Smokies Shut Out By Braves
PEARL, MS - For the first time this season, the Mississippi Braves (54-59, 21-21) scored more than five runs against the Tennessee Smokies (48-64, 15-28), winning 6-0 at Trustmark Park on Saturday evening. The shutout runs the season total to nine for Tennessee. Pitching from both sides mowed down batters early. In
PEARL, MS - For the first time this season, the Mississippi Braves (54-59, 21-21) scored more than five runs against the Tennessee Smokies (48-64, 15-28), winning 6-0 at Trustmark Park on Saturday evening. The shutout runs the season total to nine for Tennessee.
Pitching from both sides mowed down batters early. In his Double-A debut, Smokies starter RHP
After that, Uelmen locked in and did not surrender a hit with just one walk over the next four innings. Then in the fifth, the Braves caught up to Uelmen and got the bats going. The former 4th round selection walked the first batter and hit the next setting up
The Braves chased Uelmen out in the fifth by adding two more runs on three hits to tally the score up to a 5-0 Mississippi lead.
The ERA king of the Southern League, LHP
Casteel finished the night going 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and a walk. His third RBI came in the seventh when he singled in
The Smokies will try again to clinch the series on Sunday with RHP