Wahoos Drop Second Straight in Extras, 2-1
July 14, 2018 - Southern League (SL1)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos News Release
PEARL, Miss. - For the second straight night the Mississippi Braves walked off on the Wahoos in the 10th inning. Just like Friday night, Connor Lien pinch ran at second base as the designated runner and scored the game winner giving the Braves the 2-1 win.
Tyler Neslony scored the game's first run on a solo home run in the first inning just inside the right field foul pole. The score stayed 1-0 until Pensacola scratched across a run in the eighth. TJ Friedl led the inning off with a pinch-hit double and scored on a throwing error from the shortstop on a Jose Siri infield single.
In extra innings, Chad Sobotka (W, 2-3) struck out all three Blue Wahoos in the top of the 10th, stranding Pensacola's automatic runner at second base. In the bottom of the inning, Brandon Downes executed a sacrifice bunt to move Lien up to third. With Ray-Patrick Didder batting, Lien drew a back-pick throw to third base that sailed into left field allowing him to dash home with the winning run.
The two starting pitchers were masterful despite neither getting a decision. Daniel Wright's only mistake was the first inning home run. He pitched seven innings with just five hits allowed with four strikeouts and no walks. Ricardo Sanchez was just as good, if not better. He we seven shut-out innings with just four hits allowed, two walks and six strikeouts for the Braves. Sobotka got the win with two perfect innings and three strikeouts out of the Braves bullpen and Carlos Navas (L, 3-1) suffered the loss pitching the 10th inning for Pensacola.
The Blue Wahoos will try to rebound and even the series on Sunday evening with RHP Wyatt Strahan on the mound against M-Braves LHP Bruce Zimmerman. First pitch is set for 5:00 p.m. from Trustmark Park.
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