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Blue Wahoos Beat Mississippi Braves In 14 Innings
May 28, 2015
Ray Chang was rewarded for his hot hitting for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos by batting third in the lineup on the road against the Mississippi Braves Wednesday.
The 31-year-old, who has played 11 years in the minors, rewarded Pensacola manager Pat Kelly’s confidence with a double in the top of the 14th inning that scored second baseman Ryan Wright and led to a three-run rally.
Pensacola held on for the victory, 7-5, at Trustmark Park after Mississippi added a run in the bottom of the 14th inning and the Blue Wahoos came from behind for its second straight win.
Chang made a case for staying third in the Pensacola lineup tomorrow, after Wednesday’s performance against Mississippi, going 3-6, with a double, walk, two runs scored and two RBIs.
Chang, who is playing first base, is now hitting .383 in May (18-47) for the Blue Wahoos and .339 this season to lead all Pensacola hitters. He now has seven RBIs on the season.
Pensacola gained a game on Mississippi in the Southern League South Division, improving to 21-25 on the year. The Braves fell to 24-21 in the South.
Blue Wahoos center fielder Beau Amaral drove a sacrifice fly to deep center in the eighth inning with the bases loaded that scored Seth Mejias-Brean from third to tie the game at, 4-4, and send it to extra innings.
Pensacola has also scored one in the seventh to pull within, 4-3, when Chang singled to right field to score Amaral. Amaral reached first on an infield single to third and then stole second base, his fifth steal of the season.
Mississippi went ahead, 4-2, in the sixth inning when shortstop Eric Garcia tripled to drive in third baseman Rio Ruiz with the first run and then pinch hitter David Rohm singled to right to score Garcia.
Wright also has continued his hot hitting extending his hitting streak to 10 games, going 2-6 with a walk and a run. Wright is batting .326 (15-46) with eight RBIs and two doubles during the streak.
Mejias-Brean is hitting .368 (21-57) the past 15 games after going 2-5, scoring a run and knocking in a run, his 19th of the year. Right fielder Kyle Waldrop (2-5) also knocked in two runs and is tied for seventh in the Southern League with 28 RBIs.
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