The Mississippi Braves closed out the home portion of the regular-season Tuesday night at Trustmark Park, finishing the season with the largest total attendance since the 2008 season. The M-Braves plated an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth to defeat the Stars 4-3.
After Jacksonville lost to Montgomery 8-6 and Mobile dropped a 4-2 contest in Tennessee, the M-Braves enter the final five games tied with the Suns for the Southern League South Division lead. Mississippi (36-28, 74-60) scored four runs on nine hits while Huntsville (27-38, 56-77) plated three runs on six hits and an error.
The M-Braves jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first. Mycal Jones and Christian Bethancourt reached on back-to-back singles to put runners at the corners. Tommy La Stella followed with a RBI-single to right field. Edward Salcedo then grounded into a double play, allowing Bethancourt to score the game's second run.
In the bottom of the third, Salcedo reached on a fielder's choice. He then stole second and third before coming in to score on a Jose Martinez single, extending the M-Braves lead to 3-0.
In the bottom of the eighth with the score tied, Salcedo singled and moved to second on a Martinez sacrifice bunt. Robby Hefflinger then reached on a fielder's choice. Hector Gomez tried to cut down Salcedo at second but an errant throw allowed Salcedo to come around and score, giving the M-Braves a 4-3 advantage on the error.
Gary Moran (4-2) tossed two frames to pick up the win. Kevin Shackelford (1-1) gave up the unearned run on one hit and a walk to take the loss. Pat Egan (S, 4) came in to record the final three outs and notch the save.
The M-Braves take a day off to travel to Jacksonville, FL, for the final five-games of the 2013 regular season. Braves right-hander Michael Lee (9-8, 3.64) takes the hill in game one of the series Thursday at 6:05 PM CST. He'll counter Suns lefty Andrew Heaney (4-1, 2.60).
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WEDNESDAY'S SCORES
CLASS AAA
Durham 5, Gwinnett (57-82) 1
LP: Hale (6-8) 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2. (109 pitches)
Constanza 3-5, RBI; Leonard 2-4, R; Gosselin 2-4.
CLASS AA
Mississippi, idle.
ADVANCED CLASS A
Game One
Carolina 12, Lynchburg (68-65) 11 (7)
SP: Weber 3.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.
LP: Hyatt (2-4) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER(1R), 1 BB, 0 K.
Hyams 2-3, 2B, 3B, 2R, 2 RBI; Rohm 2-4, 2 R, HR (2nd), RBI; Elander 1-4, R, RBI; Moses 1-2, RBI; Kubitza 2-3, 2 R, HR (12th), 4 RBI; Lipka 2-5, 2 R, SB (34).
Game Two
Carolina @ Lynchburg, ppd..
CLASS A
Rome (71-63) 4, Savannah 1
WP: Parsons (7-7) 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K.
Wilson (Save, 8) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.
Wren 3-4, R, 2B, RBI, SB (31); Peraza 2-4, SB (60); Meneses 3-4, RBI; Tewell 1-3, 2 R.
(NOTE: Rome has won 8-10, but is still 6 back, one shy of elimination)
SHORT-SEASON
Danville (27-36) 5, Greeneville 2
WP: Waszak (3-5) 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.
Otero 2.2. IP, 3 H, 0 ERSwanner (Save 6) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Lien 2-4, R, RBI; Sanchez 1-1, HR (1st). 2 RBI; Camargo 14, R; V. Reyes 1-4, R (.312).
GCL Braves (25-34) 4, GCL Tigers 0 Combination one-hitter
SP: Cordero 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K.
WP: Paulino (1-1) 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K.
Kimbrel 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
McKenzie 2-4, 3 RBI; F. Sanchez 2-4, 2 R, RBI, SB; Sears 1-4, R, 3B; Reed Harper 1-4 (.303).
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