Biscuits Beat Wahoos

June 15, 2015

Juan Perez scored a run and knocked in another on a double to pull the Pensacola Blue Wahoos within, 3-2, in the sixth inning but the Montgomery Biscuits pulled out the victory in the end.

Montgomery won on two, two-run home runs smacked by left fielder Johnny Field, 5-2, in the first and seventh innings at Riverwalk Stadium.

Pensacola scored one in the fourth and one in the sixth. Blue Wahoos catcher Cam Maron singled in shortstop Juan Perez in the fourth inning to cut the lead to 2-1. In the sixth inning, Perez doubled to score third baseman Marquez Smith to bring Pensacola within, 3-2.

Montgomery went ahead, 2-0, when Field hit a two-run homer, his ninth of the year, to left center field in the first inning. Field smacked his second two-run homer of the game in the seventh to put the Biscuits up, 5-2.

On the day, Field, the Tampa Bay Rays No. 28 prospect, went 2-4 and drove in four of the Biscuits five runs in the game. He now has 10 homers on the year.

The Biscuits extended its lead, 3-1, when catcher Justin O’Conner, the Rays No. 1 prospect according to MLB, hit his fifth homer of the season over the left center field wall in the fourth inning.

Montgomery has now won four straight over Pensacola, improving its record to 33-30 in the Southern League North Division. Meanwhile, Pensacola dropped to 23-39 and last place in the South Division.

Pensacola first baseman Ray Chang went 1-3 and is hitting .372 in June. Perez continued his hot-hitting on the road, going 1-2 for a .282 average.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports