Stars come back to stun D-Jaxx

Published on August 17, 2009 under Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


Freddy Parejo's two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning drove in the tying and winning runs in Huntsville's 4-3 comeback win over West Tenn Monday night in the opener of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars won their second straight to improve to 18-31 in the second half, while the Jaxx lost a four-game win streak and dipped to 27-24 in the second half. West Tenn's lead in the North Division was trimmed to a game over both Tennessee and Chattanooga with 19 games left in the season. The Stars have won 14 of the 20 games between the two teams.

Former Stars's southpaw Luis Villarreal retired the first two hitters in the eighth before Jonathan Lucroy doubled to push his hitting streak to 17 games and establish a Huntsville record with a two-base hit in his sixth straight game. Taylor Green walked and Villarreal was replaced by Phillippe Aumont, who gave up a base hit to Chuck Caufield that plated Lucroy to cut the lead to 3-2 and sent Green to third. Parejo, with two hits in 25 at-bats since his return from triple-A, sliced a shallow fly ball just inside the right-field line to chase home both runners to give the Stars their first lead of the night. Aumont took the loss to fall to 1-3, while Zach Braddock grabbed the win in his first appearance since July 7 after a perfect eighth inning.

Rob Wooten struck out the side in order in the ninth to earn his ninth save in as many chances and finish off a run of 14 consecutive West Tenn batters retired to end the game. Starter Brandon Kintzler fanned the last two he faced and was followed by Juan Sandoval, who set down the side in turn in the sixth and seventh innings.

West Tenn loaded the bases in the first inning with nobody out on a single, a hit batter and a walk and pushed across the first run of the night on a Guillermo Quiroz fielder's choice grounder. Johan Limonta followed with a run-scoring hit before Matt Mangini bounced into a double play to chase in the third run against Kintzler. The right-hander lasted five frames, allowing four hits, walking three and fanning six in his third start.

Drew Anderson singled with two outs in the sixth inning, stole second base, stayed there when Lucroy walked and scored to cut the Jaxx lead to 3-1 on a single by Green that chased Jaxx' starter Robert Rohrbaugh from the game. The southpaw allowed a run on six hits, walked one and fanned four and was followed by Anthony Varvaro, who tossed a scoreless inning and a third.

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