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Stars Split Doubleheader With Montgomery

May 2, 2014 - Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


Montgomery, AL-The Huntsville Stars, the Double-A Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers split their doubleheader Thursday evening with the Montgomery Biscuits, the Double-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Stars won game one, 5-2 with the Biscuits claiming game two, 7-3 at Riverwalk Stadium. The Stars and Biscuits are both 17-11 now after their doubleheader split.

In game one, Montgomery jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on a two-out solo homerun by Cameron Seitzer off Stars starter Drew Gagnon.

The Stars took the lead in the top of the second. The Stars recorded five singles against Dylan Floro(2-2). Kentrail Davis singled into left field bringing home Shawn Zarraga to tie the game at 1-1. Greg Hopkins grounded into a double play scoring Jason Rogers giving the Stars a 2-1 lead. The Stars made it 3-1 when Josh Prince reached on a fielding error by third baseman Richie Shaeffer.

Gagnon allowed his second homer of the night in the second inning when Alejandro Segovia took him deep over the left field wall. It was Segovia's second homer of the year and it brought the Biscuits within a run at 3-2.

The Stars extended their lead in the seventh on a Greg Hopkins rbi double scoring Davis. Hopkins also scored in the inning on a balk by Braulio Lara.

Gagnon took a no decision after allowing two runs on four walks in four innings.

David Goforth(1-1) earned the win out of the Stars bullpen. He pitched two innings and left the tying and go ahead base runners on base in the sixth.

Arecenio Leon nailed down his third save of the year in the seventh when he got a 1-2-3 inning.

In game two, the Stars jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning against Montgomery starter Jared Mortensen. Nick Ramirez tripled down the right field line scoring Nick Shaw. Shawn Zarraga then brought Ramirez home on an rbi single.

The Biscuits tied it in the second inning against Huntsville starter Jacob Barnes. Jeff Malm singled into left-center scoring Alejandro Segovia and Jake Hager to tie the game at 2-2.

The Stars retook the lead in the fifth. Ramirez tripled for the second time in the game. Zarraga scored Ramirez on a SAC Fly giving the Stars a 3-2 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Biscuits took the lead for good against Stars reliever Eric Marzec(0-2). With one out, Luke Bailey doubled and Riccio Torrez singled putting runners on the corners. Ryan Brett then hit a towering three-run homer over the wall in left giving Montgomery a 5-3 lead.

Marzec suffered the loss for the Stars. The Biscuits added two more runs in the seventh against Tommy Toledo.

Ramirez finished game two 2-4 with an rbi. Zarraga went 1-2 with 2 rbi.

The Stars and Biscuits play game four of their series Friday night. RHP Taylor Jungmann(1-3, 4.23) will start for Huntsville while RHP Michael Colla(1-3, 5.55) goes for the Biscuits. The game can be heard starting at 6:50 PM CT with Steve Jarnicki on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM, and wtkiradio.com.



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