Didder's Dinger Not Enough in 3-2 Loss
May 3, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos News Release
Ray-Patrick Didder of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos
(Pensacola Blue Wahoos)
Pearl, Miss. - Ray-Patrick Didder had three hits against his former team, including his third home run of the season, but the Pensacola Blue Wahoos fell short in their series opener against the Mississippi Braves by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday night.
George Soriano (L, 0-1) had his longest start of the season, allowing three runs on six hits over 5.0 innings, but was outdueled by Mississippi's Darius Vines (W, 2-1), who held Pensacola to two runs, one earned, over 5.0 frames.
The Braves struck first in the second inning on C.J. Alexander's first home run of the season. Didder evened the score with a solo blast of his own in the third, but Mississippi scored two more in the fourth to take the lead for good. Drew Lugbauer blasted a solo homer off of Soriano to start the inning, and a Justin Dean sacrifice fly followed to make the score 3-1.
Didder led off the fifth inning with a single, stole second and took third on a throwing error before scoring on a Jerar Encarnacion groundout. That cut the deficit to 3-2, but the Blue Wahoos couldn't put anything together on offense for the rest of the night. Victor Vodnik (S, 1) worked a quick ninth to earn his first save.
Anthony Maldonado, Jefry Yan and Josh Simpson each contributed a scoreless inning of relief for Pensacola. Simpson has now started his season with 12.1 scoreless innings of three-hit baseball with 25 strikeouts.
The Blue Wahoos continue their series against the Mississippi Braves on Wednesday. First pitch from Trustmark Park is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. CT, with a live broadcast beginning at 6:30 on ESPN Pensacola 1330 AM/99.1 FM and WYCT 98.7-HD4 (radio) and MiLB.tv (streaming). For more information, visit bluewahoos.com or call the box office at (850) 934-8444.
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