Winker Homers, Wahoos Win In Birmingham

April 24, 2015

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos evened up the five-game series in Birmingham with a 5-3 win over the Barons on Thursday night at Regions Field.

Jesse Winker continued to swing a hot bat with a 2-for-5 night including his second home run of the year, which got the Wahoos on the board in the first inning. Pensacola opened up a 5-0 lead with a three run fifth inning sparked by an RBI double from Chris Berset.  He finished the game with three two baggers on the night. Zach Vincej singled home Berset later in the inning before Jesse Winker drove in Beau Amaral with his second hit of the night.

Josh Smith (W, 1-0) started for the Blue Wahoos and pitched well in his first Double-A action since he was a Southern League All-Star with Pensacola in 2013. He retired the first seven batter he faced before the Barons got to him for two run in the fourth. Brian Fletcher and Danny Hayes each delivered RBI doubles in the inning to get Birmingham on the board. Fletcher doubled home another run off Smith in the sixth before the bullpen took over and shut the door in the seventh.

Kyle McMyne, Carlos Gonzalez and Ben Klimesh (S, 2) all worked scoreless innings to preserve the win for the Wahoos. Klimesh retired the Barons in order in the ninth to record his second save of the season. Josh Smith was tagged with all three Birmingham runs over six innings on his way to his first win of the year. Mike Recchia (L, 0-1) took the loss for the Barons after allowing all five Wahoos runs, four earned.

The Wahoos are back in action tomorrow night for the final game of the series in Birmingham at 7:05 pm.

The Blue Wahoos return to Pensacola Saturday, April 25th against the Biloxi Shuckers.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News