Atlanta Braves Minor League Weekend Wrap; April 25

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AA Mississippi Braves (6-12)

Thursday

Mississippi got yet another great start from Brandon Barker, as they won 4-2 over Chattanooga. Barker went 6 scoreless innings, allowing 6 hits and 2 walks, striking out 5. Only Johan Camargo had multiple hits with a double and a single. Carlos Franco walked twice. Dustin Peterson had a single and a walk. Matt Lipka had a 3-run triple.

Friday

Due to promotions coming, Andrew Thurman was inserted back into the rotation in Mississippi, but due to a pitch count, he wasn’t allowed to go deep into the game, though the relievers that came in continued Thurman’s sparkling start on Friday night to win the game 5-0. Thurman went 3 innings, allowing one hit and one walk, striking out 6. Steve Janas came in to follow him and threw 5 innings, allowing a hit and a walk, striking out 4. Mauricio Cabrera closed out the game with a scoreless inning. Jacob Schrader was on base three times with a single and two walks. Carlos Franco had a single and a walk. Ozzie Albies had two walks. Matt Lipka stole his first base of the season. Dustin Peterson had a very impressive assist from left field, gunning down a runner at first base to complete a double play.

Saturday

Mauricio Cabrera was entrusted with a 1-0 lead to close out the game for Mississippi Saturday, and instead he blew the save, leading to a 2-1 Biloxi win over the M-Braves. Chris Ellis had another great start, going six scoreless innings, allowing only one hit, walking 4, striking out 4. Johan Camargo had a single and a double. Dustin Peterson had two singles. Carlos Franco had two singles. Willians Astudillo had a double.

Sunday

Sunday’s Mississippi game featured two of the premier left-handed pitching prospects in all of baseball, Mississippi’s Sean Newcomb, and Biloxi’s Josh Hader. Through 4 innings, it was all it was billed to be, with both pitchers matching zeros. Then Hader left, and Newcomb fell apart. Newcomb’s final line was 5 innings, 3 runs allowed on 5 hits and 4 walks, striking out 3. Emerson Landoni had 3 singles. Jordy Lara and Jacob Schrader each had a single and two walks. Ozzie Albies had a single and a double, in spite of not even starting the game. Matt Lipka and Dustin Peterson also had a double each.

Leaders

BA: Ozzie Albies .338
OBP: Ozzie Albies .408
HR: Dustin Peterson 2
SB: Ozzie Albies 2
W: Chris Ellis 2
SV: Mauricio Cabrera and Matt Marksberry 2
SO: Lucas Sims 26
ERA: Brandon Barker 1.06

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Atlanta Braves Minor League Weekend Wrap: April 25 Edition

By Benjamin Chase | Apr 25, 2016