Stars Silenced By M-Braves, Northcraft

Published on August 26, 2013 under Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


In game three of a five-game series at Trustmark Park, the Huntsville Stars lost to the Mississippi Braves by a score of 6-2 on Sunday evening.

After getting shutout one night earlier, the M-Braves broke out to a hot start against Stars starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann.

To begin the game, the M-Braves worked three walks from Jungmann into a RBI single from first basemen Omar Luna and a RBI groundout by outfielder Jose Martinez to make the score 2-0. Mississippi then got a two-run, two-out double from second basemen Tommy LaStella in the second inning to go up by four.

That offense was plenty for M-Braves starting pitcher Aaron Northcraft. The 23-year-old tossed five scoreless frames against the Stars to improve to 8-8 on the year. Northcraft is now 3-0 in three starts against Huntsville this year.

The win for the ninth-ranked prospect in the Braves organization was preserved by a combined three scoreless innings of relief from righties Shea Simmons and James Hoyt.

For the Stars, their only offense in the eighth inning against former Huntsville reliever Thomas Keeling.

Following a walk by third basemen Mike Walker, outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard launched a two-run blast off the batters eye in centerfield to make the score 6-2. For Kjeldgaard, the homer was his 21st on the season, tying him for the league lead with two others, including fellow Stars teammate Jason Rogers. It was also his 7th homer on the year against Mississippi alone.

From a pitching perspective, Jungmann fell to 9-10 on the season after giving up five runs in 3.1 innings while walking a season-high seven batters. Jungmann has now lost three straight starts.

Aside from the Brewers second-ranked prospect, Huntsville got an inning of scoreless relief from righties Micah Owings, Michael Olmsted and Eric Marzec.

Mississippi's offense tacked on their other two runs on a RBI groundout by third basemen Edward Salcedo in the fourth inning and a RBI single from Northcraft one inning later.

On Monday, the Stars will play game four of a five-game set against the Mississippi Braves at Trustmark Park. Huntsville will send RHP Ariel Pena (7-8, 3.88 ERA) while Mississippi will counter with RHP Gus Schlosser (6-5, 2.50 ERA).

Coming into the game, Pena has given up just two earned runs in his last three starts (15 innings pitched).

First pitch is at 7:00 PM.

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