SL1 Mississippi Braves

Braves score early, hold on for win

Published on June 12, 2006 under Southern League (SL1)
Mississippi Braves News Release


The Braves got four runs through the first three innings and the pitching staff shutdown the Lookouts lineup to get the win in the fifth and final game of this series.

Michael Rosamond continued his power streak with a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the first to give the Braves an early 2-0 lead. Chattanooga countered in the top of the second when Anderson Machado hit a sacrifice fly to left that brought Noochie Varner to the plate making the score 2-1 Braves.

Gregor Blanco singled to lead off the third and Luis Hernandez tripled him in to make the score 3-1. Hernandez came in to score when second baseman Javier Colina's errant throw got away from third baseman Aaron Herr making the score 4-1 Braves.

Matt Wright (6.2 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K) allowed one run through 6.2 innings and left the game with a 4-1 lead to improve to 6-2 on the year. Dan Smith (1.0 IP, 1 BB, 2 K) struck out two during his one inning. Arthur Santos (0.1 IP, 1 H) got the Braves out of the eighth inning. Zach Schreiber (1.0 IP, 1 K) threw a scoreless ninth inning to earn his team-high sixth save of the year.

Josh Hall (6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP) allowed four runs on nine hits through six innings and left the game trailing 4-1 to fall to 2-1 on the year. Carlos Guevara (2.0 IP, 1 H) held the Braves scoreless through the seventh and the eighth innings.

The Braves welcome the Jacksonville Suns to town for a five-game series tomorrow night. Mississippi and Jacksonville play game one tomorrow night at Trustmark Park at 7:05 pm. The Braves send righty Daniel Curtis to the hill in search of his third win of the season while the Suns counter with righty TJ Nall who's looking for his fourth win. The Braves On Deck Circle powered by Nextel starts off the broadcast at 6:05pm (CT) on SuperSport 930.

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Michael Rosamond belted his team-high 11th homer of the year in the first inning ... It marked the second time this year he's hit homers in back-to-back games ... Only the sixth time in team history a Mississippi Brave has hit homers in back-to-back games. The top two guys in the lineup, Gregor Blanco and Luis Hernandez, went 4-7 with three runs scored and an RBI. Onil Joseph went 2-4 with two infield singles. Matt Wright won his fourth consecutive game ... He's only the second Mississippi Brave to win four consecutive games ... Anthony Lerew did it in the Braves inaugural year.

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