Wahoos Snap Streak, Defeat The Mobile Baybears 4-0

July 8, 2014

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos (7-12, 38-51) snapped a three-game losing streak to the Mobile BayBears (12-7, 54-34) with a 4-0 win in game four of the series at Hank Aaron Stadium. RHP Robert Stephenson earned his first win in a month as he held the BayBears scoreless over 6.0 innings of work.

Stephenson struck out six batters and surrendered just five hits in his final start before he heads to the All-Star Futures Game in Minnesota. Stephenson’s Futures Game teammate, Jesse Winker, provided a big two-run double in the 6th inning that stretched Pensacola’s early lead to 4-0.

The Wahoos jumped out to an early lead after Yorman Rodriguez reached third base on Brodie Greene’s bunt-single down the line that forced a throwing error from BayBears’ third baseman, Jake Lamb. The bunt-single stretched Greene’s on-base streak to 11 straight games. Ryan Wright hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Rodriguez and the Wahoos never looked back on the way to their streak-snapping victory.

Greene, Winker and Seth Mejias-Brean all finished with multi-hit games for the Wahoos. Travis Mattair finished the game 1-for-3 and added an RBI to his ledger.

The bullpen continued their streak of good pitching with three scoreless innings of relief. RHP Carlos Gonzalez pitched a scoreless seventh inning in his first appearance off of the disabled list and LHP Fabian Williamson followed with a perfect eighth. RHP Shane Dyer allowed a hit and a walk, but struck out Sean Jamieson to end the game.

RHP Justin Fitzgerald took just his second loss of the season for the BayBears. He went 5.1 innings and allowed 4 R/3ER on four hits while walking four Wahoo batters.

The Wahoos will send RHP Ben Lively (0-1, 2.93) to the mound for the series finale on Tuesday night. Lively will be opposed by RHP Michael Lee (5-4, 4.15).

by Tommy Thrall

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