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Peralta's quality start not enough in loss to Wahoos

Freddy Peralta struck out eight on Friday and has 27 punchouts over three Biloxi starts
Freddy Peralta logged eight more strikeouts on Friday night at MGM Park (Hunter Reed)
July 7, 2017

BILOXI, MS - Freddy Peralta  continued to rack up strikeouts in his third Double-A start on Friday night, fanning eight Pensacola batters over six innings. Unfortunately, his Shuckers were unable to solve the Blue Wahoos relief corps and fell 3-1.Peralta (L, 1-1) earned his first quality start for the Shuckers, allowing

BILOXI, MS - Freddy Peralta  continued to rack up strikeouts in his third Double-A start on Friday night, fanning eight Pensacola batters over six innings. Unfortunately, his Shuckers were unable to solve the Blue Wahoos relief corps and fell 3-1.
Peralta (L, 1-1) earned his first quality start for the Shuckers, allowing only five hits over the course of his outing. With 19 strikeouts in his first two Double-A starts and eight more on Friday, the young righty now has 27 strikeouts in 14.2 innings with Biloxi.

Former Shucker and Brewers farmhand Austin Ross was poised to continue his dominance over his former team after tossing 15.0 shutout frames earlier in the season. But a Wendell Rijo RBI double in the second ended that near-perfect run and the righty exited due to injury with one out in the third.
The Blue Wahoos answered Rijo's two-out RBI double with one of their own in the third, as Blake Trahan doubled home Joe Hudson to tie the game 1-1.
In the sixth, Reds top prospect Nick Senzel sent a fly ball over the left field scoreboard for his second Double-A home run to give the Wahoos a 2-1 lead. Pensacola relievers Robert Stock (W, 4-1) and Geoff Broussard kept the Shuckers off the board into the late innings.
Travis Hissong gave the Shuckers two more perfect innings of relief in the seventh and eighth, marking 9.2 innings of one-hit ball since being signed as a free agent two weeks ago. In the ninth inning, however, Gavin LaValley hit a solo home run in the ninth inning to end the scoreless streak and extend the Pensacola lead to 3-1.
Carlos Gonzalez (S, 3) retired the Shuckers in the bottom of the ninth to clinch a series victory for the Blue Wahoos.
The Shuckers will look to salvage the final game of their series on Saturday night, as Luis Ortiz faces off against Keury Mella. First pitch is at 6:35 pm with live coverage beginning at 6:15 pm on Cruisin' WGCM AM-1240/FM-100.9 and the Shuckers Radio Network. The game will also be available at biloxishuckers.com, MiLB.TV and TuneIn Radio.
The Shuckers will recognize and honor soldiers and their families for the dedication, commitment, and sacrifices they have made for our nation with Military Appreciation Night on Saturday. All active and retired military personnel will receive $4 off of the day of game price in the box or reserved levels. Also, on Saturday and each and every Saturday home game this season, Post-Game Fireworks will light up the sky over MGM Park and downtown Biloxi. Experience the best fireworks show on the Mississippi Gulf Coast! This show will have a patriotic music theme.
Fans are encouraged to purchase ticets in advance at any Ticketmaster outlet or biloxishuckers.com.
ABOUT THE BILOXI SHUCKERS: The Biloxi Shuckers are the Double-A Southern League Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Shuckers 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.com.