Lopez flirts with no-hitter in Shuckers 3-1 victory at Jackson
JACKSON, TN - Jorge Lopez held the Jackson Generals hitless though 6.1 innings on Tuesday night, but Jackson's Aderlin Rodriguez ended the no-hit bid with a bloop single to right ending the bid. Lopez settled for his league-leading 12th win of the season in a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night at the Ballpark at Jackson. The win gets the Biloxi Shuckers back to .500 in the second half.
Lopez now holds the longest no-hit start for the Shuckers this season, surpassing Tyler Wagner's 5.1 innings on May 2 against the Mobile BayBears. The 22-year-old pitcher continues to make it look easy on the mound, shutting out opposing teams over his last two starts, spanning over 17.1 innings dating back to Aug. 7 against the Mississippi Braves. Tuesday's outing was his 14th quality start and sixth-straight. He's one behind Wagner, who has 15. The starting rotation has six quality starts in the last seven games.
Biloxi (25-25) broke through on the scoreboard in the eighth after squandering opportunities throughout the game.
After stranding runners in scoring position in the third, fourth and seventh innings, the Shuckers got the big hit from Brett Phillips (1x4, RBI, R) in the eighth with Taylor (1x4, R, 2B) at second on a grounder up the middle to bring in the first run of the game. Orlando Arcia (2x4, RBI, 2B) followed with a single right, plating Adam Weisenburger (0x2, R, BB) for a 2-0 lead, with Phillips advancing to third on the play. Nathan Orf (1x4, RBI) bounced a comebacker to the mound, but a high throw to second allowed Arcia to slide in safely with Arcia scoring on the play to give the Shuckers a 3-0 advantage.
Arcia's two hits gave him his 41st multi-hit game of the season, and 28th two-hit game of 2015.
Jackson (16-34) starter Misael Siverio was equally as impressive for the Generals, striking out seven in six innings, while allowing only three hits and walking one. Trey Cochran-Gill (4-2) suffered the loss, surrendering all three runs in the eighth.
The Shuckers will look to jump out to a two-game lead on Wednesday night. LHP Adrian Houser (1-0, 3.18) takes the mound for Biloxi, while Jackson will send out RHP Dylan Unsworth (2-5, 5.24). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., with coverage beginning at 6:50 p.m. on 1240-AM WGCM, 1580-AM WPMO and the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network. Fans can also listen to the game using the TuneIn Radio app or by going to www.biloxishuckers.com.
The Shuckers have 10 regular season games remaining on the schedule, featuring five-game series against the Mobile BayBears (ARI), Aug. 23-27 and Tennessee Smokies (CHC), Sept. 3-7. There will be post-game fireworks following the final Saturday and Sunday games of the regular season, Sept. 5-6. The 2015 regular season ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 7.
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