KNOXVILLE, TN– The Biloxi Shuckers (43-36, 8-6) strung together a trio of runs in two innings, but the Knoxville Smokies (48-35, 10-4) staged a comeback and won game two of the series, 9-6 on Wednesday evening at Covenant Health Park. It marks the first time in the second half the Shuckers have fallen in consecutive contests.
The Shuckers started with a big inning in the second after a pair of RBI doubles from Eric Brown Jr. and Jacob Hurtubise, who drove in two to make it 3-0. In the third, Owen Ayers obliterated his 17th home run of the season to cut the deficit to one. The two teams were scoreless for the next two frames until the Smokies for a second night in a row scored six runs in the sixth inning. The six-spot was courtesy of an Ethan Hearn 2-RBI double, an Alex Madera RBI single, an Alex Ramirez run-scoring base knock, and an Ayers two-run hit. Biloxi brought the game within two in the sixth on back-to-back RBI singles from Hurtubise and Dylan O’Rae, and an RBI groundout by Jesús Made. The Smokies struck for some insurance in the seventh with Carter Trice’s 11th long bomb of the year.
Jacob Hurtubise (2-for-4) had his second 3-RBI performance of the season, with he and Mike Boeve (2-for-3) having multi-hit performances. Josh Adamczewski was also walked three times, which ties a Shuckers season-high and means Adamczewski has reached in each of his first 17 games in Double-A
Brooks Caple collected the win, with Jack Seppings getting the loss, despite a career-high 76 pitch performance, and Luke Little locked up the save.
Jesús Broca (1.0ip, 0r, 2k) was responsible for the lone shutout performance among Shuckers pitchers.
The Shuckers continue their series with the Smokies on Thursday night Covenant Health Park. Jaron DeBerry (6-4, 4.24) begins on the bump for Biloxi and duels with Nick Dean (5-2, 3.77) on the Knoxville side. Game three-of-six in the series is set to commence at 6:00 p.m. Coverage begins at 5:40 p.m. with the On-Deck Show on the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network and The Hype 100.9.
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The Biloxi Shuckers are the Double-A Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Shuckers are members of the Southern League and play at Keesler Federal Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. For more information, please visit biloxishuckers.com and follow us on Twitter @biloxishuckers and at facebook.com/biloxishuckers.
ABOUT SHUCKERS BASEBALL, LLC:
Shuckers Baseball, LLC is a MS entity owned and operated by John Tracy. Shuckers Baseball operates the Biloxi Shuckers baseball franchise, including operating Keesler Federal Park for Biloxi Shuckers minor league baseball games and other entertainment and recreational events.