Devil Rays Minor League Baseball Blog

The Biscuits snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as they bested Huntsville in a winner take all game five for the Southern League championship.  Down to their final two outs. Sergio Pedroza belted a huge three run homer in the top of the ninth to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 win.  Chris Nowak went four for four with a run and Reid Brignac doubled and scored.

All three runs that Richard De Los Santos gave up were unearned, which would have made the loss particularly difficult.  Brian Henderson picked up the win with a shutout eighth and he struck out two of three batters he faced.

The Biscuits lost game of their series as they were blown out by the Braves.  Three different pitchers gave up runs and it was Brian Henderson who took the loss.  He gave up two runs without getting a hitter out.

Sergio Pedroza provided most of the offense with a two run homer.  Erold Andrus went two for three with a double and a run.

While Matthew Walker’s start wasn’t phenomonal, he did leave the game with the lead only to see the bullpen give up three runs after he left the game.  Chris Kelly took the loss when he gave up the losing run in the ninth inning.

Sergio Pedroza and James Hall had pretty much identical games. Each had two hits, a homerun, and two RBIs in the loss.

Sergio Pedroza had a career game in Vero Beach’s 15-4 win over Lakeland.  He went four for five with three homeruns, six RBIs and four runs.  Erold Andrus also hada nice day at the plate.  He went three for five with four runs.

Wade Davis improved to 3-0 with the win.  He gave up two runs on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in five innings of work.

Paul Moviel was hit hard and he dropped to 2-4 in Vero Beach’s 9-1 loss to Palm Beach.  He gave up four runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts in six innings of work.

Sergio Pedroza was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four with a triple and he drove in the only run of the game for Vero Beach.

Vero Beach lost to Palm Beach 8-4 and it was Brian Lockwood who took the loss.  He gave up four runs on five hits, two of which were homers, without getting a single batter out in his season debut.

Sergio Pedroza doubled and drove in two runs in the loss.  Christopher Cunningham went two for four with a double and he scored a run.