Stars Shutout in Mississippi

April 16, 2014 - Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


Pearl, MS-The Huntsville Stars, the Double-A Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers were shutout for the first time this season. The Mississippi Braves, the Double-A Affiliate of the Atlanta Braves blanked the Stars 3-0 Wednesday afternoon at Trustmark Park.

Stars starter Taylor Jungmann(1-1) was the tough luck loser as he turned in a quality start for the second time in his three outings. Jungmann worked six innings and allowed his only runs in the second inning.

After Jungmann retired the first four batters of the game, Kyle Kubitza and David Rohm singled back to back. Then Robby Hefflinger drove a ground rule double over the head of centerfielder Mitch Haniger scoring Kubitza giving the Braves a 1-0 lead. Braden Schlehuber followed with a groundout to shortstop Nick Shaw scoring Rohm extending the lead to 2-0.

Braves' starter Williams Perez(1-1) held the Stars offense in check all afternoon. He didn't allow a hit until Josh Prince's single in the fourth. Perez ended up pitching 5.2 scoreless innings allowing only two hits with five strikeouts.

The Stars had opportunities in the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth innings but stranded nine runners on base during the final four innings of the game.

In the ninth, with the bases loaded and two outs Shae Simmons notched his fourth save when he struck out Shawn Zarraga to end the game.

Mississippi got an insurance run in the eighth after the Cedric Hunter SAC Fly. Mississippi improved to 6-7 and the Stars fell to 8-5 on the season.

The Stars and Braves will play game four of their series Thursday night. LHP Brent Suter(1-0, 1.64) will start for Huntsville while RHP JR Graham(0-0, 0.00) will take the hill for Mississippi. The game can be heard starting at 6:45 PM with Steve Jarnicki on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and www.wtkiradio.com.



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