Watters Strong Start Leads Montgomery Past Rocket City

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MADISON, AL - The Montgomery Biscuits (15-13) won their third straight in a 5-2 win over the Rocket City Trash Pandas (9-18) on Wednesday afternoon at Toyota Field.

Jacob Watters led the way with five shutout innings in his best and longest start of the season. He got out of a bases loaded jam in the third inning and retired the final seven hitters he faced. Watters allowed four hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

The Biscuits were hitless in the fifth inning before Matthew Etzel came through with two outs. He punched a single over the shortstop and into left center to score the first two runs of the game. Etzel finished with three RBI in the win.

Montgomery tacked on two more runs in the seventh on an Etzel sacrifice fly and Cooper Kinney RBI single to make it 4-0. Will Simpson led off the eighth with a 361-foot homer to left field, his second long ball of the season.

Ty Cummings pitched two scoreless innings in relief, and Austin Vernon pitched the final two innings. The Trash Pandas broke up the shutout with a home run by David Calabrese with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

The third game of the series is on Thursday night at Toyota Field. Duncan Davitt will make the start for Montgomery while Sam Aldegheri is slated to start for Rocket City. The first pitch is at 6:35pm CT. Fans can listen on Jox 740, MLB At Bat, and Bally Live.