Jacksonville Suns Set on Mobile BayBears 5-1 - AA, Southern League

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - MOBILE, Ala. – Four  Suns’ pitchers combine for eight scoreless frames, while  James Tomlin went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and a double to help Jacksonville down the Mobile BayBears, 5-1, on Wednesday night in front of 1,749 at Hank Aaron Stadium in Mobile, Ala.
 
The Suns (19-21) pitching staff held the BayBears (18-22) to a first inning run and six hits, while fanning five en route to the victory.
 
Suns starter Jesus Castillo (2-2) earn the win, allowing a run on four hits in five innings of work. Tanyon Sturtze and Brian Akin each added a scoreless inning of relief, while Brent Leach held the BayBears scoreless in the final two innings to secure his second save.
 

Advertisement = Adam Howard (3-2) took the loss for the BayBears after surrendering three run (two earned) on six hits, while giving up three walks and fanning four in 4.1 innings. Cody Evans and AJ Shappi hurled scoreless relief outings for the BayBears.
 
 Suns right fielder Jamie Hoffmann had three hits in five trips, while Russell Mitchell and DeJesus each tallied multiple hits to go along with Tomlin’s night at the plate. DeJesus also scored twice for the Suns.
 
Yunesky Sanchez and Frank Curreri recorded a pair of hits, respectively, for the BayBears offensively.
 
The Suns scratched across two runs in the first inning off Howard to take early advantage.  Tomlin led off the game with a double to left field. DeJesus singled home Tomlin in the next at-bat and moved to second during the play on Cyle Hankerd. DeJesus moved to third on a fly out by Greg Jacobs and then scored on line-drive single to left field from Mitchell to cap off the inning.
 
The BayBears cut the deficit in half with a sacrifice fly from Brandon Burgess to score Gregory Thomson in the bottom of the inning.  
 
Castillo reached on fielding error by Burgess to start the fifth inning. Castillo moved to second on single by Tomlin, but would get picked off by Howard during DeJesus’ at-bat. Despite the pick off, Howard would walk DeJesus then Jacobs to load the bases. Howard was lifted for Evans, who struck out Lucas May, but uncorked a wild pitch in the process which allowed Tomlin to score and extend the Suns’ lead to 3-1.
 
The Suns took a commanding 5-1 advantage in the top of the ninth inning from a double by Jacobs to score Tomlin and DeJesus.  
 
 The BayBears would not go quietly in the ninth inning. After strike out to Hankerd, Curreri single to center. John Hester drew a walk in the next at-bat. Leach induced a ground ball by Cesar Nicholas to DeJesus, who flipped it to Juan Gozanlez at second for the force, but couldn’t finish the turn which put runners on the corners for the BayBears. Chris Rahl would pinch-hit, but Leach picked off Nicholas leaning toward second base to end the threat and secure the Suns victory.
 

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