Biscuits Pound Braves

Montgomery, AL - The Montgomery Biscuits continued their series onslaught of the Mississippi Braves, winning Thursday night's series finale 10-3 at Riverwalk Stadium.

The scoring started early and never stopped. The very first Biscuits hitter of the day, second baseman Ryan Brett, smacked a solo home run and Montgomery never trailed again.

Montgomery tacked on two more runs stretching their early lead to 3-0 in the second on an RBI double from Steven TInoco and a passed ball to plate Kyeong Kang.

Mississippi (32-27; 70-59) showed some fight early, keeping the game close despite the Biscuits jumping out so quickly. In the third, Omar Luna hit his first home run of the year out onto the traintracks, a solo shot to start the Braves scoring.

Then in the fourth, back-to-back singles by Jose Martinez and Jaime Pedroza set up a sacrifice fly for Christian Marrero, pulling it to 3-2.

But Montgomery wouldn't stop. In the fourth, a Brett two-run single extended the lead back to 5-2, and the Braves were sunk.

It was a short night for Mitch Atkins, who allowed five runs on five hits and four walks over four innings, suffering his second loss of the year. Former Brave Erik Hamren earned his first win of the season after pitching two relief innings of starter Marquis Fleming.

The Biscuits put the game away in the sixth, loading the bases against Tom Keeling. A wild pitch scored Tinoco from third, mere moments before Curt Casali hit his fifth double-A home run, making it 9-2 Biscuits.

The teams exchanged runs in the eighth. Martinez scored for the Braves on a wild pitch after he doubled to start the top half. Montgomery plated Shawn O'Malley on a double play ball up the middle.

The Jacksonville Suns were rained out in Chattanooga, a game that will not be made up, so with the loss the Braves move to two games back with ten remaining-five against Huntsville at home beginning Friday, then five in Jacksonville starting next Thursday.

Join the Braves at Trustmark Park as they begin their final homestand of the season, welcoming the Huntsville Stars for five games beginning Friday at 7:00 PM. Mississippi will go with right-hander Michael Lee (8-8, 3.86) against Stars right-hander Drew Gagnon (4-7, 5.52). Following the game will be the final Friday Night Fireworks of the season.

Listen live to Kyle Tait on the call beginning at 6:30 PM CT with the Mississippi Braves "Countdown to First Pitch" online at MississippiBraves.com.

Mississippi Braves (32-27; 70-59)                              3 R          8 H         1 E

Montgomery Biscuits (28-32; 65-65)                        10 R 8 H         1 E

W - Hamren (1-2)

L - Atkins (5-2)

Time - 2:57

Attendance - 3,422