Suns suffer second shutout of the season against the BayBears, 6-0
July 31, 2005 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Suns suffered their second shutout of the season as they were defeated by the Mobile BayBears, 6-0, in front of the 3,724 fans Sunday at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
Kennard Jones lined a triple to left center to lead off the game. Brian Burgamy followed with a ground out to Suns shortstop Joel Guzman giving the BayBears (42-60 overall, 14-18 second half) a 1-0 advantage. In the same inning, Corey Smith hit a two-out solo home run off Suns starter and eventual losing Chad Billingsley. Billingsley (8-5) surrendered four runs in the fourth inning as the BayBears bounced their lead to 6-0.
Suns reliever Beltran Perez replaced Billingsley and tossed a season-high four scoreless innings. Perez also retired 12-of-14 batters and picked up a season-high six strikeouts. Suns reliever Carlos Alvarez pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
The Suns (56-48, 18-16) managed three lead off singles first, second and fourth innings, but the potential scoring opportunities were quashed by BayBears starter Jose Oyervidez. Oyervidez (5-7) earned the win, striking out six and combined with BayBears reliever Paul Abraham to retire 11 Suns batters in a row.
Suns right-hander Joel Hanrahan (6-6, 4.78 ERA) is scheduled to oppose Tennessee Smokies righty Dustin Nippert (5-3, 3.00) at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Smokies Park in Sevierville, Tenn.
SUNS SPOTS: RHP Chad Billingsley lost to the BayBears for the first time in seven starts and he lost to Jose Oyervidez for the first time in four starts...The Suns were last shutout, 4-0, against the Carolina Mudcats on June 9th at the Baseball Grounds...The game was delayed for 12 minutes due to field preparation and tarp removal because of earlier threats of rain in the area.
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