Mississippi Braves Blur the Vision of the Chatanooga Lookouts in 12-1 Pounding
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 03:42PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Mississippi got off to an early lead and never looked back in a 12-1 win over the Lookouts in Friday night action at AT&T Field.
Reid Gorecki, Kala Ka’aihue, and Greg Creek each slugged doubles in the first inning to give the M-Braves an early 3-0 lead.
The Lookouts would score their lone run of the evening in the second frame on a Jerry Gil RBI-double to temporarily narrow the Mississippi lead to 3-1.
Mississippi added another run in the third on a Reid Gorecki solo shot and kept the pressure going by scoring two more runs in the fourth on a Reid Gorecki double.
The flood gates opened in the eighth, as the M-Braves plated six more runs to extend their lead, 12-1. A bases-loaded single and subsequent Cody Strait throwing error, which led to three runs, highlighted the rally.
James Parr improved to 2-3 on the season for the M-Braves by throwing six innings and notching nine strikeouts.
Kris Medlen picked-up his first save of the season by throwing the final three frames.Ramon Ramirez dropped to 2-2 on the season for the Lookouts. In four innings of work, he yielded eight hits and six runs (five earned). He also notched six strikeouts during his outing.
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