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Braves Drop Finale to West

May 11, 2006 - Southern League (SL1)
Mississippi Braves News Release


West Tenn jumped on the board in the top of the first when Chris Walker singled to lead off the game. He scored on a bunt single by Eric Patterson. On a bizarre play, third baseman Josh Arteagamade a bad throw allowing Patterson to move to second, then Martin Prado threw to second where no one was covering allowing Patterson to move to third. With a man on third and no one out, Braves' starter Matt Wright responded by striking out the next three batters looking.

Mississippi came back in the bottom of the inning after Gregor Blanco ripped a double to left. Luis Hernandez sacrifice-bunted him over to third and he came in to score on a sacrifice fly by Martin Prado making the score 1-1.

West Tenn took a 4-1 lead in the third when Micah Hoffpauir ripped his ninth homer of the year. They extended their lead to 5-1 in the fifth when Eric Patterson walked and scored on a double by Luis Montanez.

West Tenn tacked on two more runs in the ninth to make the score 7-1.

West Tenn's Randy Wells (5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 K) improved to 2-1 on the year. Thomas Atlee (2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K) threw two scoreless innings. Rocky Cherry (2.0 IP, 2 K) threw two scoreless innings to notch his second save of the year.

Matt Wright (5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR) fell to 1-2 on the season. Paul Bush (3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) allowed one run through 3.1 innings. Dan Smith (0.2 IP, 1 BB, 1 K) didn't allow a run through his two-thirds of an inning.

The Braves leave Pearl tonight and head to Birmingham for a five-game set with the Barons. In game one, Mississippi righty Daniel Curtis takes on Birmingham's lefty Ray Liotta at the Hoover Met at 7:05. The Braves On Deck Circle powered by Nextel starts off the broadcast at 6:05pm on SuperSport 930 (WSFZ-AM-930).

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Matt Wright has struck out 23 batters in his last 16 innings pitched.

Gregor Blanco extended his team-high hitting streak to 11 games.

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