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BayBears Cruise To 11-1 In First Half Finale
June 18, 2013
The Mobile BayBears scored 11 unanswered runs and left no doubt as they wrapped up a first half division championship with an 11-1 clobbering of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on Monday night. The win secured Mobile’s third consecutive trip to the postseason.
Trailing by one heading to the fifth, Garret Weber blasted a leadoff solo homer against Pensacola starter Josh Smith to even the score. An inning later, the BayBears loaded the bases with two outs against Smith when Nick Ahmed unloaded them with a three-run double off the wall to give Mobile a 4-1 advantage.
Even with the first half championship in hand with Mississippi’s loss to Tennessee, the BayBears kept the pressure on. In the seventh, Justin Greene drove home a run with a single, Keon Broxton brought home two with a triple and Weber added another RBI with a two-out double to give Mobile an 8-1 lead.
In the eighth, Mobile continued their offensive surge with a two-run single from Raywilly Gomez and another run scored on a wild pitch to provide the final 11-1 margin.
Meanwhile, Mobile starter David Holmberg dominated Pensacola while tossing a one-hitter. The lone hit he gave up was a solo home run to Travis Mattair in the second inning that gave the Wahoos a 1-0 advantage. The homer was Mattair’s team-leading seventh of the year and extend his hitting streak to six games and his on-base streak to 20 straight contests.
Holmberg’s complete game one-hitter featured a season-high tying eight strikeouts as he picked up his fourth win of the year.
Smith took the loss for Pensacola to fall to 5-6 as he gave up four runs (all earned) on seven hits in six innings. The bullpen was responsible for seven runs over the final three innings.
Pensacola now resets its record to 0-0 and starts the second half on the road on Wednesday in Montgomery. Tim Crabbe (2-6, 3.52) is scheduled to start for the Wahoos against the Biscuits’ Jake Thompson (6-6, 5.02). First pitch from Riverwalk Stadium is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
story by Kevin Burke
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