Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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Biscuits take opener from Mobile, 6-3
Big first inning propels Montgomery to victory
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MOBILE - An action-filled first inning saw the Montgomery Biscuits (2-5; 36-41) score five runs on seven consecutive hits at Hank Aaron Stadium Wednesday night, only to commit two errors, walk three and give three runs back to the Mobile BayBears (2-5; 31-46) in the home half of the inning.
Pitching dominated the rest of the game as the Biscuits won the opener of a six-game series, 6-3.
Biscuits starter Wade Davis (7-5) used 33 pitches in a trying first inning, in which he walked three and faced the entire Mobile batting order. But the righty settled down to throw a quality start, lasting six innings. He walked only one more while striking out four. Four Biscuits relievers collaborated to throw three innings of scoreless relief. Colter Bean needed to retire only one hitter to earn his fourth save.
Brooks Brown's (3-9) start for Mobile followed a similar arc. After the Biscuits' no. 2 through no. 8 hitters all collected hits and drove in five runs, Brown only allowed three more hits and one walk in a six-inning start. The big hits in the inning were a two-run double by Sergio Pedroza, a bases-loaded, two-run single by Gaby Martinez and a run-producing single by J.T. Hall in his first Biscuits at-bat.
John Jaso, who went 2-for-3 in the game, plated the Biscuits' only other run against reliever Matt Green in the seventh inning with a sacrifice fly.
The Biscuits send lefty James Houser (3-1) to the hill Wednesday for a 7:05 p.m. game.
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