Tennesee Smokies Knock Off West Tenn Diamond Jaxx 4-1 - AA, Southern League

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Jackson, TN- The Tennessee Smokies (36-46, 9-3) knock off the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (45-37, 4-8), 4-1 at Pringles Park Sunday Evening to win for a fifth time in the six game series. The win keeps Tennessee in first place by two games in the Southern League North in the second half.

The Smokies scored the games first run in every game of the six game series by crossing home in the fourth. Matt Craig was hit by a pitch with one out and moved to third on a long single by Doug Deeds. Craig then scored on an error to make it 1-0.

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Smokies starter Esmailin Caridad lost his strike zone control to start the fifth which lead to the games tying run. He walked the first two batters of the inning Jon Nelson and Jose Yepez. Matt Mangini bounced a sacrifice bunt to third which turned into an error that loaded the bases with no outs. Jeff Dominguez drove home the run on a sacrifice fly to centerfield.

The contest stayed tied at one until the Smokies seventh. Mark Reed started the frame with his first Tennessee hit which was a solo homerun. Fuld then singled and scored on a Nate Spears double. Jake Fox finished the scoring by doubling home spears for a 4-1 Smokies lead.

Rocky Roquet would enter the ball game in the bottom of the seventh for the starter Caridad. He inherited runners at first and third with one out. Roquet struck out the first hitter up. He then used his shoe to stop a would be two-run single up the middle. Roquet deflected the grounder and recovered it to retire the batter Brent Johnson and end the threat.

Jose Ceda pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth to record his third save and preserve the Tennessee win.

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