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Barons Beat Wahoos 5-4
August 28, 2013
Dan Black belted a solo homer in the top of the seventh inning breaking a 4-all deadlock to give the Birmingham Barons a 5-4 win over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in the final home game of the 2013 season at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium. The game was played in front of the 31st sellout crowd of the year as the Wahoos ended up drawing 307,094 fans over 66 home dates.
Black’s homer was his 17th of the season and came off Wahoos reliever Chris Manno (L, 4-4) after Pensacola had rallied for three runs in the last of the sixth inning. Pensacola got an RBI single from Devin Lohman, a sacrifice fly from Brandon Short and an RBI double from Ray Chang to erase what was a 4-1 deficit against Barons reliever Henry Mabee (W, 1-0). He was eventually credited with the win thanks to Black’s homer.
Robert Stephenson got the start for Pensacola and didn’t last past the fifth, allowing four runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and five walks. Cody Puckett tagged Stephenson for a solo homer two batters into the game, giving Birmingham a 1-0 lead. Stephenson ran into trouble in the fourth, yielding an RBI double to Chris McMurray before giving up a pair of runs on a two-run double to Mike Blanke, knocking the right-hander from the game.
Pensacola knotted the game at one in the last of the third on a bases loaded sacrifice fly from Yorman Rodriguez against Birmingham starter Chris Bassitt, who ended up going five-plus frames for the Barons, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
The Wahoos had a chance to tie the game in the last of the ninth as Ray Chang doubled with one out against Birmingham closer Cody Winiarski (S, 3). However, Winiarski battled back to strike out Ryan LaMarre and get Mike Costanzo to ground out to end the contest.
Pensacola will wrap up the season with a five-game series in Mobile starting on Thursday night at Hank Aaron Stadium at 7:05. Carlos Contreras (3-2, 2.92) gets the call for the Wahoos opposite the BayBears’ Bradin Hagens (10-8, 3.64).
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