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Smokies fall to BayBears Sunday night, 5-1

August 30, 2009 - Southern League (SL1)
Knoxville Smokies News Release


SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - Handed a golden opportunity Sunday afternoon to take sole possession of first place in the Southern League North Division, the Tennessee Smokies were unable to capitalize. Wes Roemer and the Mobile BayBears defeated the Smokies, 5-1, in front of 4,296 at Smokies Park and in the process, kept the Smokies (34-29) in a first place tie with West Tenn.

Roemer was dominant Sunday afternoon, holding the Smokies to only one run on six hits in seven innings of work. 63 of his 91 pitches went for strikes and he struck out four.

Tennessee starter Andrew Cashner was not as fortunate. He allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits in six innings of work, walking two and striking out one. Sunday's loss by Cashner put him at 2-4 on the season.

Mobile got to Cashner for one run in the first and broke the game open with three runs in the fourth, thanks in large part to a Matt Tupman single to right that brought home two BayBears.

Tupman came through again with a RBI single in the sixth to cap Mobile's scoring on the night.

The only real sign of life on offense for the Smokies came in the seventh inning, as Tyler Colvin belted his 13th home run of the year to cut Mobile's lead to 5-1.

Tennessee relievers Marco Carrillo and Alex Maestri were bright spots for the Smokies, as they combined to hold Mobile scoreless over the final three innings. Unfortunately, Mobile was just as effective out of the bullpen as they kept Tennessee off the board in the final two innings.

Tennessee and Mobile will square off in Game 4 Monday night at Smokies Park. Tennessee's Hung-Wen Chen (7-9, 4.62) will face off against Matt Torra (8-12, 4.01) for Mobile. Tickets for those games can be purchased at www.smokiesbaseball.com, by calling (865) 286-2300, or at the Smokies Park ticket office.

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