Marisnick Leads Suns Over Barons In Continuation Of Suspended Game
Published on June 10, 2013 under Southern League (SL1)
Birmingham Barons News Release
Birmingham, AL - The Birmingham Barons and Jacksonville Suns had to wait 24 hours to finish their suspended game from Sunday but the Suns prevailing by a score of 7-2 in front of fans at Regions Field.
The Suns jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first on a mammoth leadoff home run by Jake Marisnick. The Barons would answer in the bottom half of the inning when Keenyn Walker doubled, stole third base and scored on an RBI double by Andy Wilkins.
Heavy rain would mar the next half inning as the Suns scored two runs on an RBI single by Marisnick. Following the conclusion of the half inning umpires called for the tarp and the game was suspended until Monday.
When the game resumed, the two teams traded zeroes for the next six innings until the 8th when the Suns loaded the bases against reliever Josh Romanski. Zach Cox would plate the Suns' fourth run of the game with a sacrifice fly and Danny Black put the game out of reach with a bases clearing triple, giving the Suns a 7-1 lead they would not relinquish. Miguel Gonzalez would collect his 2nd home run, landing one in the home run porch in the 8th.
Stephen McCray (6-4, 3.82) started the game for the Barons and took the loss, allowing three runs on two hits over 2.0 IP. The win went to Sam Dyson (3-5, 2.44) who allowed just one hit over 5.0 IP after taking over when play resumed on Monday.
With the loss, the Barons fell to 39-24 on the season while Jacksonville improved to 31-29.
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