Mississippi Braves Josh Burress' RBI Single was Only Scoring Allowed by Montgomery Biscuits who Win 6-1

MLN Newswire-PEARL,  Miss. -- The Montgomery Biscuits finished the 2006 regular  season Monday afternoon with a 6-1 win over the Mississippi  Braves at Trustmark Park. With the  win, the Biscuits finished the second half at 41-29 and the  season at 77-62, both bests in the Biscuits' three-year  history. The Biscuits also won the South Division by three  games and will begin their first-ever postseason Thursday  night.

Jason  Cromer pitched his third straight scoreless outing, limiting  the Braves to just two hits over five innings. The lefty has  not allowed a run in 16 consecutive innings. The  Biscuits got him the win by plating a run in the first and a  run in the fourth for him. In the first, Francisco Leandro hit  a leadoff double and scored on a Johnny Raburn Sacrifice fly. 

 In the fourth, Jeremy Owens dumped a single into center field  to score Gabriel Martinez from second base. They were the only  runs Montgomery scored against Braves starter Francisely  Bueno, who departed after six innings, allowing five hits and  two runs (one earned) and striking out eight. The Braves  tallied their only score in the sixth inning against  Montgomery reliever Jeremy Flanagan, when Josh Burrus singled  into left field to score Yunel Escobar. Flanagan would recover  to retire the side on four pitches in the seventh  inning.

Josh  Kranawetter and Jean Machi each threw a scoreless inning of  relief. Montgomery  poured on more offense in the late innings against  Mississippi's bullpen.

The Biscuits made it 3-1 in the seventh  inning when Leandro scored on a groundout by Jason Pridie.  Then Michael Coleman hit a solo homer in the eighth and  Patrick Breen and Owens hit back-to-back two-out doubles to  score another. Coleman finished the season as the club's home  run leader with 17. Shortstop  Reid Brignac finished the Biscuits' attack in the ninth,  crushing his third Biscuits homer over the right field  fence.