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Wahoo Opens BayBears Series With 9-5 Win In Mobile
August 15, 2012
The Blue Wahoos plated three runs in the top of the fourth and again in the ninth on their way to a 9-5 win over the Mobile BayBears in the series opener at Hank Aaron Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Wahoos pounded out 15 hits in the winning effort. Donald Lutz led the way offensively for Pensacola with a 4-for-5 game including a pair of home runs. His last, was a two-run shot in the top of the ninth to give the Blue Wahoos some needed insurance.
After breaking a scoreless tie with a run in the third, the Wahoos opened up their lead with three runs in the fourth. Tucker Barnhart, Billy Hamilton and Josh Fellhauer all drove in runs in the inning to make it 4-0. Lutz blasted his first of two home runs on the night in the fifth to make is 5-0.
Mobile battled back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth on two solo home runs. Matt Davidson hit the first before Ryan Strieby hit the second two batters later. Those were the only two runs Blue Wahoos starter Chad Rogers (3-0) allowed on his way to his third win in as many starts.
After Pensacola added a run in the eighth, the BayBears added some suspense in the bottom of the inning. With two outs, Mobile scored three runs off Wahoos reliever Curtis Partch. Justin Freeman struck out Strieby for the final out of the inning with the tying run at third. He stayed on to work a 1-2-3 ninth after the Wahoos played three more runs in the top of the ninth to pad the lead. Lutz’s second home run of the game, a two-run blast, highlighted Pensacola’s second three-run inning of the game.
Rogers worked six innings in the start for Pensacola and allowed just four hits without walking a batter in the winning effort. Freeman (14) retired all four batters he faced for the save. Derek Eitel(7-10) took the loss after surrendering five runs, all earned, on nine hits over six innings for the BayBears.
Hamilton was thrown out at second base in his only stolen base attempt of the game. He remains just six steals shy of the all-time single-season record with 139.
The series continues on Wednesday in Mobile. LHP Tony Cingrani (5-3, 1.94) will get the nod for Pensacola against RHP Mike Bolsinger (4-2, 3.76) of Mobile. First pitch is set for 7:05 from Hank Aaron Stadium.
By Tommy Thrall
Photo by Chris Nelson for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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Baseball seems to be getting bigger every week in Pensacola. Why not challenge (invite) some Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese teams and get some international spotlight on the local area.