Big Inning Pushes Biscuits to Victory

Published on August 23, 2009 under Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


Ryan Morse worked six solid innings and a six-run sixth inning outburst carried Montgomery to an 8-3 victory over Huntsville Sunday afternoon in the second of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Biscuits have taken the first two contests to improve to 27-29 in the second half and 60-66 overall, while the Stars lost a third straight game to fall to 21-35 in the second half and 59-66 overall. The Biscuits have won six straight over the Stars after dropping the first game in the season series.

Brett Lawrie tucked a looping fly ball just inside the right field and legged it into a triple to lead off the home first inning and came in to score on a single by Shane Justis, who drove in his first run since August 2.

Stars' starter Nick Green had blanked the visitors on three hits through five frames before they strung together five singles to produce three runs and knock the right-hander out of the game after 5 1/3 innings of work. Chris Nowak tied the game with a base hit before Cody Cipriano's single put the Biscuits ahead to stay at 2-1. Cody Strait's run-scoring hit pushed the lead to 3-1 and sent Green from the game after he had allowed eight hits, while issuing one walk and fanning one. He was followed by Bobby Bramhall, who gave up a sacrifice fly to Matt Spring and a two-run double to Brandon Chaves that finished the rally. Green took the loss to fall to 0-5 in five starts and once again received small run support, as the Stars have totaled four runs while he has been on the mound.

Nowak doubled in a run in the seventh to push the lead to 7-1 and hand the bullpen a six-run cushion after Morse allowed a run on five hits to earn his third win of the season and his first since May 4. The right-hander walked one and fanned two and was followed by Matt Gorgen, who retired the side in order in the seventh and then yielded a two-out, solo home run to Drew Anderson in the eighth that cut the visitors' lead to 7-2.

Freddy Parejo singled in a run in the bottom of the ninth to make it an 8-3 score and the Stars loaded the bases with one out before Mike Wlodarczyk struck out Shane Justis and got Anderson to line out to end the game. The Stars are hitless in eight bases loaded at-bats in the series, with five strikeouts. Jonathan Lucroy went hitless in three at-bats with a walk and lost a 22-game hitting streak that matched the longest in franchise history set by Mickey Lopez from August 2-25, 2000.

The series continues Monday night with Stars' right-hander Josh Butler making the start against Biscuits' right-hander Rayner Oliveros. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 pm central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

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