Pensacola Falls, 2-0, to Mississippi
PENSACOLA, Fla., - Pensacola Blue Wahoos starter Deck McGuire turned in what is becoming a normal start for him this season.
PENSACOLA, Fla., - Pensacola Blue Wahoos starter
Mississippi scored one unearned run off McGuire in his seven innings of work and went onto win, 2-0, in front of a sellout crowd of 5,038 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. It was Pensacola's 13th sellout this season.
So far this series, Pensacola has won once, 2-1, and lost twice to Mississippi, 2-0.
"I was joking with Derrick Lewis, their pitching coach, that the first one to two (runs) wins," said Blue Wahoos manager Pat Kelly. "It's worked out that way all three games."
McGuire threw 23.1 scoreless innings this month and has allowed just four earned runs in his last 45 innings for a 0.80 ERA.
The 6-foot-6 McGuire, a former first round pick in 2010, earned the hard-luck loss and is 8-7 with a 2.61 ERA. He entered the game 2-0 against Mississippi this season, pitching 13 innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out 18.
Good news for Pensacola was
The 22-year-old, who had one of Pensacola's three hits in Saturday's game, is one game shy of tying Jackson General second baseman
"He keeps swinging it," Kelly said. "I wish I had a couple more of him. We might score some more runs."
The M-Braves scored in the fifth inning to go up, 1-0, when Braves first baseman
The Braves got another run in the eighth on Blue Wahoos reliever
Mississippi looked like it would score in the first inning, too, after back-to-back singles by right fielder Keith Curcio and shortstop
Meanwhile, Braves starter
In his sixth spot start this season, the 24-year-old Parsons pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed two hits, walked one and struck out a season-high eight batters.
Pensacola dropped to 11-12 in the second half. The South Division first half champions are 51-42 overall. Mississippi improved to 6-16 in the second half and 40-52 overall.
GAME NOTES The Pensacola Blue Wahoos play the fourth game of a five-game series against the Atlanta Braves Double-A affiliate Mississippi Braves at 4:05 p.m. Sunday. The Braves are starting LHP
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BIG FISH Senzel extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a double in the seventh inning and now is 21-55 for a.382 average...Second baseman Shed Long was 1-3 and broke up the no hitter with his single to right field in the fifth inning...Center fielder/Left fielder
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