Mississippi Downs The Wahoos In Second Straight Game

May 18, 2015

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos love the grass and spectacular waterfront view at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium as much as the fans.

But after a second heartbreaking loss to the Mississippi Braves, 3-2, in 10 innings they are now 6-12 at home and 9-10 on the road.

Pensacola came through in the ninth inning with two runs to tie the game up with Mississippi at 2-2 and send it into extra innings Sunday in front of the 112th sellout crowd of 5,038 fans in 219 games since the team opened its gates in April 2012.

The night before on Saturday, Pensacola loaded the bases in its final at-bat with no outs but couldn’t get a run across and lost that game, 1-0.

“Obviously, it’s a little tough to lose like we have the past couple of games,” said Adleman, the Blue Wahoos starter who posted 17 straight scoreless innings dating back to his relief appearance May 1. “A loss is a loss. Both of them were pretty tough.”

Adleman’s scoreless streak ended when third baseman Rio Ruiz doubled in right fielder Chris O’Dowd for a 1-0 Mississippi lead in the fifth inning. It was only the second run that Adleman has given up in May. He threw seven innings, allowing four hits and two walks and striking out five.

Still, Pensacola had a chance to win after tying the game, 2-2, in the ninth inning when catcher Kyle Skipworth doubled and scored on center fielder Juan Silva’s hopper that went down the right field line bouncing off Mississippi first baseman Seth Loman’s glove to make the score, 2-1. Marquez Smith then got all of a fly ball to center that scored pinch runner Beau Amaral from third to knot it, 2-2.

Mississippi came right back in the 10th inning, though, when center fielder Mallex Smith singled in second baseman Eric Garcia to put the Braves back on top, 3-2.

Braves reliever Tyler Jones came on in relief in the 10th and stuck out Ryan Wright, Jesse Winker and Kyle Waldrop—the heart of the Blue Wahoos lineup—for his second save of the season and Mississippi’s second straight win of the five-game series. Wright, Winker and Waldrop were a combined 1-15 for five Ks and two ground outs into double plays.

Pensacola Manager Pat Kelly said the Blue Wahoos have just run into two of Mississippi’s best pitchers—Tyrell Jenkins, the Braves No. 12 prospect, Sunday and Jason Hursh, the No. 6 prospect in the organization on Saturday.

Kelly expects the Pensacola offense to pick up again where it left off when the Blue Wahoos won seven of eight games before its recent homestand.

“We have to tip our cap to their pitching,” Kelly said. “They really pitched our left-handers tough. We face two pretty good pitchers.”

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports