Pensacola Loses to Chattanooga in the 12th, 5-3
PENSACOLA, Fla., - Pensacola Blue Wahoos manager Pat Kelly sees the positive side of his team's matchup against the Chattanooga Lookouts.The Blue Wahoos have taken three of the last five games from the Lookouts, although they lost Wednesday's game, 5-3, in front of 4,423 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. In the
PENSACOLA, Fla., - Pensacola Blue Wahoos manager
The Blue Wahoos have taken three of the last five games from the Lookouts, although they lost Wednesday's game, 5-3, in front of 4,423 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. In the three head-to-head series, Pensacola is 3-11 against Chattanooga, which is the first half North Division champions and own the best record in the Southern League.
"Every game we play against Chattanooga is like this," Kelly said. "They seem to find the holes and we don't. We can play head-to-head with them. We beat them three of the last five times."
Pensacola left fielder
But the Lookouts scored two runs in the top of the 12th inning when DH
Pensacola dropped to 1-6 in extra-inning games and are 10-10 in the second half. The South Division champions in the first half are 50-40 overall. Meanwhile, Chattanooga improved to 15-5 in the second half and 57-33 overall.
Chattanooga went up, 3-2, in the fifth inning on a controversial call. The Lookouts started a two-out rally when second baseman
Kelly said the call changed the momentum of the game. He also expressed dissatisfaction that the No. 9 hitter batting .141 followed with a walk.
"It didn't have to be a three-run inning," Kelly said.
Pensacola right fielder
Pensacola scored in the first inning to go ahead, 1-0, when third baseman
Senzel, the Cincinnati Reds top prospect, was 3-6 with a run scored and now has five multi-hit games this season. He is hitting .318 for Pensacola since being called up June 22 from the High-A Daytona Tortugas.
Chattanooga right-hander
Against Pensacola, he worked six innings, giving up two runs, one earned on five hits and three walks, while striking out three. He is 8-1 on the season with a 3.14 ERA.
Pensacola had a chance to win its third straight game against Chattanooga in the eighth when it loaded the bases with one out against Lookout relievers
But
Kelly reported after the game that Tromp passed all the concussion tests but said he would probably hold him out of the next two or three games.
GAME NOTES The Pensacola Blue Wahoos play the first game of a five-game series against the Atlanta Braves Double-A affiliate Mississippi Braves at 6:35 p.m. Thursday. The Braves are starting RHP
The games are broadcast live on the Blue Wahoos flagship station 97.1 The Ticket. Listen for free at bluewahoos.com and by using the TuneIn Radio app on your mobile, desktop or home devices.
You can watch the home games live or tape delayed on Cox Sports Television Monday through Thursday on Channel 319. Friday, Saturday and Sunday games are broadcast live on BLAB-TV.
BIG FISH Left fielder Tyler Goeddel was 1-6 with a game-tying solo homer to left field...Center fielder Gabriel Guerrero was 2-6 with two doubles of the left field wall and now leads the ballclub with 26 multi-hit games...Third baseman Nick Senzel was 3-6 and score a run and has a 12-game hitting streak...First baseman Gavin LaValley was 2-4 with a double and two walks.
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