PEARL, Mis. - For the second time in 13 days the Montgomery Biscuits (30-29) have won six-straight games. The Butter and Blue won again, 6-4, in the fourth of their five-game series against the Mississippi Braves (25-34) on Wednesday night at Trustmark Park, and with Chattanooga's loss to Mobile earlier
PEARL, Mis. - For the second time in 13 days the Montgomery Biscuits (30-29) have won six-straight games. The Butter and Blue won again, 6-4, in the fourth of their five-game series against the Mississippi Braves (25-34) on Wednesday night at Trustmark Park, and with Chattanooga's loss to Mobile earlier in the afternoon, are now just three games out of first place in the North Division with 11 games to go in the first half.
Brandon Lawson (1-0) was making his Double-A debut, and the 23-year-old Missouri native got some offensive help in the first inning when Nick Solak drilled his eighth home run of the season over the left-center field wall off Mississippi starter Andres Santiago (3-1) to make it 1-0. A bit later in the inning, Brett Sullivan stroked an RBI-triple, and Nathan Lukes an RBI-single to put Montgomery up 3-0 midway through one.
Ryan Boldt added an RBI-single of his own in the second, and Lukes came through with another in the third to make it a 5-0 game. Lawson wound up going five innings, surrendering just two runs on eight hits with a walk and six strikeouts in a solid first start. Tyler Neslony and Tyler Marlette tagged the right-hander for back-to-back RBI-singles in the bottom of the third.
Travis Ott made his first appearance of the series, and pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh, striking out three, before the M-Braves pulled two more pack against Jordan Harrison in the eighth on a solo home run by Connor Lien and an RBI-double by Alay Lago-both after Sullivan's RBI-fielder's choice in the seventh. The Biscuits backstop came a home run shy of becoming the first Biscuit to hit for a regular-season cycle. Sullivan, Brandon Lowe, and Lukes all finished with three-hit performances, the Biscuits totaling 15 hits to Mississippi's 14.
New Biscuit and former big leaguer Cody Hall worked a scoreless ninth for his second save, as the Biscuits won for the 14th time in 18 games. They'll go for the sweep on Thursday night when it will be a bullpen day for Montgomery against Mississippi, who will counter with Michael Mader (1-1) at 7:00 PM CT.
The Biscuits will return to Riverwalk Stadium on Friday, June 8, as they welcome the Chattanooga Lookouts for Ladies Night and MAX Fireworks. The series also includes Wizard Night, featuring a jersey auction and MAX Fireworks on Saturday, June 9, as well as Sundae Sunday Ice Cream Social on June 10. The five-game set concludes with Agriculture Night on Monday, June 11, and Summer Splash Day on Tuesday, June 12.
