SL1 Pensacola Blue Wahoos

Blue Wahoos Blank M-Braves 5-0; Capture Series Win

Published on April 20, 2018 under Southern League (SL1)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos News Release


Pearl, Miss. - Wyatt Strahan did a little bit of everything on Friday to propel the Wahoos to their first series win of the season.

Strahan held the M-Braves to three hits over six shutout innings and Pensacola allowed one baserunner after the fourth inning as the club picked up their second shutout win of the year.

Even though the Wahoos didn't score in the first inning like they had in their previous wins, it didn't take much longer for the offense to find its groove. In the top of the second, Taylor Sparks drove in a pair of runs with his third double of the year. Then with two outs and Strahan at the plate, M-Braves starter Enderson Franco (L, 0-1) surrendered an RBI-single to the Wahoos starter to make it 3-0.

Aristides Aquino and Chadwick Tromp each had three hits and tacked on additional RBIs later in the game to make it 5-0. Shed Long extended his hitting streak eight games with a 2-for-5 night. He's also reached base in 13 straight contests, which is the second-longest on-base streak in the Southern League this year.

The five runs proved to be plenty of run support for Strahan and the Blue Wahoos bullpen. After Strahan exited the ballgame, manager Jody Davis turned the ball over to his bullpen, and once again they posted zeroes. Carlos Navas pitched a perfect seventh inning and Victor Payano dealt a spotless eighth in his Blue Wahoos debut. In the ninth, Robinson Leyer delivered a scoreless ninth to seal the shutout.

Defensively, the Wahoos recorded their first errorless game since April 12, snapping a seven-game error streak where the team went 2-5.

With the series win, Pensacola has now won seven consecutive series against the M-Braves dating back to 2016. During that stretch, the Wahoos have won 22 of their last 34 matchups against Mississippi.

Pensacola returns home to Blue Wahoos Stadium to take on the Birmingham Barons tomorrow night for the first of five games. The Barons are the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox who have one of the deepest prospect systems in all of Major League baseball. Daniel Wright (2-1, 5.79) will open the series for the Wahoos and will have a tough test facing LHP Matt Tomshaw (0-1, 4.82). Tomshaw was a Southern League mid-season All-Star last season with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.

The Barons will also have OF Eloy Jimenez, who is considered by most to be one of the best prospects in all of baseball. Jimenez joined the Barons on Thursday after recovering from a strained pectoral muscle.

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