Stars Score Five Unanswered Runs To Down Wahoos 5-3

August 7, 2012

After plating three first inning runs, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos allowed the Huntsville Stars to score five unanswered runs as the Wahoos dropped their third straight in Huntsville, 5-3, on Monday night.

As they did in the first three games of the series, the Blue Wahoos scored first. Pensacola plated three runs in the first inning to give starter Daniel Corcino some early run support. The Wahoos loaded the bases with one out and got the first run on a fielder’s choice to the shortstop off the bat of Bryson Smith plating Josh Fellhauer from third. David Vidal followed with a base hit that scored Ryan LaMarre. Pensacola went up 3-0 a batter later on an RBI single from Brodie Greene. That would be all the offense the Wahoos would get. They only had one hit after the second inning and did not have a single base runner over the last four innings.

The Stars started their attack by tying the game in the third. Hunter Morris scored Brock Kjeldgaard from first on a triple down the right field line. Two batters later he scored on a double from Kentrail Davis. Stars starting pitcher Johnny Hellweg brought Davis around with his first professional hit to tie the game at 3-3.

Huntsville went ahead for good in the third inning when Domnit Bolivar scored from third on a soft ground out by Morris. Anderson De La Rosa doubled home Davis in the fourth inning for an insurance run.

Hellweg (2-0) was finished on the mound after five innings. He gave up three runs on five hits. The right-hander walked seven and struck out three to earn the win. Corcino (7-6) was charged will all five Stars runs. He lasted six innings and walked three and struck out two batters in the losing effort. Darren Byrd (4) worked a perfect ninth to earn the save.

Fellhauer singled in the first inning to extend his hit streak to seven games. Billy Hamilton stole two bases giving him 127 for the season. The Wahoos shortstop is now 18 steal shy of tying the Minor League Baseball single-season stolen base record.

The series concludes on Tuesday. RHP Wirfin Obispo (3-0, 2.47) is slated to start for the Blue Wahoos against RHP Jimmy Nelson (1-1, 4.66) for Huntsville. First pitch is set for 6:43 p.m. from Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville.

By Tommy Thrall

Josh Fellhauer extended his hit streak to seven games with a first inning single. Photo by Chris Nelson for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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