Stars Routed By Barons For Second Straight Game
June 26, 2013 - Southern League (SL1) - Huntsville Stars News Release
After losing the opener of a five-game set at Regions Field by a score of 14-2 one evening earlier, the Huntsville Stars fell to the Birmingham Barons by a score of 12-2 on Tuesday night.
With Stars starting pitcher David Goforth making his Double-A Debut, the Birmingham bats started their offensive explosion early in the first inning. After walking both outfielder Keenyn Walker and first basemen Dan Black, Goforth gave up a two-out, two-run double to outfielder Michael Earley to put the Barons on the board.
In the third inning, it was Earley who would strike again. Following an error that allowed Walker to reach and another walk to Black, the Indiana University product duplicated his first inning output with another two-run double to make the score 4-0. A bases-loaded walk from shortstop Marcus Semien and a RBI single from second basemen Tyler Saladino ultimately put Birmingham up by six and led to Goforth's exit by the end of the third inning.
In his first start with the Stars, the Philadelphia, MS native fell to 0-1 on the year after giving up six runs (four earned) on six hits while walking four batters in 2.2 innings of work. The outing marked the third game in a row that a Stars starting pitcher was pulled before the fourth inning.
For Earley, he continued his hot hitting in the fourth inning with a RBI single off of Stars reliever Frankie De La Cruz, giving him three hits and five runs batted in on the game. De La Cruz gave up a RBI groundout to Saladino later in the frame to make the score 8-0.
One inning later, the hits just kept on coming for Birmingham as Semien led off the fifth against lefty Dan Meadows with a solo homer. As the inning went on, four walks issued by Meadows, the last to outfielder Jared Mitchell with the bases-loaded allowed a run to score to put the Barons up by ten.
Birmingham tacked on one run in both the seventh and eighth inning off of Eric Marzec and Joey Paciorek respectively for good measure. Paciorek was the second position player for the Stars to end up on the mound this season. He walked four batters, including a runner home in his outing.
�On offense, the Stars scored their first run in the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly from catcher Shawn Zarraga. Huntsville got their only other run in the eighth inning with a solo homer from outfielder Rene Tosoni. Third basemen Mike Walker paced the Huntsville offensive attack with two of the Stars five total hits.
From a pitching perspective, the 14 team walks was the most the Stars have given up this year.
In the last three games (all losses), the Stars have been outscored by a margin of 37-6. The loss also marks the 14th contest in a row that Huntsville has failed to score more than four runs in a game.
On Wednesday, the Stars and Barons will play game three of a five-game series at Regions Field. Huntsville will send RHP Taylor Jungmann (7-6, 3.76 ERA) to the bump to try to snap their four-game losing streak. Birmingham will counter with RHP Stephen McCray (7-5, 3.59 ERA). First pitch is at 11:00 AM.
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