SL1 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

Suns Cruise Past BayBears on Sunday

Published on August 23, 2009 under Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release


Mobile, Ala. - Mike Stanton finished two-for-four with two RBI while Graham Taylor picked up his seventh victory leading the Jacksonville Suns (74-43, 39-18) to a 4-1 victory over the Mobile BayBears (60-67, 23-34) in fr ont of 2,178 Sunday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.

Taylor (7-6) allowed a second inning run with five hits, one walk and two strikeouts over seven innings. The southpaw dealt only 72 pitches for the winning decision. Mobile starter Tom Layne (0-2) fell in the loss, giving up four runs, three earned, over five and one-thirds innings. Matt Peterson (31) saved the game, setting a new franchise record for saves. The Southern League record for saves is 36, last achieved by Joe Valentine of Birmingham in 2002.

Jacksonville opened the scoring in the second inning against Layne. With Mike Stanton at second base and one out, Lorenzo Scott hit a slow bouncing ball in front of the mound that Layne threw wild past first base to allow Stanton to score for a 1-0 lead. On the error, Scott ended up at third and later came in to score on a Chris de la Cruz groundout for a 2-0 score.

Mobile added a run against Taylor in the bottom of the second inning. A Ricardo Sosa single and Bryan Byrne hit-by-pitch started the inning before an Orlando Mercado single scored Sosa for a 2-1 score.

Jacksonville added two more runs in the sixth inning as Mike Stanton belted a single through the middle to score Bryan Petersen and Logan Morrison for a 4-1 lead.

Jacksonville RH Nic Ungs will face Mobile RH Wes Roemer in game three of the series Monday at 8:05 p.m. ET. Live radio coverage is available on WFXJ-AM 930 and online at jaxsuns.com.

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