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Stars Snag Series Finale Against M-Braves

August 7, 2013 - Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


After a two-hour rain delay, the Huntsville Stars were able to wrap up their five-game series against the Mississippi Braves with a 2-1 win on Tuesday night.

Despite being outhit by a 10-3 margin, the Stars were able to earn the victory with tremendous pitching, beginning at the start of the game from starting pitcher Brooks Hall.

Hall was able to notch the first win of his Double-A win by tossing five scoreless innings while scattering six hits. The 23-year-old righty improved to 1-4 on the year with the victory.

To conserve the win for Hall, reliever Greg Holle tossed two innings of scoreless baseball while righty Kevin Shackelford earned his fourth save of the year after giving up one unearned run in two innings. Shackelford stranding runners on first and third when he retired M-Braves catcher Braeden Schelhuber to end the game.

While the Stars only were able to manage a season-low three hits on the night, they were able to manufacture them into runs.

After outfielders Chadwin Stang and Brock Kjeldgaard drew walks against Mississippi starting pitcher Ian Thomas, a RBI single by catcher Anderson de la Rosa broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning.

A similar instance would occur two frames later. Following back-to-back singles from Stang and second basemen Nick Shaw that put runners on first and third with nobody out, a sacrifice fly from Jason Rogers put the Stars up 2-0 and gave them all the run support they needed.

With the victory, the Stars improved their record to 6-9 against the M-Braves this season. Five of their six wins have been decided by just one run.

The Stars and M-Braves will play five more games this year at Trustmark Park in late August.

On Tuesday, the Stars will travel to AT&T Park to start up a five-game series against the Chattanooga Lookouts. Huntsville will send a starting pitcher to be determined to the bump while Chattanooga will counter with RHP Garrett Gould (2-2, 3.98 ERA ERA). First pitch is 6:15 CT.

For more information on the Huntsville Stars, visit huntsvillestars.com or call (256) 882-2562.



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