Braves score three in 10th, drop Barons 5-2

The Mississippi Braves overcame a 2-0 deficit, scoring the last five runs of the game including three in the tenth inning for their second-straight win over the Birmingham Barons by a score of 5-2 Sunday night in front of 2,330 fans at Regions Park.

The Barons took a 2-0 lead on a ground-rule double by Corey Smith and an RBI single by Jared Mitchell in the fourth inning. The Barons were unable to manufacture any more runs against a Braves pitching staff that has dominated the last two games, allowing just two runs and 10 hits in 19 innings.

Barons' starter Simon Castro took a no-decision allowing two runs on five hits in 8.0 strong innings with 6 strikeouts. The only blemish came in the sixth inning as Andrelton Simmons clubbed a two-out double to tie the game at 2-2.

The game would remain scoreless into extra innings. Reliever Dan Remenowsky (0-2, 4.82) tossed a scoreless ninth but ran into trouble in the tenth. Simmons would strike again with a two-run single and scored on a Phillip Gosselin double. Simmons finished the night 2-for-5 with four RBI.

With the loss, the Barons fall to 8-10 on the year while the Braves improve to 7-11.

The Barons will look to even the series tomorrow night as Cameron Bayne (1-0, 3.07) takes the hill against David Hale (2-1, 3.68). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM CT.