Shuckers and Biscuits Suspended
Saturday night’s game between the Biloxi Shuckers and Montgomery Biscuits was suspended due to rain and will be resumed on Sunday at 1:30 pm at Riverwalk Stadium. The game will resume with a runner on second and no outs in the top of the fifth inning. The game will be
Saturday night’s game between the Biloxi Shuckers and Montgomery Biscuits was suspended due to rain and will be resumed on Sunday at 1:30 pm at Riverwalk Stadium.
The game will resume with a runner on second and no outs in the top of the fifth inning. The game will be played to its conclusion as a nine-inning game with the Shuckers’ and Biscuits’ regularly scheduled game approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the suspended game.
In the suspended game, Biloxi jumped out to a lead in the top of the first inning. Andruw Monasterio singled with one out and Garrett Whitley followed with a massive home run to left, his third of the year, to make it 2-0 Biloxi.
In the bottom of the first, LHP Nick Bennett took the mound but allowed three straight hits and a hit by pitch that forced in a run for Montgomery. Bennett struck out Niko Hulsizer for the first out. A walk forced in the tying run before a fielder’s choice and a two-RBI single drove in three more and chase Bennett from the contest. An RBI double by Roberto Alvarez, two walks and a two-run single from Osleivis Basabe capped the scoring for the Biscuits, who led 8-2 after one inning.
Montgomery added on two more runs in the bottom of the second inning on a home run and two singles, widening the Biscuits lead to 10-2. A solo home run in the bottom of the fourth made it 11-2.
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The Biloxi Shuckers are the Double-A Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Shuckers are members of the Southern League and play at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. For more information please visit biloxishuckers.com and follow us on Twitter @biloxishuckers and at facebook.com/biloxishuckers.