SL1 Montgomery Biscuits

Biscuits stun Mississippi, 6-5

Published on June 29, 2006 under Southern League (SL1)
Montgomery Biscuits News Release


MONTGOMERY - Jason Pridie's two-run homer completed a Biscuits comeback from an early four-run deficit as Montgomery (6-5) continued their dominance of the Mississippi Braves (3-8) with a 6-5 victory in the first of a five-game series on Thursday night.

The Biscuits improved to 14-3 all-time against the Braves at Riverwalk Stadium, as well as 9-2 against Mississippi in the season series.

Early on, the game looked promising for Mississippi. The visitors scored four first inning runs against Montgomery starter Jason Cromer, all unearned due to Biscuits errors by leftfielder Michael Coleman and shortstop Matthew Maniscalco.

A two-run homer by Montgomery's Elliot Johnson halved the deficit to 4-2 in the third inning, the second baseman's eleventh home run of the season.

Joshua Arteaga's RBI double pushed the Braves lead to three runs in the top of the fourth, but it would not be enough.

In the fifth, Johnny Raburn's two-run double cut the lead to 5-4. An inning later, following a Ryan Christianson walk, Pridie blasted an offering from reliever Dan Smith (2-5) over the right field wall to put Montgomery on top. It was the centerfielder's third roundtripper of the season.

Reliever Josh Kranawetter (2-0) picked up the victory for the Biscuits, hurling 2.1 innings of scoreless relief for his second win in the span of four days. Jean Machi recorded the last four outs, including striking out the side in the ninth, for his eight save.

The Biscuits and Braves play the second game of the five-game series on Friday night at 7:05 pm. Righthander Jeff Niemann (0-2, 4.32) will take the mound for Montgomery, opposed by Mississippi's Matt Harrison (0-1, 6.00).

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