Comeback Win Led By Rijo Two Homer Night
After trailing 4-0, the Biloxi Shuckers (18-10) stormed back to beat the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (12-15) 6-4 thanks to a pair of home runs from Wendell Rijo on Friday night. Lucas Erceg provided the go-ahead two-run shot in the seventh inning to take the lead the Shuckers would not relinquish.RHP
After trailing 4-0, the Biloxi Shuckers (18-10) stormed back to beat the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (12-15) 6-4 thanks to a pair of home runs from
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Rijo answered against Hernandez with a solo dinger in the bottom of the third, his second of the season. One frame later, Rijo found himself at the plate with a runner at first and two outs when he turned on a hanging slider to cut the deficit to a run. The multi-HR effort is the first for Biloxi in 2018 and the second of Rijo's career (July, 2014). Rijo would add a double in the eighth to complete a three-hit night with a team-season high ten total bases.
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In the bottom of the inning,
LHP Quentin Torres-Costa (H, 2) struck out a pair of batters in the eighth before giving way to RHP
Having already locked up the series win, Biloxi looks to make it four in a row on Saturday night at 6:35 PM CT. RHP
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