Biscuits Blast Wahoos 8-5 In Game Three Of Series

July 13, 2014

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos (9-14, 40-53) fell in front of a sold out crowd at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium, 8-5, to the Montgomery Biscuits (11-12, 46-47). The Wahoos left 14 men on base as the Biscuits blasted their way to victory with three home runs.

The Biscuits jumped out to an early lead in the second inning when catcher Luke Maile doubled to right field, scoring Cameron Seitzer from second, who had doubled earlier in the inning. The Wahoos responded in the bottom half of the inning with a RBI single off the bat of Juan Duran.

The Biscuits were able to take the lead because of a two-out error by shortstop Devin Lohman in the third, but the Biscuits stretched out their lead in the middle innings thanks to the long ball. Ryan Brett hit a solo shot to left field in the fifth and Richie Shaffer went deep to left with a two-run shot in the sixth off reliever Hector Nelo.

The home run party continued with a two-out solo shot from Devin Lohman to cut the lead in the 6th to just three runs. After two base on balls, Ryan Wright singled up the middle to bring the Biscuits lead to just 5-3.

The Biscuits put the game away for good, however, with a three-run home run by Kes Carter in the top of the ninth inning that extended their lead to five runs. The Wahoos scored two runs in the ninth and put the tying run at the plate, but left two runners on base to end the game.

Brodie Greene went 1-for-4 with a walk and extended his on-base streak to 13 games and Travis Mattair reached base for the 11th straight game while going 1-for-4 with a walk.

RHP Tim Adleman had another successful start for the Wahoos as RHP Robert Stephenson shipped up to Minneapolis to prepare for the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on Sunday afternoon. Adleman pitched five innings and allowed only 3 R/2ER on five hits, but took the unfortunate loss for the Wahoos. He added three strikeouts to his outing. RHP Brooks Pinckard pitched a scoreless first inning of relief in his first appearance off the disabled list, but gave up the Carter home run when he came out for his second inning of relief in the ninth.

LHP Grayson Garvin started the game for the Biscuits and lasted only 3.0 innings, allowing one run on six hits. LHP Jimmy Patterson earned the win with two impressive, scoreless innings out of the pen. RHP Santiago Garrido earned the two-inning save for the Biscuits.

The Wahoos will send Gulf Breeze native Ben Lively (0-2, 4.12) to the mound on Sunday afternoon. Lively leads all of Minor League Baseball with 122 strikeouts on the season. RHP Victor Mateo (9-6, 3.51) will make the start for the Biscuits. The game marks a McDonald’s Family Sunday Funday; after the game, kids can run the bases and play catch in the outfield with Family Toss. Outfielder Jesse Winker will start for Team USA during the Futures Game and Stephenson is set to pitch at some point during the game, which starts at 4 p.m.

by Tommy Thrall

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