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Stars Fall in Extra Innings to BayBears

July 12, 2012 - Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


MOBILE, Ala. - Despite having seven more hits than their opposition, the Huntsville Stars fell to the Mobile BayBears by a score of 3-2 in 10 innings on Wednesday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.

In the first inning, the Stars offense started off hot against Mobile starting pitcher Michael Bolsinger. With a leadoff double from center fielder Josh Prince and third baseman Hainley Statia reaching on an error, Huntsville had runners at first and third and nobody out. The next at-bat, second baseman Scooter Gennett grounded out, allowing Prince to score to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.

The BayBears came back in the third inning and tied up the ballgame. Catcher Rossmel Perez was hit by a pitch by to begin the inning and Bolsinger hit a sacrifice bunt to adavance him. Perez stole third to set up center fielder Evan Frey with one out. A throwing error down to third by catcher Anderson De La Rosa scored Perez to tie up the game.

With the game tied 1-1 in the sixth inning, the Stars then got a surge from an unlikely source. In his first game started since a month-long stint on the disabled list, left fielder Khris Davis crushed a solo home run off of reliever Gaby Hernandez to help the Stars regain the lead.

However, in the sixth inning, the resilient BayBears tied up the game once again. With a runner on second and two outs, a RBI single from third baseman Matt Davidson knotted up the game at two apiece. That single by Davidson was also the first hit given up by Stars starting pitcher Brian Baker all game, snapping his no-hit bid after 5.2 innings.

With the game tied in the bottom half of the tenth inning and Stars reliever Darren Byrd in the game, the BayBears clinched their sixth home win in a row versus the Stars. After a leadoff single by second baseman David Nick, a sacrifice bunt by Perez and a walk by pinch-hitter Wladimir Sutil, Byrd was taken out of the game in favor of RHP Brandon Kintzler.

To begin his outing, Kintzler intentionally walked center fielder Frey to load the bases and got Chris Owings to pop out. Unfortunately, with two outs, right fielder Marc Krauss sent a long drive off the wall in right field to end the ballgame.

For the Stars, the loss wasted a tremendous outing from Baker. The 29-year-old righty earned a no-decision while giving up just two runs on one hit in seven innings of work. With the loss, Byrd fell to 2-4 on the season.

On offense, while out-hitting Mobile by an 11-4 margin, Huntsville left 12 runners on base, including six in scoring position. Prince, Statia, and first baseman Hunter Morris paced the Stars bats with two hits apiece.

The Stars will continue a three-game series at Hank Aaron Stadium on Thursday night. First pitch is at 7:05 PM.

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