Memphis Redbirds Defeat Colorado Springs Sky Sox 6-5

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Memphis, Tenn. – Memphis rallied in the eighth inning to beat Colorado Springs 6-5 Saturday afternoon at AutoZone Park in front of 10,217 fans.

 

 With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning Brian Barden delivered a single to center to score David Freese from second base. Barden finished the day 3-for-5 with two RBI. Memphis took the lead in the bottom of the second thanks to three straight RBI hits. Bryan Anderson and Redbirds starter Hugo Castellanos each singled in runs before Barden’s double scored Castellanos from first base. Nick Stavinoha drove in a pair of runs and collected two doubles in the win.

 



 

 Ron Flores picked up the win in relief with two scoreless innings. Castellanos tossed six innings allowing five runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts. Chris Perez nailed down his seventh save of the year by striking out the side in the ninth. The three pitchers combined to strike out a team season-high 13 batters.

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