BayBears Blanked by Blue Wahoos

PENSACOLA, FL - The Pensacola Blue Wahoos took the first meeting of the second half in the Bay-to- Bay series on Sunday afternoon at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium, shutting out the Mobile BayBears 2-0.

Mobile managed just two hits against five Pensacola pitchers, and fell for the third consecutive day, and for the 10^th time in the last 13 ballgames.

BayBears starter Andrew Chafin worked a 1-2-3 first, but was touched for two runs on two hits and a walk in the second, as Pensacola scored both of the game's runs early. After a leadoff walk to Mike Costanzo, Chris Berset drilled a double to left-center to put the Wahoos ahead 1-0. Berset scored two batters later on a Ryan LaMarre single, putting Pensacola ahead for good at 2-0.

Shaun Ellis worked 4+ scoreless, allowing the only two BayBears hits in the top of the third inning - a double to Ryan Court on a misplayed fly ball to right, and a bunt single to Ender Inciarte.

Parker Frazier earned the victory with three hitless innings of relief, and Trevor Bell earned his 8^th save in as many opportunities by working a 1-2-3 top of the 9^th.

Chafin worked six innings for the 14^th time in 15 starts with Mobile, but falls to 7-6 on the season despite another strong showing.

Game two of the series in Pensacola will get underway on Monday night at 7:00, with David Holmberg (5-5, 2.92) on the mound for the BayBears opposite Daniel Renken (4-7, 3.56) for the Wahoos.