SL1 Mississippi Braves

BayBears Topple Braves with 7 Runs After 5th Inning, Take game Two

Published on June 23, 2010 under Southern League (SL1)
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Pearl, MS - In the second game of a six game series, the Mississippi Braves couldn't hold on to an early 1-0 lead and fell short against the Mobile BayBears by the final score of 7-5. The game started forty-two minutes late due to a rain delay. The bright spot for the Braves didn't come until the 9th inning when Mauro Gomez crushed a three-run home run, but in the end, it wasn't enough to over come a 7-2 deficit entering the 9th.

For the second night in a row, the M-Braves jumped out to the early 1-0 lead. With two outs, Concepcion Rodriguez was hit by a pitch to take first base. He would take second base on a steal. Juan Gonzalez then came up to the plate and singled up the middle to score Rodriguez to break the early stale mate.

The score remained 1-0 until the 6th inning, which is when the Bay Bears erupted for their biggest inning of the night. Jake Elmore led off the inning with a walk. That was followed with back to back singles to load the bases. At that point, the Braves took out starter Erik Cordier and brought in Lee Hyde. Hyde struck out Jake Wald, but then gave up a three-RBI double to make the score 4-1, Mobile.

Mississippi cut the score in half in the 8th inning. Willie Cabrera walked to lead off the inning and scored on a sac fly RBI from Concepcion Rodriguez. In the inning, the Braves had the bases loaded with nobody out, but only score the one run and trailed 4-2.

The two teams combined for six runs in the first eight innings of the game, they would combine for six in the 9th inning. Mobile used a double and three singles to score three times. Ollie Linton, Evan Frey and Jake Elmore all scored and carried a 7-2 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning. In the bottom of the 9th, Mississippi had Randy Gress and Michael Daniel walk to lead off the inning. With two outs and two on, Mauro Gomez blasted a three-run home run over the left field wall. For Gomez, the homer was his first since May 24th. Donell Linares was the next batter and he grounded out to end the game. Mobile won with the final score of 7-5.

Game three is tomorrow night at 7:05 at Trustmark Park. Brandon Beachy will make his second start of the season, the RHP is (1-1; 1.46). Mobile will counter with a LHP Wade Miley (0-0; 0.00). Miley will make his Southern League debut after being called up from High-A, Visalia.

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