Barons Blow Out Braves: L, 11-2

The MS Braves were shelled early and often before a Tuesday night crowd of 3,959 at Trustmark Park as the Barons evened up the 5-game series at two games a piece, setting up a rubber match on Wednesday night. The Braves only offensive output came from Barbaro Canizares as he drove in the first run in the fourth with an RBI single and the last run in the ninth with a solo homerun. It marked his first multi-RBI game in 10 games. It was also his first homer since May 19th in Jacksonville.

Anthony Lerew (0-1, 6.75 ERA) struggled through his four innings allowing nine hits and five runs on 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Eric Schmitt pitched two good innings but in his third inning of relief he allowed three runs to score. Ryan Basner also had a good first inning but allowed three unearned runs to score in the ninth.

Cory Aldridge had a banner night going 5 - 5 with five singles. His previous high on the season was a two-hit game. Pedro Lopez was held hitless on Monday night and exploded on Tuesday night with a 3 for 6 showing with 3 RBIs. The real story for Birmingham was Tyler Lumsden (8-2, 2.83 ERA) as he scattered four hits and one run over seven innings while throwing only 72 pitches. He was lifted in the eighth so the bullpen could get some work. The Barons set a new season high in runs (11) and hits (19).

The Braves wrap up a five game homestand at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi as they take on the Birmingham Barons, the AA Affiliate of the Chicago White Sox in the season and series finale. First Pitch is set for 7:05 PM (CT). The Braves will send RHP Matt Wright (7-2, 1.97 ERA), to the hill , while the Barons counter with LHP Corwin Malone (7-5, 3.64 ERA). The Braves On Deck Circle powered by Nextel starts off the broadcast at 6:05 PM (CT) on SuperSport 930. Don't forget if you're headed to the game then take your radio and tune to 104.3-FM exclusively at Trustmark Park.

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BRAVES BITES:
* The Braves fall to 15-11 when hitting a homerun.
* The Braves fall to 5-24 when scoring two or fewer runs.
* The Braves fall to 12-32 when their opponent scores first.
* The Braves have now been outscored 40-14 in the 2nd inning.

HIT STREAKS:
* Jarrod Saltalamacchia extended his hitless skid to 0-14.
* Bobby Darula ended an 0-6 skid with a 6th inning single.
* Onil Joseph extended his hit streak to 6 games… (8-26, .308)
* Joshua Arteaga had his hit streak end at 2 games… (4-6, .667)
* Brandon Jones had his hit streak end at 3 games… (5-11, .455)
* Michael Rosamond had his hit streak end at 3 games… (4-12, .333)


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by
Bryan Eubank