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April 15, 2009 - Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


Chuck Caufield singled in the game-winning run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Stars their second straight walk off win, a 4-3 decision over Mississippi Wednesday night in the second of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars have won back-to-back games for the first time this season to improve to 3-4, while the Braves have lost three in a row to dip to 2-5. All three of the Stars wins this season have come by a run and six of their seven games have been decided by three runs or less.

Chris Errecart reached third base with one out in the ninth when Willie Cabrera got to his fly ball in right field but could not make the running catch, as it hit off his glove. Pitcher Mike McClendon was the next scheduled hitter and hit a tapper back to the mound that Steve Marek mishandled allowing McClendon to reach first base. Caufield then belted a fly ball over a drawn in outfield to deliver Errecart with the decisive run. McClendon threw two scoreless frames to grab his second win, as the winning pitcher figured into the winning run for a second straight night.

Huntsville tied the game in the eighth against Marek when Yohannis Perez led off with a single, advanced on a Freddy Parejo sacrifice bunt and scored when third baseman Eric Campbell could not handle Adam Stern's sharply hit ground ball. The Braves committed three errors over the final two innings leading directly to the tying and winning runs.

Kala Ka'aihue's lead off home run off of Chris Cody in the fourth inning opened the scoring and ended a stretch of 39 2/3 consecutive frames without giving up a long ball for the Stars' southpaw. Campbell and Matt Young added scoring fly balls to stake the visitors to a 3-0 after five and a half innings. The Stars, who left the bases loaded with one out in the first, stranded runners at second and third and one out in the third and left the bases full again in the fourth against starter Deunte Heath, finally broke through in the sixth against Jeff Lyman with a run-scoring double by Parejo and a Stern sacrifice fly.

Cody went 4 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on five hits, walking three and fanning eight. The Stars quartet of pitchers recorded nine strikeouts, giving them 28 in the two games. Heath allowed only two hits in his four frames but issued six of the nine walks by the Braves, who have issued 15 free passes in two games.

The series continues on Thursday night with right-hander Mark Holliman taking the hill for Huntsville against Braves' southpaw Scott Diamond. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 pm central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

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