Wahoos Take Third Straight From Jacksonville

May 15, 2015

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos won its third straight game against the Jacksonville Suns, 5-2, Thursday.

The Blue Wahoos got 10 hits to support starter Daniel Wright with his first win of the year (1-4), as he allowed nine hits, two runs, one earned, two walks and five strikeouts.

Wright allowed two runs to Jacksonville in the first inning after giving up four in the first to Tennessee Smokies in his last start. Both times Pensacola came back to win those games.

Jacksonville center fielder Kenny Wilson and third baseman Zach Cox scored for Jacksonville in the first.

Pensacola then got a homer by Kyle Waldrop in the second inning, his team-leading fifth of the season to cut the lead, 2-1. Center fielder Beau Amaral tied the game at, 2-2, when he singled in shortstop Zach Vincej.

The Blue Wahoos’ game-winning run came in the sixth inning when Seth Mejias-Brean singled to left field to score first baseman Marquez Smith for a 3-2 lead. Pensacola scored two more insurance runs in the seventh inning when Daniel Wright drove in Vincej and then Wright scored on a fielding error on a Smith grounder to third base.

Waldrop’s homer was his second in two games and extended his hitting streak to seven games. He’s batting .444 in those games with 12 hits in 27 at-bats. He leads the team with a .299 batting average this year.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports