Suns in First After Sweep of Saturday's Twin Bill
August 30, 2014 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release
JACKSONVILLE, FL - A combination of timely hitting and brilliant pitching helped the Jacksonville Suns (43-25, 79-59) to a doubleheader sweep of the Mobile BayBears (37-29, 79-56), winning 3-1 and 1-0 on Saturday from Bragan Field. With the pair of wins, the Suns have earned a series victory with two games to play.
The Suns were able to erase a one-run deficit with a three-run fourth inning en route to a 3-1 win to begin Saturday's doubleheader.
Jay Rogers (W, 7-5) earned his seventh victory as a Sun, only allowing one unearned run on three hits with a pair of walks and three strikeouts in his 5.1 innings of work.
Reid Redman (H, 2) retired both batters he faced, picking up one strikeout in his 0.2 innings of relief.
Nick Wittgren (SV, 19) collected his 19th save on the year after working a 1-2-3 seventh inning, striking out one batter along the
The game remained scoreless until the BayBears struck for an unearned run in the top of the fourth. A fielding error by Austin Barnes allowed Argenis Diaz to score from third with two outs, putting Mobile up 1-0 in the top of the fourth.
But the Suns answered right back with a three-spot in the bottom part of the frame. A Viosergy Rosa sacrifice fly and a two-out, two-run home run from Austin Barnes (HR, 12) gave the Suns a 3-1 lead after four innings of play.
Game two remained scoreless until Viosergy Rosa walked the Suns off as 1-0 winners with a RBI single in the bottom of the seventh, allowing Jacksonville to complete the sweep of Saturday's twin bill.
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