Donahue's Pinch-Hit Double Caps Wild Win On Opening Night
SEVIERVILLE - The Tennessee Smokies (1-0) plated runs in five of their eight innings at the plate, including three in the eighth, to defeat the Mississippi Braves (0-1) 7-5 on Thursday night's season opener. Christian Donahue's pinch-hit two-run double in the eighth off LHP Phil Pfeifer (L, 0-1) put the
SEVIERVILLE - The Tennessee Smokies (1-0) plated runs in five of their eight innings at the plate, including three in the eighth, to defeat the Mississippi Braves (0-1) 7-5 on Thursday night's season opener.
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Trailing 3-2 in the sixth, the Smokies tied the game when
The M-Braves re-took the lead in the top of the eighth on a two-run double from
The two teams battle once again at 7 PM ET on Friday night with RHP
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