Skipworth Homers Again As The Wahoos Fall To The Barons

July 17, 2015

Pensacola Blue Wahoos catcher Kyle Skipworth keeps tagging the baseball out of the park, hitting an almost unbelievable five home runs in five games.

The 24-year-old also tied the Pensacola record by striking his sixth dinger in a month. Still, the Blue Wahoos lost, 4-2, Thursday to the Birmingham Barons at Region Field.

Pensacola third baseman Seth Mejias-Brean started a two-out rally in the sixth inning with a single to center. Skipworth followed his single by smashing a line drive over the center field wall to cut Birmingham’s lead, 3-2.

Skipworth now has six homers in eight games to lead Pensacola with eight homers this season and has 18 RBIs.

Barons designated hitter Brian Fletcher hit a solo homer in the eighth off of Pensacola closer Zack Weiss to pad Birmingham’s lead, 4-2.

Birmingham had gone ahead, 3-0, in the fourth when left fielder Marcus Lemon drove in two runs on a line drive single to centerfield.

Birmingham scored first in the third inning when third baseman Nick Delimonico singled to right field to score center fielder Keenyn Walker, who also singled.

In addition, Pensacola shortstop Zach Vincej went 2-4 and drove in a run to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He is batting 15-36 or .417 during his streak.

Pensacola is now 11-9 in the second half of the Southern League season and is tied for first place in the South Division with the Mobile BayBears. The last time the Blue Wahoos were in first place this late in the season was July 22, 2012.

The Barons improved to 16-3 in the second half and lead the North Division by 6.5 games over the Montgomery Biscuits.

The Blue Wahoos return home to play the Jacksonville Suns July 20-21 and the Biloxi Shuckers July 22-26.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports, TOP sports