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Barons Walk Off With Win Over Stars

August 29, 2009 - Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


David Cook singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Birmingham to a 7-6 win over Huntsville Saturday night in the second of a five-game set at Regions Park. The Barons stopped a four-game slide and lifted their record to 37-25 in the second half and 85-46 overall, while the Stars four-game win streak was snapped, as they fell to 25-35 in the second half and 63-67 overall. The Barons have taken eight out of 12 from the Stars, including six of eight in Birmingham.

Mike McClendon tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings behind Stars' starter Josh Butler and gave way in the ninth to Wes Littleton, who walked the leadoff man Robbie Hudson. Jordan Danks dropped down a sacrifice bunt before CJ Retherford fanned for the second out. The Stars intentionally walked the lefty-swinging Christian Marrero to get to Cook, who cracked a ground ball past a diving Shane Justis at third base into left field to deliver Hudson with the decisive run. It was Cook's league-leading 82nd RBI of the season.

Ricky Brooks followed Barons' starter Matt Long and kept the Stars scoreless through an inning and a third and turned over a 6-4 edge heading into the eighth inning to Clevelan Santeliz, who gave up a run-scoring double to Chuck Caufiled that trimmed the Barons' lead to 6-5. The right-hander then gave up the tying run in the ninth when Justis led off with a double, moved to third base on a ground ball out and came in to score, after a collision at the plate, on a Jonathan Lucroy sacrifice fly. The tying run was only the fifth earned run allowed by Santeliz in 52 innings of work. Santeliz was tossed from the game after the inning was over but wound up picking up his fourth win of the season.

Jared Price doubled with one out in the third, the first hit for either side, moved to third base on a Butler wild pitch and scored on a Hudson ground out to give the Barons a 1-0 lead. Long held the Stars hitless until Drew Anderson doubled with one out in the fourth. Taylor Green singled with two outs into right field from where Marrero made a one-hop throw to cut Anderson down at the plate to keep the Barons in front.

The Barons collected only one hit in a five-run fifth, a run-scoring single by Danks, and took advantage of three errors, three walks and catcher's interference to move out to a 6-0 lead. A Butler throwing error on a bunt attempt by Price allowed a run to score, another Butler wild pitch chased in a run, a run-scoring ground out by Dayan Viciedo brought in another run, as did an error by Lorenzo Cain after he overran the base hit by Danks. Butler was lifted after 4 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on three hits.

The Stars climbed right back into the game with four runs in the sixth. Green drove in the first run with a base hit before JR Hopf's scoring fly ball cut the lead to 6-2. Caufield's two-out, run-scoring hit made it 6-3 and knocked Long out of the game. Brooks took over and gave up a run-scoring hit to Michael Garciaparra that completed the rally. Long, who had allowed only two runs over 25 innings in his prior four outings, was charged with four runs on seven hits, while walking three and striking out three.

The series continues Sunday afternoon with Stars' right-hander Brandon Kintzler taking the mound against Barons' right-hander John Ely. Coverage of the game begins at 4:50 pm central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.



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