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Blue Wahoos Take The Golden Skillet
August 5, 2015
The Jacksonville Suns managed just one run and four hits in 14 innings Tuesday, and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos clinched the Golden Skillet for the first time in the club’s four years of franchise history.
Pensacola won both games, 1-0, and, 12-1, and the Blue Wahoos clinched the trophy with an 11-7 edge in the series with two more games against Jacksonville to play at Bragan Field.
In the second game, Yovan Gonzalez lined a solo home run to left center field in the third inning to give Pensacola the win. It was his second homer of the season.
Meanwhile, Blue Wahoos starter Wandy Peralta allowed just one hit, walked one and struck out five in five innings. He improved to 7-7 with a 5.42 ERA for Pensacola. Closer Zack Weiss struck out one and allowed one hit to earn his Blue Wahoos-leading 14th save.
The Blue Wahoos won the first game of the doubleheader Tuesday, 12-1, when Pensacola used four pitchers to keep the Suns hitless until center fielder Kenny Wilson singled off Miguel Celestino to lead off the ninth inning. The game was suspended due to rain in the third inning Monday night at Bragan Field.
Until Celestino entered the game, Sal Romano, Jacob Johnson and Joel Bender put together eight innings of hitless ball against Jacksonville. Johnson gave up one unearned run, four walks and struck out four in five innings to improve his record to 4-2.
Romano struck out two in his two innings of work Monday in his Double-A debut, while Bender struck out one in his inning of work.
Jacksonville scored its only run in the fifth inning of the first game when third baseman David Adams walked and scored on a passed ball by Pensacola catcher Kyle Skipworth.
Pensacola benefitted from a solo home run in the third inning by right fielder Jesse Winker, his eighth homer of the season. In addition, second baseman Alex Blandino hit his first Double-A home run when he hit a two-run blast in the fourth inning. Blue Wahoos third baseman Seth Mejias-Brean also went 3-5 with a double, run scored and three RBIs and now has 40 RBIs for Pensacola this season.
Pensacola (22-16, 47-59) is in second place in the second half of the Southern League South Division, while the Jacksonville Suns dropped to last place (13-25, 42-65).
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