Miscues Prove Costly in Baby Cakes' Loss to Sky Sox
April 19, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
New Orleans Baby Cakes News Release
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox scored four times in the sixth inning and four more times in the seventh to rally past the New Orleans Baby Cakes on Wednesday night, 8-5.
Three New Orleans errors contributed to the rallies, permitting four unearned runs to score and turn a 2-0 lead into an 8-2 deficit. Johnny Giavotella misplayed a grounder by Brett Phillips leading off the sixth, and Andres Blanco delivered a game-tying two-run single two batters later.
Scott Van Slyke also let a slow roller along the first base line skip underneath his glove, allowing Blanco to trot home, and Nate Orf puncuated the rally with an RBI single.
A dropped fly ball by Isaac Galloway in the seventh opened the door for another big inning, capped by Blanco's two-run homer off Nick Wittgren.
The Baby Cakes came back to bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run double by Van Slyke, who had homered an inning earlier. But Radhames Liz came out of the bullpen to strike out Galloway for the final out and earn the save.
Overshadowed by the defensive miscues was a strong start by Ben Meyer, who struck out seven and walked three in five innings. James Buckelew (1-1) took the loss by yielding three hits and four runs, only one of which was earned.
Aaron Brooks (1-1) worked two scoreless innings of relief to get the win for the Sky Sox, who snapped the Baby Cakes' five-game home winning streak.
The four-game set continues on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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