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Gonzalez Walk-Off Single Gives M-Braves Split against Blue Wahoos

July 8, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
Mississippi Braves News Release


The M-Braves lost game one 3-1 in eight innings and won two 3-2, scoring three runs in the final inning. Mississippi leads the series 2-1 and has won six of their last seven games.

Game One

RHP Freddy Tarnok tossed six shutout innings, allowing just one hit with six strikeouts.

Tarnok has given up just four runs in his last 21 innings over four starts. He is currently ranked as Atlanta's No. 7 prospect.

Tarnok dueled against the Miami Marlins' top prospect RHP Eury Perez, who gave up just one run in six innings.

Justin Dean hit his first home run of the season in the fourth to give the M-Braves a 1-0 lead that the club carried into the seventh.

Dean is batting .284 with a homer and 14 RBI in 37 games this season.

In the seventh, pinch hitter Norel Gonzalez tied the game at 1-1 with a two-out single to right center.

In the bottom of the inning, Dean led off with an infield single, but the M-Braves failed to get a run across. Pensacola won the game 3-1 with two runs in the eighth.

Game Two

Yariel Gonzalez came up as a pinch hitter in a tie game with two outs in the seventh and hammered a single to deep left center to walk off 3-2 over the Blue Wahoos.

The M-Braves failed to record a hit in the first six innings, trailing 2-0 entering the final frame.

RHP Zach McCambley delivered six no-hit innings before leaving in the seventh after a leadoff walk to Drew Lugbauer that brought his pitch count to 100.

Lugbauer drew three walks in the game.

Andrew Moritz and Logan Brown each contributed RBI, and the M-Braves called on Gonzalez as a pinch hitter with the winning run on second base. Gonzalez came through, and Moritz scored the winning run to take the game 3-2.

RHP Tyler Ferguson picked up his third win with a scoreless seventh inning.

The fourth game of the series is on Friday at Trustmark Park. RHP Darius Vines (4-4, 4.95) makes the start for Mississippi against RHP Jeff Lindgren (3-1, 2.72) for Pensacola. The first pitch is at 6:35 pm CT, with coverage starting at 6:20 pm CT on 103.9 WYAB, TuneIn Radio, First Pitch App, and MiLB.tv.

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