Urena Sharp as Suns Blank Wahoos 4-0
August 17, 2014 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release
JACKSONVILLE, FL - Seven dominant innings from Jose Urena guided the Jacksonville Suns (33-23, 69-57) to a 4-0 shutout victory of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (22-34, 53-73) in Sunday night's series-opening ballgame from Bragan Field.
Hear from Austin Barnes following Sunday's 4-0 shutout victory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vQGPp4_TPm_E
Jose Urena (W, 11-8) was nothing short of magnificent in his seven shutout innings, only giving up three hits and two walks while finishing with five strikeouts in his winning effort.
Reid Redman (SV, 1) collected his first Double-A save after allowing a lone hit in his two scoreless innings of relief, striking out two batters in his Sunday night outing.
Daniel Corcino (L, 10-11) took the tough-luck loss for Pensacola, surrendering a pair of runs (both earned) on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts in seven innings.
The game remained scoreless until Jacksonville broke the deadlock with one run in the bottom of the third. Austin Nola came all the way around from first base to score on Austin Barnes' opposite-field RBI double, putting the Suns ahead by a 1-0 score after three innings of play.
That 1-0 lead for Jacksonville held until the Suns added a run in the bottom of the seventh. Joe Benson scored on Ryan Rieger's pinch-hit RBI fielder's choice to make it a 2-0 Jacksonville lead in the bottom of the seventh.
Jacksonville furthered its lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth. A Viosergy Rosa RBI double and a two-out RBI single from Joe Benson made it a 4-0 Suns lead with eight innings in the books.
With the victory, Jose Urena is now tied for the Southern League lead with 11 wins on the year.
Brent Keys and Viosergy Rosa both had multi-hit games in Sunday's win.
The start of Sunday's game was delayed by one hour and nine minutes due to rain passing through the Jacksonville area.
The Suns and Blue Wahoos will be back at it on Monday, with first pitch set for 6:05 p.m. ET. The Suns will start right-hander Jay Rogers (6-5, 4.06) for game two of the series.
Suns fans can listen to Monday's game on the Suns Baseball Network, 94.1 WSOS-FM or through www.jaxsuns.com, MiLB.com or the Suns iPhone or Android app, beginning at 5:50 p.m. ET with the Memorial Hospital Suns Pregame Show.
The 2014 season of Suns baseball is presented by EverBank, the official banking partner of the Jacksonville Suns. Sponsorships, group outings, and season / individual game tickets are currently available by calling the Suns front office at (904) 358-2846.
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