Biscuits Roll in Series Finale
Montgomery, Ala. - Richard De Los Santos pitched five solid innings while the Montgomery offense rattled off 19 hits leading the Montgomery Biscuits (67-58, 32-23) to a 12-2 Saturday night victory over the Jacksonville Suns (74-51, 33-22) in front of 6,522 at Riverwalk Stadium.
Jacksonville's South Division lead over second place Montgomery fell to only one game with 15 games remaining. Five of the remaining games feature Montgomery and Jacksonville head-to-head.
The Suns opened the scoring in the second inning against Richard De Los Santos, a Montgomery spot starter, when Anthony Raglani belted his 20th homerun of the season, a two-run shot, to open a 2-0 lead.
The lead was short-lived as Montgomery jumped on Suns starter Joey Norrito in the bottom of the second with six runs on six hits. Norrito loaded the bases with two singles and a walk before Erold Andrus singled home two runs to tie the game 2-2. Patrick Breen then mashed his sixth homerun of the season to open a 5-2 Biscuits lead. Norrito next recorded two outs in a row before allowing another single and getting pulled from the game. Reliever Alvis Ojeda allowed a Reid Brignac double that plated another run for a 6-2 Montgomery lead.
Montgomery kept the pressure on in the fourth inning when Gabriel Martinez smashed a two-out grand slam homerun to open a 10-2 advantage.
The Biscuits added three more runs in the sixth inning against Suns reliever Zach Hammes when three hits, including a Josh Asanovich RBI double, with two Jacksonville errors.
Richard De Los Santos (3-4) got the win for Montgomery while Joey Norrito (7-4) fell in the loss for the Suns.
The Suns have Sunday off to prepare for a Monday series opener against the Mississippi Braves at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville beginning at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 904.358.2846 or by visiting jaxsuns.com.