Barons Steal One From Braves: L, 4-2

The MS Braves continued their futility on Wednesday night as they fell 4-2 to the Birmingham Barons in front of a crowd of 3,973 at Trustmark Park. The Barons won the season series 8-7 and finished at 6-4 at Trustmark Park. The Braves only offensive output came from Yunel Escobar as he went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI. His first two-bagger was the 150th hit of his career.

Matt Wright (7-3, 2.27 ERA) suffered his first loss since May 11th but remained the #1 man in the ERA department in the Southern League. Jose Ascanio tossed 2 and 1/3 innings of one-hit relief.

Corwin Malone (8-5, 3.60 ERA) picked up the win scattering four hits, two runs and three walks (two of which scored) through six innings. Ehren Wasserman pitched the ninth for his 15th save of the season. The Barons no-hit the Braves the last 4 and 2/3 innings.

The Barons rally started with a lead-off walk which was followed by a single, ground rule RBI double and RBI single. Then with two outs and two on, Thomas Collaro delievered with a broken-bat two-run single on a 1-2 count to give the Barons the lead for good.

The Braves start up a five game homestand at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama Thursday night as they take on the Montgomery Biscuits, the AA Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. First Pitch is set for 7:05 PM (CT). The rotations were not available at the time of this article. 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 103.9-FM exclusively at Riverwalk Stadium.

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BRAVES BITES:
* Six of the Braves were held hitless.
* The Braves fall to 22-13 when scoring first.
* The Braves fall to 19-34 with no homeruns.
* The Braves fall to 9-6 in the last game of a series.
* The Braves fall to 5-33 when trailing after 7 innings.
* The Braves fall to 4-42 when trailing after 8 innings.
* The Braves fall to 4-2 in the last game of a homestand.
* The Braves fall to 5-25 when scoring two or fewer runs.
* The Braves remain winless on Wednesdays at home (0-4).

HIT STREAKS:
* Jarrod Saltalamacchia extended his hitless skid to 0-17.
* Mike Rozema extended his hitless skid to 0-10.
* Onil Joseph had his hit streak end at 6 games… (8-26, .308)
* Barbaro Canizares had his hit streak end at 2 games… (3-7, .429)
* Luis Hernandez extended his hit streak to 2 games… (2-6, .333)

TRANSACTIONS:
* RHP Clint Sodowsky was placed on the DL with tendinitis.

by
Bryan Eubank