Hankerd Continues to Rake as BayBears Cruise Past Suns
Published on May 3, 2009 under Southern League (SL1)
Mobile BayBears News Release
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Cyle Hankerd's hot hitting continued on Sunday at the Baseball Grounds as he helped the BayBears to a 5-3 victory over the Jacksonville Suns, giving Mobile the series victory.
Hankerd's two-run double in the first inning put the BayBears (16-8) on top as James Skelton and Gerardo Parra scampered home. Hankerd then touched the dish after a soft single to right off the bat of Mark Hallberg.
Barry Enright (1-1) was staked with the lead and did his part to hold it, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.1 innings. In the third, the BayBears added a run to their advantage as Parra singled and took third on another two-bagger by Hankerd. A grounder to second was kicked by Kevin Randel allowing Parra to score the BayBears' fourth tally.
Enright was scored upon with single runs in the third and fourth innings. A sac fly by Chris De La Cruz put Jacksonville (13-11) on the board while Andy Jenkins' fourth-inning RBI single cut the BayBear lead in half.
Each club added a run later in the contest with Hankerd scoring on a base hit up the middle by Yunesky Sanchez. Hankerd is 11-for-17 so far in this series with three homers, 10 RBI and six runs scored.
Bryan Augenstein (4-0, 0.35) looks to make it four out of five for the BayBears on Monday in the series finale at 10:05 a.m. The BayBears return home to battle Montgomery on Monday, May 11 at 7:05 p.m. For Hank Aaron Stadium ticket information, please call (251) 479-BEAR or log on to www.mobilebaybears.com.
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