Big 8th Inning Hurdles BayBears Past Mudcats
Published on April 16, 2009 under Southern League (SL1)
Mobile BayBears News Release
MOBILE, Ala. - Back-to-back home runs by Ricardo Sosa and Bryan Byrne capped off a six-run eighth inning and a 10-4 victory for the BayBears over the Carolina Mudcats on Thursday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.
Leading by only a run entering the last of the eighth, the BayBears (6-2) were aided by shoddy Carolina (4-4) defense including an error by Zach Cozart allowing Pedro Ciriaco to reach. Two batters later, Evan Frey's sacrifice bunt attempt turned into disaster for the Mudcats as Ramon Geronimo chucked the baseball down the right field line, bringing Ciriaco and Chris Rahl home to score.
After a groundout and intentional walk, Sosa lit up the night with a three-run homer, giving him 13 RBI this season and 12 hits in the last four games. Byrne's solo blast followed Sosa's shot, and the BayBears were in front 10-3.
Vince Bongiovanni (1-0) replaced Barry Enright who was strong in five innings of work. Bongiovanni worked two perfect innings while the BayBears were behind 3-2. In the home half of the sixth, a sac fly by Frey scored Ciriaco before a two-out RBI single by Sosa put the BayBears on top
Right-hander Bryan Augenstein (1-0, 0.00) works for the BayBears tomorrow night as they play game four of their five-game series at Hank Aaron Stadium against the Carolina Mudcats at 7:05 p.m. Call for tickets at (251) 479-BEAR or log on to www.mobilebaybears.com.
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