Braves Beat Wahoos 6-3

April 27, 2014

The Mississippi Braves won their second game of the series, 6-3, over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in front of a sold out crowd at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium. The Wahoos (9-14) came back from an early 3-0 deficit, but the Braves (9-14) scored three runs in the late innings to pull away.

RHP Robert Stephenson struck out eight batters in his longest outing of the season for the Wahoos. Stephenson gave up six hits including three solo home runs in 6.0 innings of work. Recently added RHP Brooks Pinckard (0-1) came on in relief of Stephenson. Pinckard pitched just 0.1 innings and gave up 2 R/1 ER. RHP Tim Adleman worked out of a jam and gave the Wahoos 2.0 innings of scoreless relief while striking out two.

Juan Silverio led the way for the Wahoos with his second home run in as many nights. Silverio went 1-for-3 with a solo shot. Travis Mattair extended his hit streak to seven games and added an RBI to his ledger. Bryan Anderson had an RBI for the third straight night.

Mississippi’s RHP Jason Hursh made the start and pitched 5.0 innings. Hursh gave up 3 R/ER and allowed four hits while striking out five. RHP Aaron Northcraft (1-1) came on in relief of Hursh and pitched 4.0 innings of perfect ball. Hursh and Northcraft combined to retire the final 19 Wahoo batters to secure the victory.

Mycal Jones, Braeden Schlehuber and Kyle Kubitza provided the solo home runs for the Braves. Kubitza had two solo home runs and went 2-for-4 in the contest. Seth Loman went 1-for-3 with an RBI sacrifice fly in the seventh. Gustavo Nunez had a three-hit night; the shortstop went 3-for-4 with a double.

The series will continue Sunday at 4 p.m. The Wahoos will send RHP Jon Moscot (0-1, 2.82) to the bump for the fourth game of the series. RHP Williams Perez (2-1, 1.77) will oppose Moscot on Sunday afternoon.

by Tommy Thrall

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