SL1 Jackson Generals

Generals Notes Tuesday

Published on August 2, 2011 under Southern League (SL1)
Jackson Generals News Release


Jackson Generals (15-22, 53-54) vs. Mississippi Braves (17-20, 42-65)

RHP Tom Wilhelmsen (4-5, 5.49) vs. LHP Luis Avilan (2-5, 4.95)

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 . 7:05 p.m. . Pringles Park . Jackson, TN

HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS vs. MISSISSIPPI

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TODAY'S GAME: Today is the 22nd meeting between the M-Braves and the Generals, with Mississippi leading the season series 12 to 9. Jackson faces LHP Luis Avilan in game 3 of the 5-game series tonight. The Generals are 10-19 this season when facing a left-handed starting pitcher. Avilan has made 6 relief appearances against the Generals and is 1-0, with a 4.85 ERA in 13 innings (10SO/4BB). The Generals are in last place in the Northern Division, 7 games behind the first-place Chattanooga Lookouts.

JACKSON GENERALS RECAP: - The Generals and Braves combined for 32 hits on Monday night as the M-Braves held off Jackson 10-7 at Pringles Park. Jackson trailed by as many as eight runs, but the comeback fell short by three runs after a rally in the ninth. Mississippi's win evened the series at 1-1. Francisco Martinez and Chih-Hsien Chiang made their Generals debuts since being acquired in trades by Seattle over the weekend. Martinez finished 1-for-5 with an RBI and run scored, while Chiang was 2-for-5 with two runs. Chiang has hit in 17-straight games between Double-A Portland and Jackson. Carlos Triunfel had three more hits on Monday night and finished 3-for-5 with a run scored. Jesus Sucre was 3-for-5 against his former team with three doubles and a season high three RBI's. Chiang, Rich Poythress, Scott Savastano and Vinnie Catricala had two hits each. Dan Nelson was 3-for-4 for the Braves with three RBI's. Eight of nine starters for the Braves had a hit. The pitching matchup was a battle between two pitchers just up from High-A. Jackson starter James Gillheeney (0-1) lasted just three innings and surrendered five runs on eight hits. Mississippi starter Zeke Spruill (1-0) won his Double-A debut dealing six innings and surrendering four runs (three earned) on 10 hits.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Carlos Triunfel currently has a 7-game hit streak, batting .414 (12x29) with 4 runs scored, 1 home run and 2 RBI. He has also hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games, batting .368 (25x68) with 7 runs scored, 1 home run and 6 RBI. Vinnie Catricala has recorded multi-hits in 8 of his last 10 games, batting .442 (19x43) with 9 runs scored, 7 doubles, 1 triple, and 5 RBI. Rich Poythress extended his hit streak to 8 games, batting .483 (14x29) with 3 run scored, 4 doubles and 3 RBI.

TODAY'S STARTER: RHP Tom Wilhelmsen makes his 13th start tonight against the M-Braves. Wilhelmsen will look to put his last start behind him, giving up 8 runs (4 earned), including 3 home runs last Thursday in Chattanooga, taking the loss. Wilhelmsen a righty is better this season against left-handed batters, holding them to a .232 batting clip (26x112).

CHIANG CONTINUES AA HIT STREAK: Chih-Hsien Chiang has a 17-game AA hitting streak, batting .433 (26x60) with 17 runs scored, 8 doubles, 4 home runs, and 14 RBI. Chiang was traded from the Boston organization Sunday to Seattle and 16 games in the streak were with Boston's AA affiliate Portland. A native of Taiwan, he was leading the Eastern League in average (.340), RBI (76), doubles (37), slugging (.648), extra-base hits (59) and runs (68), 4th in on-base percentage (.402) prior to the trade.

MARINERS ACTIVE AT DEADLINE: On Saturday the Mariners acquired left-handed pitcher Charlie Furbush, third baseman Francisco Martinez now with the Generals, outfielder Casper Wells and a player to be named later from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for right-handed pitchers Doug Fister and David Pauley. On Sunday the Mariners acquired current Generals outfielder Chih-Hsien Chiang from the Boston Red Sox Portland affiliate, and Triple-A outfielder Trayvon Robinson from the LA Dodgers Albuquerque affiliate in exchange for left-handed pitcher Erik Bedard and right-handed pitcher Josh Fields was sent to the Red Sox.

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