Pensacola Rains On Mississippi’s Day To Capture Series

April 12, 2016

More than two hours of rain delays couldn’t stop the Pensacola Blue Wahoos bats from belting out 13 hits to defeat the Mississippi Braves, 5-1, at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS.

The Blue Wahoos won the opening-season series by taking four of the five games with stellar pitching and clutch hitting. Pensacola, which is in first place in the South Division at 4-1, leads the Southern League in team ERA at 1.88.

Pensacola took the lead for good, 2-1, in the sixth inning after the second rain delay. The Wahoos went ahead when center fielder Phillip Ervin singled, stole second and then scored on second baseman Brandon Dixon’s line drive single.

The Blue Wahoos then padded its lead with three more runs in the seventh inning. Right fielder Sebastian Elizalde led off the inning with a triple to right field and catcher Chad Wallach singled to left to drive him in to put Pensacola ahead, 3-1.

Shortstop Zach Vincej then doubled to left field to bring in Wallach, giving the Blue Wahoos a 4-1 lead. Vincej scored for the second time in the game when third baseman Eric Jagielo knocked him in again with a doubled to right field, making it a 5-1 game.

Jagielo, who went 2-5 with two doubles and two RBIs, doubled to drive in Vincej, who had singled, in the third inning to put the Blue Wahoos on the scoreboard first, 1-0.

Vincej capitalized by going 3-5 and scoring twice Monday and hitting .381 for the series.

Meanwhile, Jagielo, a 2013 first round draft pick by the New York Yankees who came over to the Cincinnati Reds in a trade for closer Aroldis Chapman, drove in six RBIs and clobbered Pensacola’s only homer in the series.

The Blue Wahoos also learned as thought that they have a strong rotation. This time it was Rookie Davis, who showed why his high school retired his number 24, when he shutout Mississippi through four innings. The 6-foot-5, 245-pounder mowed down the lineup in order twice and started the game by getting the first five Braves hitters out.

Davis earned his first victory for the Blue Wahoos this season, allowing just one earned run on four hits and two walks, and striking out four.

Mississippi finally got to Davis in the fifth inning, tying the game, 1-1. With two out in the fifth inning shortstop Ozzie Albies doubled. Albies, who hit .364 in the five-game series, then scored when Pensacola shortstop Vincej dove and knocked down a sharp grounder by left fielder Dustin Peterson but failed to hang on to the ball, allowing Albies to score from second.

It then started to rain, stopping the game for the second time and lasting more than an hour.

Pictured: A rain delay Tuesday in Pearl, MS. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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