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Wahoos Drop Series Opener To Biloxi
August 6, 2016
For the second game in a row, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos played in an extra inning game.
This time, the Blue Wahoos lost to the Biloxi Shuckers, 5-4, Friday at MGM Park when second baseman Brandon Dixon made a throwing error trying to turn a double play to end the inning that allowed the Shuckers pinch runner Clint Coulter to score the winning run.
On Thursday, Pensacola lost a nearly five-hour game to the Mississippi Braves, 10-2, in 14 innings at home.
Pensacola fell to 9-5 in extra-inning games and the first half champions dropped to 19-22 in the second half. Biloxi improved to 16-25.
The Biloxi Shuckers scored first when right fielder Tyrone Taylor smacked a two out solo homer over the left center wall for a 1-0 Shuckers lead in the bottom of the first. Biloxi went up, 2-0, when third baseman Tom Belza doubled to center field to drive in first baseman Dustin DeMuth
Pensacola pitcher Tyler Mahle walked to start the third inning and was knocked in by Blue Wahoos left fielder Phillip Ervin’s 19th double of the season to pull within, 2-1.
Pensacola third baseman Taylor Sparks hit a two-run homer to left center field to put Pensacola on top in the fourth inning, 3-2. Sparks eighth dinger this year also brought in Zach Vincej who started the inning with a single to center field.
Biloxi tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning when second baseman Javier Betancourt doubled to center field to drive in Belza.
Mahle, Pensacola’s starting pitcher, helped himself in the sixth inning with the bases loaded when he singled to left field to score Vincej, who led off the inning with a single. It was Vincej’s 21st multi-hit game and 19th in the second half.
Biloxi shortstop Angel Ortega homered on a line drive to left field, his second of the season, to start the seventh inning and tie the game, 4-4.
Pensacola’s Vincej has been one of the hottest hitters in the Southern League since June 1. He’s hitting .337 (61-181) in 54 games.
Also leading Pensacola at the plate Friday was Sparks, who now has three homers in his last six games. He went 2-5 with a two-run homer and scored twice. Sebastian Elizalde also went 2-5 with a double and has 19 multi-hit games with 15 of those coming in the second half.
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