Wahoos Lose To Jacksonville

April 27, 2018

For the second night in a row, the Wahoos offense produced plenty runs to win. However, an exhausted bullpen was overmatched Thursday night and Jacksonville came from behind to win the series opener 10-9.

Both teams came out swinging to start the ball game. Pensacola batted around the lineup to open the game against Jumbo Shrimp starter Brandon Barker. Gabriel Guerrero doubled home two runs and then scored on Aristides Aquino’s RBI-single to make it 3-0 after a half inning of play. Jacksonville quickly countered thanks to Monte Harrison’s solo home run and John Norwood’s run-scoring single to cut the lead down to 3-2.

Pensacola went right back to work and scored once in the top of the second, but the Jumbo Shrimp immediately responded by scoring three more runs off Pensacola starter Daniel Wright in the bottom of the inning. The theme continued in the third inning, and by the time the dust settled in the fourth inning, the game was tied 4-4 and both starters were out of the game.

Pensacola manager Jody Davis hoped that his reigning Southern League Pitcher of the Week would deliver a lengthy start to rest his exhausted bullpen from the previous series; however, Wright was chased from the game with two outs in the third after allowing seven runs on 11 hits.

For the second night in a row, Davis used four different pitchers in relief. The bullpen battled throughout the night, and only allowed three runs over the game’s remaining six innings. After the Wahoos tied the game in the top of the ninth on a Taylor Sparks triple and a wild pitch Jeff Kinley (W, 1-0), to tie the game at nine. Sparks finished the night going 3-for-5 and extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

In the bottom of the ninth with Sharif Othman on second, Kyle Barrett doubled off Alex Powers (L, 0-1), which gave the Shrimp a dramatic 10-9 win.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News