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Westbrook, Robertson Rally Generals Past Mobile for Sweep

July 16, 2018 - Southern League (SL1)
Jackson Generals News Release


JACKSON, Tenn. - The Jackson Generals, the Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, solved yet another riddle on Monday, rallying past the Mobile BayBears for a 6-4 win at The Ballpark at Jackson. The five-game sweep for the Generals (51-43, 12-13 Second Half) was Jackson's third of the year, and it came on the strength of a four-run seventh-inning rally to upend Mobile (48-44, 11-13).

Held without a hit through the first three innings by Mobile right-hander Joe Gatto, the G-Men started up the hill with a 4-0 deficit in front of them. An RBI single from Jamie Westbrook scored Ben DeLuzio in the fourth inning to give Jackson a pulse, and the Generals would draw closer two innings later. Rudy Flores narrowly missed a two-run shot in the sixth inning, settling for an RBI double off the wall in right-center that scored DeLuzio to bring Jackson within 4-2. Gatto departed the game after six frames with a 5-2 lead, but his replacement, Adrian Almeida (2-4, 4.85 ERA), proved to be fresh meat for the Generals.

Almeida---whom the Generals had tagged for four runs in last Thursday's comeback win---gave up a leadoff solo home run to Daniel Robertson on the first pitch of the seventh inning, allowing Jackson the spark they needed to get going. With two outs, a walk by DeLuzio put men on first and third, drawing Domingo Leyba to the plate.

On the first pitch to Leyba, DeLuzio broke for second base, drawing Mobile second baseman Jahmai Jones to the base with him. Leyba rapped the pitch into the hole on the right side of the infield where Jones had been, scoring Tyler Ladendorf to bring the Generals within a run at 5-4. Westbrook, batting with the game on the line against Almeida for the second time in five days, singled up the middle, bringing home Leyba and DeLuzio to catapult the Generals into the lead. Westbrook finished with three RBI on two hits, the only General to record multiple hits. Jackson went 4-for-9 with men in scoring position, ending the series 25-for-56 (.446) in that category.

Ryan Atkinson gritted his teeth through six innings despite giving up four runs (two earned) in the first three frames. Atkinson threw 55% of his pitches for strikes, getting outs from nine of the final ten men he faced, including a pickoff of Brennon Lund to end the fourth inning. Kirby Bellow used eight pitches to get one out in the seventh, and he left a man aboard for Brian Ellington (2-0, 31.50 ERA), who continued his improvement from earlier outings. Despite allowing his inherited runner to score, Ellington induced a pair of groundball outs and threw half of his pitches for strikes. Daniel Gibson and Brad Goldberg (S, 4) finished the game with consecutive scoreless frames to complete the sweep.

NEXT GENERALS GAME:

7:05 pm CT Wednesday (7/18) vs. Birmingham Barons

Regions Field - Birmingham, Ala.

RHP Taylor Widener (4-5, 2.75 ERA) vs. RHP Alec Hansen (0-4, 6.04 ERA)

Broadcast Link: Jackson Generals Baseball Network

UP AND COMING AT THE BALLPARK:

July 23-27 vs. Biloxi Shuckers (AA, Milwaukee Brewers)

...featuring Belly Buster Monday (July 23) and Generals Baseball Camp (July 26)!

August 2-6 vs. Tennessee Smokies (AA, Chicago Cubs)

...featuring Disney Night (August 4) and Belly Buster Monday (August 6)!

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2018 First Half North Division Champions

The Jackson Generals, a West Tennessee baseball franchise since 1998, are the Double-A minor league affiliate of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. The Ballpark at Jackson was recently named the 2017 Professional Sports Field of the Year by the Tennessee Turfgrass Association. On the field, the Generals and manager Shelley Duncan won the First Half North Division title in 2018, assuring them of a bid to the end-of-season playoffs in September.

For tickets and more information about the Generals, dial 731.988.5299 or log on JacksonGeneralsBaseball.com!

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