Barons rally with eight runs in the eighth inning

August 30, 2005 - Southern League (SL1)
Jackson Generals News Release

Hoover, AL- The Birmingham Barons spotted the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx a 6-0 lead before scoring eleven unanswered runs, eight of those runs in the eighth inning, to defeat the Diamond Jaxx 11-6.

Carlos Marmol entered the eighth inning with a 6-3 lead. He walked Chris Young to lead off the inning. Marmol was then called for a balk, moving Young to second. Casey Rogowski stepped up to the plate and hit a hard grounder off the lower part of Marmol's left knee. Rogowski wound up with an infield single and Marmol was taken out of the game. There is no word on the severity of Marmol's injury. Victor Ramos (2-2) came in to relieve Marmol and promptly gave up an RBI single to Darren Blakely. After Ryan Sweeney laid down a sacrifice bunt, Josh Fields walked to load the bases. Chris Stewart then walked, driving in Rogowski to make it 6-5. Andy Gonzalez slapped a single to right, scoring Blakely with the tying run. David Aardsma came out of the bullpen and walked Pedro Lopez to drive in the go-ahead run. With the infield in and only one out, Jerry Owens slapped a two run single to make it 9-6. Young drove in Lopez with a sacrifice fly to make it 10-6 and Owens went to third and then scored on a throwing error by Diamond Jaxx OF Adam Greenberg.

B.J. LaMura (5-2) picked up the win for the Barons. He pitched three scoreless and hitless innings of relief. The Diamond Jaxx had just one hit over the final five innings of play.

Eric Patterson had three hits while Matt Craig had two hits, including his 12th homer, and two RBI's. The Diamond Jaxx scored six runs on twelve hits through the first innings, but they also stranded eight baserunners, six of those in scoring position.

The middle game of the series takes place on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Righty Jae-kuk Ryu (9-8 3.35) gets the start for the Diamond Jaxx. Birmingham will counter with righty Kris Honel (5-7 5.77).

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