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Stars and Braves Split Doubleheader

May 14, 2012 - Southern League (SL1) - Huntsville Stars News Release


HUNTSVILLE, Ala.- After two consecutive rainouts, mother nature finally complied and allowed the Huntsville Stars to play and split a doubleheader against the Mississippi Braves on Monday night at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars won game one 5-4 and lost game two 6-0.

In game one, down by a run early, the Stars got an RBI double from Jason Jaramillo and a 2-run single from center fielder Josh Prince to take a 3-1 lead after the first inning.

While defensive miscues by Huntsville allowed the M-Braves to score three of their four runs, making the score 5-4 in the fifth inning, their was no scoring after that point.

Huntsville starting pitcher Tyler Thornburg improved to 5-0 on the season after pitching 6.0 innings while giving up four runs (one earned) and striking out four. Following Thornburg's departure before the seventh inning, Stars RHP Jesus Sanchez shut down the M-Braves for his third save of the season. Sanchez hasn't allowed a run in his last 12 appearances.

In game two, the Stars were shutout by a score of 6-0 and held to five total hits by the combination of M-Braves starting pitcher Sean Gilmartin and reliever Andrew Wilson.

On offense, the Braves began the scoring in the first inning on a two-run home run from third basemen Joe Leonard.

Mississippi also got an RBI triple by center fielder Todd Cunningham in the second inning, and a 2-run double by first basemen Ian Gac in the fifth inning to give Gilmartin all the run support he needed.

The Braves 2011 first round draft pick (29th overall) improved to 2-4 on the season by shutting out the Stars through six innings, giving up just four hits while striking out four.

Stars starting pitcher Kyle Heckathorn fell to 2-2 on the season after giving up five runs in 4.2 innings pitched. For Heckathorn, the first inning home run to Leonard was his first long ball given up this season in over 40 innings pitched. The loss was the fourth time the Stars have been shutout this season.

The Stars and Braves will finish off their four-game series with a special 10:43 AM first pitch on Tuesday with Huntsville sending out RHP Hiram Burgos (2-1, 0.87 ERA with High-A Brevard County) to face off against Mississippi starter RHP David Hale (2-2, 4.66 ERA).

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