Lennerton Homers in Hens' 4-2 Loss to Braves
Published on May 25, 2013 under International League (IL1)
Toledo Mud Hens News Release
Jordan Lennerton provided his eighth homer of the year to extend his season-high hit streak to 14, but the Braves got the best of Shawn Hill in a 4-2 loss in Gwinnett on Saturday night.
The Mud Hens took an early 1-0 lead in the third after Brandon Douglas scored on a Kevin Russo RBI sacrifice fly. Gwinnett quickly took over in the fourth with two runs off Shawn Hill to take a 2-1 lead. The Braves added another in the fifth on a Brandon Douglas RBI single to make it 3-1.
Lennerton cut the lead in half with his eighth home run of the year, a solo shot to extend his hit streak to 14 games. Joey Terdoslavich responded for the Braves with an RBI double in the seventh to extend the lead to 4-2.
Shawn Hill took the loss for Toledo, surrendering three runs and nine of the Braves' 12 hits over five innings of work. He also struck out five Gwinnett batters.
The Mud Hens will look to avoid the series sweep tomorrow at 2:05 p.m. behind RHP Derek Hankins (1-2, 2.51).
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