Braves Rally Falls Short on Sunday: L, 4-3

The MS Braves rallied from a 4-0 deficit but fell one-run short as the Birmingham Barons won 4-3 in front of a Sunday afternoon crowd of 2,515 at Trustmark Park. The Braves did not get a lead off baserunner until the seventh inning when they scored their three runs against Ray Liotta and BJ LaMura. The Braves have still come back from a deficit of more than 3 runs (3 times) this year.

New MS Brave Matt Harrison (0-1, 6.00 ERA) struggled in his first three innings before retiring 12 of the final 15 batters he faced. Glenn Tucker pitched two perfect innings of relief and Jose Ascanio pitched a scoreless ninth to keep the game close. The Braves offense sputtered after the rally managing just a walk after the seventh against LaMura and Wasserman, who picked up his 14th save.

The Braves continue 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. First Pitch is set for 7:05 PM (CT). The Braves will send another new face to the hill in LHP Chris Waters (4-6, 4.52 ERA), while the Barons counter with RHP Lance Broadway (4-5, 2.90 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 10-11 in one-run games.
* The Braves fall to 1-4 on Sunday home games.
* The Braves fall to 22-14 when not allowing a homerun.
* The Braves fall to 4-40 when trailing after eight innings.
* The Braves fall to 8-30 when scoring three or fewer runs.
* The Braves fall to 12-31 when their opponent scores first.
* The Braves fall to 13-32 when committing an error.

HIT STREAKS:
* Ray Serrano had his hit streak end at 7 games… (7-22, .318)
* Onil Joseph extended his hit streak to 4 games… (5-18, .278)
* Yunel Escobat had his hit streak end at 3 games… (4-11, .364)
* Brandon Jones extended his hit streak to 2 games… (3-7, .429)
* Luis Hernandez extended his hit streak to 3 games… (6-11, .545)
* Michael Rosamond extended his hit streak to 3 games… (4-12, .333)

TRANSACTIONS:
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by
Bryan Eubank