Biscuits Beat Wahoos 8-3

May 5, 2013

For the second straight day the Pensacola Blue Wahoos jumped out in front early but weren’t able to fully capitalize as the Montgomery Biscuits responded with seven straight runs en route to an 8-3 win on Saturday night at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium. A capacity crowd of 5,038 was on hand for the fifth sellout of the season for Pensacola.

Pensacola immediately jumped on top of Montgomery starter Enny Romero in the first with three straight singles. Steve Selsky brought home a run on a fielder’s choice, but after a walk to Bryson Smith, Romero got a strikeout and a ground out to leave the bags packed. The trend of stranding runners unfortunately continued for the Wahoos who left a season-high 12 runners on base, including 10 in the first five innings.

Montgomery, meanwhile, took advantage of the opportunities they were presented. The Biscuits entered the fourth inning hitless against Pensacola starter Josh Smith (3-3), but Shawn O’Malley led off with a ground rule double and scored two batters later on an RBI single from Cameron Seitzer. The next batter, Todd Glaesmann, then launched a two-run homer to left to give the Biscuits a 3-1 lead after four.

Smith was pulled after five innings despite giving up just three runs on three hits and striking out six. His scoreless streak was snapped at 19.1 innings with the fourth-inning runs.

The Biscuits would extend their lead in the sixth inning against reliever Chris Manno. After back-to-back one-out walks, Glaesman doubled home a run to make it 4-1. Two batters later, Riccio Torrez put the game out of reach by blasting a three-run rocket over the wall in left to give Montgomery a 7-1 advantage.

Devin Lohman provided a bright spot for Pensacola out of the leadoff spot. Lohman launched solo homers in the sixth and eighth innings for the first multi-homer game for any Wahoo this season. He reached base in all five plate appearances, going 3-for-3 with a single, two homers, two walks, three runs scored and two RBI.

Enny Romero (1-0) worked around multiple base runners in every inning of his outing but picked up his first win of the season. Romero tossed five frames, allowing a run on five hits with five walks and three strikeouts.

Pensacola will look to avoid the five-game sweep at the hands of Montgomery on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. Tim Crabbe will toe the rubber for the Wahoos against the Biscuits’ Victor Mateo.

by Kevin Burke

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