Lopez Throws Eight Scoreless Innings in Win

BILOXI, Miss., - Pensacola Blue Wahoos pitcher José López threw his best game of the season, tossing eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits, walking one and striking out seven.

Behind Lopez's career-high eight innings, Pensacola defeated the Biloxi Shuckers , 2-0, at MGM Park. It was the ninth shutout win of the season for the Blue Wahoos, which have a Southern League-leading 3.01 ERA.
Drafted in the sixth round of the 2014 draft by the Cincinnati Reds, Lopez was promoted to Pensacola May 30 from High-A Daytona Tortugas. He has made five starts and two relief appearances since then in his first year in Double-A.
Lopez had five strikeouts in the first four innings and retired the last eight batters he faced.
The 22-year-old right-hander rebounded from giving up six runs on six hits and five walks in four innings in his last start against the Montgomery Biscuits. He is now 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA.
Pensacola reliever Zack Weiss threw one inning of relief and struck out two batters and now has two saves since rejoining the Blue Wahoos on June 30.
The Blue Wahoos scored its two runs on right fielder Gabriel Guerrero's solo shot on a line drive to left field in the second inning. It was the 23-year-old Guerrero's first homer of the season. However, the 6-foot-3 Guerrero, who leads the team with a .276 batting average, has displayed power, winning the Southern League All-Star Homerun Derby with 29 homers total.
In the fourth inning, Pensacola scored on back-to-back doubles by third baseman Nick Senzel and first baseman Gavin LaValley to go ahead, 2-0.
LaValley now has two homers 11 RBIs, five doubles and .280 batting average in 14 games with Pensacola. Senzel, the Cincinnati Reds top prospect, has knocked one homer, nine RBIs, two doubles and is batting .313. Both were called up on June 28 from Daytona and have batted third and fourth in Pensacola's lineup since then.
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