Catfish Defeat Braves in Extras

Published on April 16, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Columbus Catfish News Release


Columbus, Georgia- It took an inning of free baseball for the Columbus Catfish to defeat the Rome Braves Wednesday night; but their bats came up big when they needed to as the ‘Fish downed the Braves 2-1 in 10 innings.

The Rome Braves came out hot in the top of the first, as Heyward and Freeman would both double with 2 outs to plate Rome's only run of the game. However, Columbus' starter Josh Johnson (1-1) settled down and shutout the Braves for the next 4 plus innings, before being relieved by the dependable Catfish bullpen. Travis Barnett and John Baird would combine for 5 shutout innings, while striking out 6 and only allowing a combined total of 2 hits.

Columbus picked up their first run of the game in the bottom of the sixth on a homerun from Cody Cipriano, his second of the season. The two teams would remain tied in to the bottom of the tenth inning, when Omar Luna singled to score Henry Wrigley from second base to win the game, evening up the Catfish's seasonal record at 7-7.

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The Catfish are the Class-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

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