Pensacola struck first with two tallies in the first frame. OF Ryan LaMarre began the frame with a home run to left, his second longball of the season, while SS Didi Gregorius doubled before he came home on 2B Brodie Greene’s RBI base knock to center.

The Blue Wahoos would then plate four scores in the fourth frame to add to the margin. 1B Joel Guzman and 3B David Vidal started the inning with back-to-back hits prior to a run-scoring base knock from RF Andrew Means brought home Guzman, while Vidal scored on a fielding miscue on the play. Means got to third thanks to a single from C Chris Berset and got home on a safety squeeze from starting pitcher J.C. Sulbaran, while Berset came home on CF Ryan LaMarre’s run-scoring base knock to move the lead to 6-0.

Pensacola added two additional insurance runs in the subsequent frame courtesy of an RBI triple by Greene and a sacrifice fly to center off the bat of Vidal, in addition to a final tally in the eighth. The Suns struck for their two runs in the seventh with RBI doubles by LF Ryan Patterson and CF Donnie Webb.

Sulbaran (6.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO) earned his fourth victory of the year after yielding just two earned runs on seven hits while recording his ten punchouts, while Suns LHP Graham Taylor (4.0 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 SO) suffered the loss to fall to 3-5. Pensacola relievers Wilkin De La Rosa (1.2 IP, 1 H, 4 SO) and Clayton Tanner (1.0 IP) teamed up for the final 2.2 frames, allowing just one hit over that span.

Vidal (3-3, 2 R, 1 RBI) and Means (3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI) led the club with three base hits, while LaMarre (2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI), Gregorius (2-4, 2 R, 1 2B) and Greene (2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI) also collected multiple knocks in the contest. Webb (2-4, 1 RBI) and Dominguez (2-4) each tallied multi-hit efforts. Gregorius extended his hit streak to eight consecutive games, and has now compiled a .419 average (13-31) dating back to May 27.

Pensacola and Jacksonville will square off Wednesday night for the rubber match in the series, with first pitch set for 7:00 pm. RHP Daniel Corcino is slated to take the mound for the Blue Wahoos , while the Suns are expected to give the ball to RHP Matthew Neil.

By Andrew Green

Pictured: J.C. Sulbaran struck out ten & earned his fourth win in the Wahoo’s 9-2 win Tuesday night in Pensacola. Photo by Chris Nelson for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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