SOUTHERN LEAGUE
MONTGOMERY BISCUITS AT PENSACOLA BLUE WAHOOS
05/17/2023
 
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
MONTGOMERY BISCUITS AT PENSACOLA BLUE WAHOOS
GAME ID: 5904 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH , 2023 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montgomery Biscuits (19-21) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (19-21) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 6 0
Merkel Now 4-3 After Subduing Biscuits
Pensacola starter Doug Merkel pitched effectively against the Montgomery Biscuits at Five County Stadium. The right-hander led his team to a win, 2-1. Ben Austin earned the save, his 3rd. After today's action, Pensacola sits at 19-21; Montgomery slips to 19-21.

Montgomery had little success against Merkel and his knuckle curve. Merkel tossed 83 pitches over 8 innings for the Blue Wahoos.

"For the most part, I made good pitches when I needed to," said Merkel.
MONTGOMERY BATTING LINESCORE PENSACOLA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Vásquez LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .211 1 14
V. Thomas SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .209 6 16
G. Bailey RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .145 1 13
L. Maile C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .168 3 10
O. Leme DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271 0 13
E. MacKinley 3B 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 .244 4 13
L. Martínez 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .176 0 3
S. Stover CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 0 4
K. Owens 2B 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .181 1 12
   a-K. Rafuse PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 0 0
   b-B. Jacobson 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 1 1
Totals 30 1 5 1 0 11 7      
a - K. Rafuse pinch hit for K. Owens in the 8th
b - B. Jacobson substituted for K. Rafuse in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: E. MacKinley (4, 5th Inning off D. Merkel, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: V. Thomas , O. Leme , E. MacKinley 5 , S. Stover
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Stover
GIDP: K. Rafuse
Hit by Pitch: S. Stover
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
CS: V. Thomas (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Martínez-Maile-Martínez)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Foster 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .197 1 5
   b-J. Branch 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
D. Sheehan CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .242 0 9
J. Ortega 1B, RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .264 4 20
M. Marshall 2B, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .218 6 14
A. Peralta DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .162 0 4
A. Valerio SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .244 1 10
L. Fernández LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .103 1 4
J. Clark RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .257 3 14
   a-C. Wallace 1B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .198 1 9
J. Morroni C 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .306 2 8
Totals 28 2 6 2 5 8 18      
a - C. Wallace substituted for J. Clark in the 8th
b - J. Branch substituted for S. Foster in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Foster (1, 5th Inning off J. Dyer, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Foster 4 , J. Ortega 2 , M. Marshall , A. Peralta , J. Clark
2-out RBI: J. Ortega
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Marshall , J. Morroni 2
GIDP: S. Foster
Sac Bunt: J. Morroni
Hit by Pitch: J. Clark , J. Morroni
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: C. Wallace (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Marshall-Branch-Wallace)
MONTGOMERY PITCHING LINESCORE PENSACOLA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Dyer L (1-4) 5.1 4 2 2 3 7 1 97 5.31   
M. Constante 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 35 1.64   
R. Morla 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 2.79   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Dyer 56
Batters Faced: J. Dyer 24, M. Constante 10, R. Morla 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Dyer 8-1, M. Constante 3-2, R. Morla 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Dyer 97-58, M. Constante 35-19, R. Morla 12-7
Hit Batsmen: J. Dyer , M. Constante
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Merkel W (4-3) 8.0 5 1 1 0 9 1 83 2.96   
B. Austin SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Merkel 77
Batters Faced: D. Merkel 28, B. Austin 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Merkel 6-7, B. Austin 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: D. Merkel 83-56, B. Austin 17-10
Hit Batsmen: D. Merkel
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Doug Merkel
Ballpark: Five County Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (70 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 12:05 PM CT
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 6001
Sunday, May 21st , 2023 - OOTP Baseball 24.4 Build 61