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Suns' Streak Comes to End in 9-3 Loss

Published on May 19, 2013 under Southern League (SL1)
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PEARL, Miss. - The Mississippi Braves (26-17) hit three home runs, and the Jacksonville Suns (24-16) fell in an 8-0 hole before plating their first run in a 9-3 loss at Trustmark Park.

Suns starter Bryan Evans (0-1), making first start of the 2013 season after beginning the year on the disabled list, threw just three innings and allowed seven earned runs as Jacksonville fell back into second place in the Southern League South division. The Braves regained a half game advantage over the Suns heading into game four of the series on Monday.

The win snapped the Suns' four-game winning streak that began in game four of the team's previous series against the BayBears in Mobile.

Evans fell into a hole early in the bottom of the second inning when he served up a solo home run to Edward Salcedo that gave the Braves a 1-0 lead. Several batters later, Braeden Schlehuber rapped a two-run shot over the wall in left to extend the Suns' deficit to 3-0.

The third inning would prove to be the most costly for Evans and the Suns, as Mississippi scored four times to blow the game open. Christian Marrero doubled in Tommy La Stella, and Jose Martinez's double play grounder scored Marrero to push the advantage to 5-0. After Jaime Pedroza reached base, Schlehuber hit his second long ball of the afternoon to make the lead seven.

It was an eight run Braves lead before Jacksonville finally broke through against Mississippi starter Alex Wood (3-2) in the top of the sixth. Audy Ciriaco's line drive single scored Jake Marisnick to get the Suns on the board, and Chris Gutierrez's two-run triple made it an 8-3 game.

Jacksonville would do no further damage against Wood or a trio of Braves relievers, however. Wood, who entered the game with a near-spotless 0.82 ERA, finished his day with six innings pitched, allowing three runs on six hits with five strikeouts and a pair of walks.

The Braves closed out the scoring on Kyle Russell's run-scoring hit off Collin Cargill in the bottom of the seventh. Suns pitchers surrendered a season-high 17 hits, with seven Braves tallying multi-hit games against Jacksonville hurlers. Both Pedroza and Schlehuber finished with three-hit afternoons.

Mike Ojala's run allowed in the bottom of the fifth was the first for the Suns' bullpen in the series against Mississippi, and the first overall for the 'pen after a scoreless streak of 14 straight innings.

Jake Marisnick was one of just two Suns with multiple hits in the game, finishing his afternoon 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.

The Suns can still secure a series win with a victory on Monday in game four of the five-game set with the Braves. Jacksonville will attempt to regain first place in the division behind right-hander Robert Morey (1-0, 3.64), while the Braves hope to maintain the top spot by sending righty Gus Schlosser (5-1, 3.21) to the mound. First pitch is set for 8:00 p.m. ET.

Suns fans can listen to Monday's game on the Suns Baseball Network, 94.1 WSOS-FM or through jaxsuns.com, MiLB.com or the Suns iPhone or Android app, beginning at 7:45 p.m. ET with the UF and Shands Suns Pre-Game Show.

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