Birmingham tiptoes past Atkinson, Generals

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. - The Jackson Generals, the Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, got the short end of the stick in a pitchers' duel on Saturday, falling 1-0 to the Birmingham Barons at Regions Field.

The Generals (42-36, 3-6 Second Half) finish the month of June with an 11-14 record, while Birmingham (38-39, 6-3 Second Half) ends the month 14-11.
Ryan Atkinson (3-8, 4.28 ERA) treated the Generals to a season-best seven-inning effort, featuring seven strikeouts on 94 pitches. The right-hander allowed three of the five hits against him to go for extra bases, with two of them coming back-to-back in the fourth inning to give Birmingham their only run. Wei-Chieh Huang carried the Generals' hopes through the eighth with a scoreless appearance, but the run support never came. Atkinson suffered his fifth defeat when giving up two or fewer runs this season, as well as his fourth loss in which the Generals were shut out.
Offensively, the Generals met their match in left-hander Bernardo Flores (1-1, 1.29 ERA), who out-did Atkinson with seven shutout frames while inducing 11 groundball outs. Doubles by Marty Herum and Rudy Flores went begging, as the Generals stayed hitless with men in scoring position for the second straight contest. Left-hander Colton Turner (S, 3) earned the save with two scoreless innings in closing, dropping the Generals' batting average against lefties to .253. No Generals had multiple hits.
NEXT GENERALS GAME:
3:00 pm CT Sunday (7/1) vs. Birmingham Barons
Regions Field - Birmingham, Ala.
RHP Taylor Widener (4-4, 2.81 ERA) vs. RHP Dylan Cease (0-0, 9.64 ERA)
Broadcast Link: Birmingham Barons Radio
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July 4-7 vs. Tennessee Smokies
…featuring Fourth of July Fireworks and Harry Potter Night (July 7)!
July 12-16 vs. Mobile BayBears
…featuring Jurassic Park Night (July 14) and Belly Buster Monday (July 16)!
The Jackson Generals, a West Tennessee franchise since 1998, are the Double-A minor league affiliate of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2017, The Ballpark at Jackson was named the Professional Sports Field of the Year by the Tennessee Turfgrass Association. In 2018, the Generals and manager Shelley Duncan won the First Half North Division title, assuring them of a bid to the Southern League playoffs in September. For tickets and more information about the Generals,
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