Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Biscuits walk an SL season high 13, lose 9-6
Merrill, Martinez and Jaso homer
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MONTGOMERY- The Montgomery Biscuits (0-2) walked a Southern League season high 13 Mississippi Braves (2-0) in a back-and-forth 9-6 loss at Riverwalk Stadium Wednesday night.
Trouble started early and often for Biscuits starter Wade Davis, who lasted just two and 1/3 innings. Davis did not make it out of the third inning, after allowing six runs and recording just one out. Van Pope and Jordan Schafer both had two run doubles for the Braves as Davis walked three in that frame alone, five overall.
The Biscuits inched within tying the ballgame in the bottom of the fourth. After a Gaby Martinez solo home run in the first and a second solo shot from Ronnie Merrill in the third, John Jaso made it a two run game with a monster two run smash with no one out in the fourth inning. Montgomery plated one more in the fourth, on a RBI ground out from Erold Andrus, but 6-5 is as close as they would get.
The Biscuits bullpen picked up right where Davis had left off. The trio of Kevin Lynn, Jason Cromer and Roger Deago combined to walk eight and give up three more runs. All three came in the top of the fifth inning. Lynn walked two, to start the frame and Cromer gave up an RBI single to Javier Guzman, a sacrifice bunt to Jose Camarena and a two run double to JC Holt that made the score 9-5.
The Braves had plenty of opportunities to continue scoring, as they left 14 men on base, but did not add to their tally from the sixth on.
Tommy Hanson was the pitcher of record on the Braves side, depsite allowing six hits, three of which left the ballpark, for six total runs in five innings of work.
John Jaso added a third RBI in the fifth inning when he singled home Chris Nowak, making the score 9-6, which would be the final tally of the night.
Mississippi's bullpen worked out of three jams in the final four frames to hold off Montgomery. Luis Valdez pitched the ninth and picked up his 11th save.
The Biscuits will try to rebound from an 0-2 start Thursday night behind left hander James Houser. Houser will bring his 2.08 ERA to the mound against recent callup Deunte Heath. Heath posted a 9-2 record and 3.11 ERA in the Carolina League and will make his Southern League Debute at Riverwalk Stadium. First pitch is set for 7:05.
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