--The Mississippi Braves jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on Saturday night, but the Jacksonville Suns came clawing back in the middle innings, taking game three of a five-game series 5-3 at Bragan Field.
Mississippi got to Suns starter Adam Conley early, scoring three in the first four innings.
In the second, Robby Hefflinger clubbed a line drive singled to center, and Christian Marrero singled to right with two outs. Hefflinger stretched it from first to third, and an errant throw from Keys in right allowed the run to score.
Then in the fourth, a leadoff walk to Jose Martinez set up a Jaime Pedroza RBI double, staking the Braves to a 2-0 lead. A wild pitch moved Pedroza to third, setting up a Barrett Kleinknecht sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
With Mobile's win over Pensacola, the Braves remain the leaders in the wildcard, and they could clinch a playoff spot as early as Sunday. With a Braves win and a Mobile win over Pensacola, the Braves would lock up their spot in the wildcard.
Game four in Jacksonville and the potential clincher for the Braves begins Sunday at 6:05 PM CT. Right-hander Gus Schlosser (7-5, 2.44) takes on right-hander Bryan Evans (6-5, 3.68) for the Suns.
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DANVILLE STAT LEADERS
BATTING: Reynolds (.309); Camargo (.294); Caratini (.290).
HITS: Camargo (67); Caratini (58); Lien (48).
RUNS: Lien (32); Caratini (29); Camargo (28).
DOUBLES: Caratini (23, led App. by 6); Lien (11); two with 7.
TRIPLES: Camaro, Lien (4); Reynolds, Black (3).
HOME RUNS: Lien (6), Schrader (5), two with 2.
RBIs: Lien (27); Caratini (25); Piloto (22); two with 16.
STOLEN BASES: Lien (10), Reynolds (8), Black (5).
OPS: Caratini (.845); Reynolds (.818); Camargo (.718).
GAMES PITCHED: Dill (18), Gunther (17), two with 16.
WINS: Waszak, Ubiera (3); 9 with 2.
SAVES: Swanner (6), Tate (2).
INNINGS: Waszak (53.1); Ubiera (53); Flores (52.2).
STRIKEOUTS: Flores (65); Ubiera (51); Waszak (47).
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Roster Moves:
GWINNETT: Jose Constanza replaced Gattis in Atlanta.L
MISSISSIPPI: James Hoyt goes onto the DL; Mark Lamm goes back from Gwinnett to help the team, which is still in a postseason battle.
LYNCHBURG: Jose Lugo moved to GCL from active roster; Chase Anselment added from Rome; Anthony Nunez activated from DL; Williams Perez moved to temporarily inactive list(?).
ROME: Ronald Luna moved to Rome from Danville (season complete); Jason Hursh moved to Danville from Rome roster. Kyle Wren moved to Lynchburg.
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SUNDAY'S SCORES
CLASS AAA
Gwinnett (60-83) 12, Charlotte 7 Gattis (LF) 2-5, HR, RBI, K, HBP, Assist.
SP: Gilmartin 5 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.
WP: Buchter (4-0) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K. (2.76)
Greene 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Cunningham 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB; Leonard 2-5, R, RBI; Pagnozzi 2-5, 2B, R, 3 RBI; Carrithers 2-6, 2 RBI.
CLASS AA
Jacksonville 3, Mississippi (75-63) 0
LP: Schlosser (7-6) 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K. (2.39)
Brewer 2-4; La Stella 1-4 (.338).
ADVANCED CLASS A
Suspended Game
Salem 2, Lynchburg 1
SP: Moore 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
LP: Shreve (0-1) 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.
Cunniff 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K. (1.99).
Moses 1-4; Landoni 1-4, 2B; Hyams 1-3, 2B, R.
Scheduled Game
Salem 3, Lynchburg (69-69) 0 (7)
LP: Hinson (4-4) 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.
Fish 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. (2.25)
Rohm 1-3 (.303); Wren (debut) 0-1, CS, left game; Castro 1-2
CLASS A
Rome (72-65) 5,Charleston 4
WP: L. Sims (12-4) 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K.
Pfisterer 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.
Jadofsky (Save, 4) 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.
Marte 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI; Sanchez 1-4, 2 R, RBI; Peraza 4-5, 2 R, 2 SB (63) (.288); Tewell 1-4, 3B, RBI.
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