SL1 Pensacola Blue Wahoos

Dixon Hits Two Homers in Second Straight Game

Published on May 31, 2016 under Southern League (SL1)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos News Release


Mobile, Ala. - Pensacola Blue Wahoos second baseman Brandon Dixon was the player of the game for the team for the second straight night.

This time, the 24-year-old smashed two home runs for the second straight game and drove in five of the Blue Wahoo's six runs for a, 6-5, victory over its rival the Mobile BayBears at Hank Aaron Stadium.

On Tuesday, Dixon was 4-4 with three runs scored, hitting his sixth and seventh homers of the season, which leads the team. He hit a solo blast to left field in the top of the second inning to put Pensacola ahead, 1-0. Then in the sixth inning, Dixon hit a two-out, two-run blast to left that also scored right fielder Sebastian Elizalde, giving Pensacola a 3-2 lead.

But Dixon wasn't finished. He drove in two more runs on a double to left field in the eighth inning that scored both Elizalde and first baseman Kyle Parker, who hit back-to-back singles with one out. The runs put Pensacola up, 5-2, in the game.

Pensacola shortstop Zach Vincej then singled to left field to score Dixon and give the Blue Wahoos a critical, 6-2, lead.

Dixon now also leads the team with 30 RBIs and raised his batting average to .299.

Pensacola's win in the opener of the five-game series kept them in first place in the Southern League South Division at 31-20. The Blue Wahoos also tied their longest win streak of the year at four games. The BayBears dropped to 22-29.

In the ninth inning, Mobile mounted a two-out rally by scoring three runs. Guerrero smashed his sixth homer of the season, a solo shot, to make the score, 6-3. Pensacola's Phillip Ervin then made an error on a ball hit by Cron that allowed Mobile to pull within, 6-4, when catcher Ronnie Freeman scored. Pinch hitter Stewart Ijames then smacked a two-out double that scored Cron and Mobile was down just a run, 6-5.

Guerrero led the BayBears, going 2-4 with a home run and double with two runs scored and an RBI.

However, Pensacola closer Alejandro Chacin entered the game and got Mobile center fielder Evan Marzilli, the BayBears leadoff hitter who was hitting .354 in 23 games, to pop out to Blue Wahoos Vincej to end the game.

Chacin now leads the team with nine saves and is 2-0 and has an 0.84 ERA in 18 appearances.

Pensacola right-hander Jackson Stephens worked seven innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and struck out three. Stephens earned the win to improve to 5-3 with a 3.14 earned-run average to become the Blue Wahoos first starting pitcher to win his fifth game of the year.

Besides Dixon, right fielder Sebastian Elizalde was 3-5 and scored twice. Pensacola catcher Chad Wallach was 3-4 with three singles.

Because the Blue Wahoos scored more than five runs, online orders of Papa John's pizza will be 50 percent off Wednesday with the promo code WAHOOS.

Celebrate five seasons of baseball in 2016! Blue Wahoos season tickets, mini plan packages and single game tickets are available for purchase at Hill-Kelly Dodge Pick-Up Window and by calling (850) 934-8444. Follow the team at BlueWahoos.com, facebook.com/PensacolaBlueWahoos and twitter.com/BlueWahoosBBall.

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