Shuckers edge Blue Wahoos behind Rodriguez, timely sacrifice flies
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Interstat) — Manuel Rodriguez allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with five strikeouts, and the Biloxi Shuckers held off the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Blue Wahoos Stadium in a Double-A Southern League game. Biloxi finished with nine hits and used two sacrifice flies, with Jesús Made and Braylon Payne each driving in a run. Pensacola had eight hits and got a seventh-inning home run from Dillon Lewis, who went 2 for 4 with one RBI. Peyton Niksch pitched three innings of relief, yielding one earned run and two strikeouts. Garrett Hodges earned his fifth save with a scoreless inning. Rodriguez improved to 13-4. Jacob Miller took the loss, falling to 1-6. Josh Hejka worked four innings for Pensacola, allowing one earned run and two strikeouts. Josh Adamczewski went 2 for 4 for Biloxi. The Shuckers improved to 64-67. Pensacola fell to 78-56. Attendance was 3,518, and the game took 2 hours, 27 minutes.