Biscuits’ 9th inning error hands Pensacola 2-1 win
PENSACOLA, Fla (biscuitsbaseball.com)- The Biscuits played one of their best games of the season until the bitter end, falling in heartbreaking fashion on Friday night to Pensacola, 2-1, at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
The Biscuits had Chris Kirsch (3-2) on the mound and the left-hander put together one of the best starts of the year, hurling seven shutout innings and allowing just four hits while fanning a season-high seven. Kirsch, who was named n All-Star earlier in the week, had a one-run cushion when he exited after seven thanks to an RBI-double by Casey Gillaspie in the third inning.
Gillaspie’s double means that the first baseman has now reached base in 25 straight games for the Biscuits, and has also reached base in 55 of 58 starts with the team; not once has Gillaspie gone consecutive games without getting on base in 2016.
Kyle Bird came on for the Biscuits after Kirsch to pitch a scoreless eighth before Montgomery turned to newcomer Kyle Winkler (0-1). The right-hander would serve up a lead-off double to Kyle Parker to begin the bottom of the ninth, before retiring the next two batters.
The Biscuits needed one more out to go a game over .500, but Alex Blandino lined a Winkler offering into the right-center field gap to plate Parker and tie the game at one. Then Joe Hudson stepped up and hit a groundball to the left side of the infield. It was back-handed cleanly by shortstop Willy Adames, but the 20-year-old’s throw sailed over the head of first baseman Casey Gillaspie, bringing Blandino around from second to score the game-winning run in the walk-off victory.
The Biscuits will try to turn things around on Saturday when Chih-Wei Hu (2-3) takes on Amir Garrett (5-3) at 6:30 PM.
