Hot hitting continues for BayBears in win
Published on July 21, 2003 under Southern League (SL1)
Mobile BayBears News Release
Mobile, Ala. â One night after putting together 13 hits in their win over Chattanooga, the BayBears smacked 15 hits Sunday night leading to a second-straight victory against the Lookouts, 9-5. The BayBears last back-to-back double-digit hits games were June 11th & 12th in West Tenn. Mobile had eight multi-hits innings in the contest.
The win, coupled with West Tenn being swept in a double header by Huntsville places the BayBears alone in first place in the West Division of the Southern League with a 15-12 record.
Chris Oxspring (7-3) won his seventh game since becoming a starter. Oxspring threw six solid innings allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out five. The win was Oxspring's fourth straight and moves his record to 7-1 as a starter.
Rico Washington led the BayBears attack going 3-for-5 at the plate with four RBI. Washington was a triple short of the cycle, including his 13th homerun of the season. Humberto Quintero also added three hits for the second-straight game. Quintero is hitting .413 in his last 22 games, leading the catcher into the Southern League's top ten in batting.
Danny Bravo also homered for the BayBears. It was Bravo's second on the year and his first since his first start with the BayBears on April 23rd.
Oxspring was also a surprising star at the plate. He entered the game with an .071 batting average but went 1-for-1 with two walks, two runs scored and an RBI. Mobile's RHP Duncan McAdoo (3-6; 3.52) will face Chattanooga's LHP John Koronka (6-9; 3.91).
As always on Monday's at Hank Aaron Stadium it will be "Guaranteed Win Night." If the Baybears fail to win, every fan in attendance will receive a free ticket to the next BayBears home game.
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