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Suns Drop Season Opener 4-1

April 7, 2011 - Southern League (SL1)
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- The Jacksonville Suns opened the 2011 season with a 4-1 loss to the Huntsville Stars in front of 7,366 fans at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville on Thursday night.

Suns starter Dallas Trahern allowed three runs to the Stars in the top of the first to stake Huntsville to an early lead, but Trahern was locked in for the rest of his five innings on the mound as he made his first start since May 8, 2009. Trahern missed the majority of the 2009 season with an elbow injury, and missed all of 2010 recovering from "Tommy John" surgery.

Trahern took the loss as he gave up three runs on four hits while walking three batters and striking out two.

Huntsville starter Wily Peralta threw six strong innings to earn the victory for the Stars. Peralta carried a no-hitter into the bottom of the sixth inning, and finished the game giving up one run on one hit with a pair of walks and six strikeouts.

Stars catcher Jonathan Lucroy, with Huntsville on a major league rehab assignment from the Milwaukee Brewers, finished the game 0-2 at the plate with two walks and run scored.

The Stars posted three runs on the scoreboard off Trahern in the top of the first. Taylor Green brought in two runs on his double to left center field, and he scored the third run for the Stars as first baseman Sean Halton brought him in on an RBI double to left center field.

The Stars held their three-run lead into the bottom of the sixth inning. With one out, Jacksonville centerfielder Kevin Mattison broke up Peralta's no-hitter with a standup triple to the gap in right-centerfield. Shortstop Chris Gutierrez drove in Mattison for Jacksonville's first run of the night with a sacrifice fly to center.

A ground-rule RBI double for Halton in the top of the eighth increased the Huntsville advantage to 4-1, which would be the final score.

Stars reliever Michael Fiers pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth to earn his first save of the season.

2010 Southern League Championship Series hero Chris Hatcher, who hit a walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth to clinch Jacksonville's second straight Southern League crown made his relief debut, pitching a perfect top of the seventh inning. Hatcher is attempting to be the first major league catcher to return to the big leagues as a pitcher, as he made the switch from behind the plate to the mound this past offseason.

The clubs will play the second game of the series on Friday night at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonvillle. Right-hander Omar Poveda will pitch for the Suns against Stars southpaw Dan Merklinger. The first 3,000 fans through the gates will receive a free collectible poster schedule and magnet schedule for the 2011 Suns season. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m., and fans can listen to the broadcast of the contest beginning at 6:50 p.m. on www.jaxsuns.com.

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