Wahoos Beat The Baybears 4-2

May 18, 2013

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos scored all of their runs in a four-run fifth inning and held off a late-inning comeback from the Mobile BayBears to win the series opener 4-2 at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium on Friday night.

In the decisive fifth, the Wahoos posted six straight singles to start the inning with RBI’s coming from Brian Pearl, Bryson Smith, and Luis Durango to open up a 3-0 lead. After a double play and a walk, Travis Mattair laced a single to left, scoring Smith, but Durango was cut down at the plate on a strong throw from left field Brent Clevlen to abruptly end the inning. It was the second time in the ballgame Clevlen threw out Durango, with the first time coming for the final out in the first inning.

The BayBears battled back in the later innings against the Pensacola bullpen. Mobile smacked three straight one-out singles in the sixth against Brian Pearl, but was only able to get one run on a fielder’s choice. In the eighth inning, Raywilly Gomez brought home a run on an infield single with one out, but Loek Van Mil retired the next two hitters to strand an additional two runners

Missed chances reigned supreme for Mobile as they left 12 runners on base, including two in each of the last five frames. The BayBears had 13 hits in the contest, but just one extra base hit.

Wahoos’ starter Chad Rogers received a no-decision in the contest as he was ejected with two outs in the top of the fifth arguing a call at third base. Rogers was in complete control at the time of his ejection as he had scattered six hits and struck out two. Pearl (2-0) earned the win with 1.1 innings of relief and also gathered his first career hit and RBI in the fifth inning.

Prior to Rogers’ ejection, Ryan LaMarre was tossed from the game in the last of the fourth after he popped out to the second baseman. LaMarre was arguing a check swing appeal at first base on the previous pitch.

Having won four of their last five, the Wahoos turn to southpaw Ryan Dennick (2-2, 2.93) in game two of the series with the BayBears. Archie Bradley (2-0, 0.64) gets the call for Mobile. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Story by Kevin Burke

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