SL1 Mississippi Braves

Aguilar Leads G-Braves to Series Win

Published on August 7, 2003 under Southern League (SL1)
Mississippi Braves News Release


GREENVILLE, SC -- For the second straight night, the Greenville Braves' bats sizzled and the starting pitching was outstanding as the G-Braves knocked off the Orlando Rays 7-0 Thursday evening at Greenville Municipal Stadium. Starter Ray Aguilar (1-4) stifled the Rays all night long going seven innings and allowing only five hits en-route to the first "AA" win of his career.

The G-Braves jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third off of Rays starter Scott Autrey (2-3). James Jurries smacked a one-out double into the gap in left-center and came in to score on a Jason Fitzgerald single.

Greenville extended its advantage with a pair of runs in the fourth. Ramon Castro got things started with a double, and he slid home safely on a Richard Lewis RBI hit. With two down, Charles Thomas picked up a single, an RBI, and the G-Braves' longest hitting streak of the season at 13 games.

A Cory Aldridge two-run bomb deep to right in the fifth gave the home team a five run cushion. In the sixth, Fitzgerald drove J.C. Boscan home for his 39th RBI of the year, and Lewis hit a solo shot in the next frame for his second homerun in as many games.

Roman Colon and Billy Sylvester went the final two innings to preserve the shutout.

Game Notes

The G-Braves had double figure hits in all four games of the series with Orlando and won three of four games...With two big flies Thursday, Greenville has now had back-to-back multi-homerun games after going 19 games without accomplishing the feat...The G-Braves bid farewell to the Rays and welcome the Jacksonville Suns to Greenville Municipal Stadium for a four game set beginning Friday at 7:15...RHP Daniel Curtis (2-2; 4.10) is scheduled to start for Greenville...The first 2,000 fans through the gate will receive a free G-Braves baseball cap and there will be a huge fireworks show after the game...Sponsored by Peter Pan, Bi-Lo, Sprint PCS, WSSL 100 FM, The Greenville Journal, and Charter Communications.

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