Wahoos Complete Six-Game Sweep Of Biloxi

August 17, 2026

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos swept a six-game series for the first time since 2023 on Sunday night, beating the Biloxi Shuckers 6-3 to complete a perfect weeklong road trip against their division rival.

Brandon Compton launched a three-run homer over the right field videoboard in the third inning to give the Blue Wahoos an early lead that they would hold for the rest of the night. It was the 17th for Compton in a Blue Wahoos uniform this season, tying him with Dillon Lewis for the team lead despite not joining the club until June 30.

Joey Volini (W, 1-2) earned his first Double-A win and pitched efficiently to establish a new career high in innings pitched. The lefty, who had never pitched beyond 6.0 innings in his professional career, worked 7.0 innings of three-run ball on only 83 pitches and became the first Pensacola starter since Luis Palacios in 2023 to pitch into the eighth inning.

Shuckers starter Jaron DeBerry (L, 7-7) allowed four unearned runs over 5.0 innings, but had only himself to blame. In the third inning with the game still scoreless, Adrian Santana hit a comebacker that would have been an inning-ending double play. DeBerry sailed his throw up the front slope of the mound into center field, opening the floodgates to a four-run inning. Aiva Arquette followed with an RBI single before Compton’s tape-measure homer.

Andrew Fischer and Mike Boeve each hit solo homers against Volini, but an RBI single from Santana in the top of the seventh inning and a bases-loaded walk drawn by Compton in the ninth gave the Pensacola bullpen added insurance. Colby Martin retired all three batters he faced in the eighth inning, and Holt Jones (S, 5) remained perfect in save opportunities with a 1-2-3 ninth.

The series marked the first six-game sweep for the Blue Wahoos since September 2023, when they earned a road sweep in Rocket City. It also extended a miserable run for the Shuckers, who have now lost a franchise-record 11 in a row.

With the win, the Blue Wahoos remained 4.0 games ahead of the Montgomery Biscuits with 24 games remaining in the regular season as they pursue a second half South Division title and a date with the reeling Shuckers in the playoffs.

After an off day, the Blue Wahoos begin a six-game home series against the Knoxville Smokies, Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, on Tuesday night.

written by Erik Bremer

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