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Wild Pitch Sends M-Braves Playoff Hopes Reeling

June 12, 2014 - Southern League (SL1)
Mississippi Braves News Release


Kodak, TN - An eighth inning wild pitch plated Anthony Giansanti from third to send the Tennessee Smokies to a 3-2 win over the Mississippi Braves on Wednesday night at Smokies Park.

The run broke a 2-2 tie that had stood from the second inning. Reliever Ryne Harper (3-1) loaded the bases with two out in the eighth when Giansanti reaching on an error by third baseman Kyle Kubitza. Kris Bryant hit a single up the middle and Charlie Cutler walked to load them up.

Harper threw a curveball in the dirt to Dustin Geiger and the ball barely skipped away from catcher Braeden Schlehuber, but Giansanti came charging for the plate and the aggression paid off for the go-ahead run.

PJ Francescon (7-4) picked up the win in relief for the Smokies (31-34) pitching a scoreless eighth inning on one hit. Armando Rivero (10) earned the save, walking one in the ninth and striking out two.

The Braves (37-28) jumped on the board in the first inning against starter Eduardo Figueroa. Mycal Jones led off the game with a single, stole second and moved around to score on back-to-back groundouts by Emerson Landoni and Cedric Hunter.

Tennessee bounced back against Jason Hursh, getting a leadoff single from Giansanti and a double by Stephen Bruno. A wild pitch plated Giansanti for the tying run, then Bryant hit an RBI single to make it 2-1.

The Braves tied it 2-2 in the second when Elmer Reyes doubled, moved to third on a Kubitza groundout and scored on a David Rohm groundout.

Hursh went five innings in the no-decision, allowing two earned on five hits while striking out two and walking one. Figueroa finished with two runs on three hits over his five frames, striking out three and walking three.

Coupled with Mobile's 5-3 win over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the Braves' first-half playoff chances were severely crippled in the loss. The Braves now sit three games back of Mobile with four games remaining.

Mississippi and Tennessee will battle in the second of a five-game series on Thursday night at Smokies Park, with first pitch slated for 6:15 PM CT between right-hander Williams Perez (3-3, 1.91) and Smokies right-hander Dae-Eun Rhee (3-3, 3.53).

Listen live to Kyle Tait on the call beginning at 6:00 PM CT on 103.9 WYAB and online at MississippiBraves.com or TuneIn Radio.

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