Jacksonville Suns Defeat Tennesee Smokies 10-6 - AA, Southern League

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com – JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – The Jacksonville Suns (11-15) used a resurgent offense that scored ten runs combined with a solid bullpen effort from Rick Asadoorian and Edwardo Sierra for a 10-6 victory over the Tennessee Smokies (10-16) in front of 4,061 at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
 
The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Suns. Rick Asadoorian (3-1) picked up the victory for Jacksonville while Chad Fox (0-1) fell in the relief loss.
 
The teams traded blows in the first inning, starting as Tennessee scored three times against Suns starter Tanyon Sturtze. After back-to-back bunt singles to start the inning, Tyler Colvin singled home Matt Camp for a 1-0 lead. Doug Deeds singled home Nate Spears and later scored on a Steve Clevenger sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.
 
Jacksonville bounced back against Tennessee starter Jeff Samardzija in the bottom of the inning with four runs. Ivan DeJesus led off with a double and later scored on a Juan Gonzalez double to cut the Tennessee lead to 3-1. Lucas May later singled home Gonzalez to make it a 3-2 game. Following back-to-back two-out walks, Adam Godwin singled home two more runs for a 4-3 lead.

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The Smokies tied the game in the second inning when Ryan Harvey belted a leadoff homerun, making it 4-4. Tennessee regained the lead in the third inning as Doug Deeds scored on a Juan Gonzalez error for a 5-4 lead.
 
Tanyon Sturtze left after three innings with five earned runs on seven hits, no walks and four strikeouts.
 
Samardzija settled in after a rocky first inning, allowing only two more hits in his last four innings. The right-hander pitched five innings with four runs on six hits with six walks and two strikeouts.
 
The Suns regained the lead in the seventh inning against Smokies reliever Chad Fox. With two out, an Adam Godwin single scored Aldolfo Gonzalez for a 5-5 game. Godwin reached second on the throw home and third base on the throwing error on the leftfielder. Bobby Malek then swung though strike three in the dirt, but reached on a wild pitch that allowed Godwin to score for a 6-5 Suns lead. Malek reached third on a throwing error from the catcher on the same play and later scored as Ivan DeJesus, Jr. belted a two-run homerun for an 8-5 lead.
 
Jacksonville added two more runs in the eighth inning with RBI singles from Rene Rivera and Ivan DeJesus, Jr. for a 10-5 lead. Tennessee ended the scoring in the ninth inning as Matt Camp doubled home Matt Matulia to make it 10-6.

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