Wahoos Break out Bats in 6-4 Win
Published on June 23, 2012 under Southern League (SL1)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos News Release
Yordanys Perez delivered the hit of the game with a bases-clearing double in the top of the fifth which gave Pensacola their first lead of the game on their way to a 6-4 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Friday night. Blue Wahoos starter Kyle Lotzkar labored through the first two innings before getting back on track to work five innings and qualify for the win.
The Lookouts got to the Blue Wahoos starter early. Rafael Ynoa led off the bottom of the first with a base hit. He then stole second and later scored with one out on a double from J.T. Wise. A batter later, Brahiam Maldonado hit his third home run of the year to put the Lookouts ahead 3-0.
After Beau Mills singled home Josh Fellhauer in the fourth, the Lookouts quickly answered back with a run in the bottom of the inning to push their lead back to three.
The Wahoos turned the game around in the fifth. With the bases loaded and one out, Perez drove a ball to the right-center field gap clearing the bases and putting the Wahoos in front for the first time 5-4. Perez tried to stretch his double into a triple but was thrown out at third for the second out of the inning. The next batter, Mills, blasted his first home run of the season for Pensacola making it 6-4 and that's how it ended.
Mills finished with a 3-for-4 game including a home run, two RBI and a run scored in his Blue Wahoos debut. Perez (2-for4, 3 RBI) and Fellhauer (2-for-5, 2 R, RBI) each contributed with multi-hit games also.
Lotzkar ended up with the win after allowing all four Lookouts runs on five hits over five innings. The right-hander also fanned seven batters with four walks. Drew Hayes and Curtis Partch each worked a pair of scoreless innings to close it out. Partch finished it off over the last two innings to earn his third save of the season. The Wahoos did all their damage against Chattanooga starter Matt Magill. He was saddled with the loss after getting tagged for six runs on nine hits over five innings.
The series continues on Sunday when the Blue Wahoos send RHP Daniel Corcino (3-4, 3.34) to the mound against LHP Aaron Miller (4-4, 4.12). First pitch is set for 1:15 CT with the Pensacola Motorsports Pregame show slated for 1:00 p.m. on 1450 ESPN Pensacola.
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