McCabe Homers Twice, Janas Drives In Four As GreenJackets Win Third Straight

McCabe Homers Twice, Janas Drives In Four As GreenJackets Win Third Straight

Murphy Fans Career-High 7, GreenJackets Over .500 For First Time Since April

*North Augusta, SC* – The Augusta GreenJackets (Atlanta Braves) moved a game over .500 with a dominant 8-2 win over the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Chicago White Sox) on Friday night at SRP Park. Augusta (22-21) mashed three home runs, including two from David McCabe, en route to their eighth win over Kannapolis (22-20) on the season.

Braves #2 overall prospect Owen Murphy got the start, and despite surrendering two solo home runs was able to make it through four full innings. Luis Pineda and Jacob Burke both went deep off of Murphy in the second and fourth innings respectively, but Murphy was able to dig deep and battle back as last year’s first round pick struck out a career-high seven batters.

Down 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth, Justin Janas worked a walk, before David McCabe destroyed his third home run in his last three days to even the score at 2-2. Nolan Martinez (W, 3-0) entered in the top of the fifth and went four innings without allowing a run. In the bottom of the fifth, Janas drove in a run with a sacrifice fly before McCabe slugged his second homer of the day, a two-run shot that put Augusta up 5-2. McCabe became the first GreenJackets player on the season with a multi-homer game.

In the bottom of the eighth, Janas matched McCabe with a four-RBI game of his own, as he belted a three-run homer into the Savannah River to extend the lead to 8-2. Jason Franks worked a scoreless ninth as the GreenJackets cruised to victory. The GreenJackets are now 8-2 against Kannapolis on the year, and have secured a split in this series, ensuring the GreenJackets will not lose a series in the month of May. Augusta moves to over .500 for the first time since April 6th, when they were 1-0.

The GreenJackets are back in action tomorrow at 6:05 as they look to take the series. Join the GreenJackets for the remainder of the homestand featuring live music, specials and fireworks! To learn more or purchase your tickets visit: https://www.milb.com/augusta/fans/gj-homestand-preview.

About SRP Park/Augusta GreenJackets

The Augusta GreenJackets are the Single-A affiliate Atlanta Braves. 2023 Augusta GreenJackets Full, Half and 20-game season seat memberships are on sale now. To learn more about the benefits and to lock in your seat to cheer on the Braves of tomorrow, visit www.gjmembers.com or call (803) 349-WINS (9467). For tickets, team merchandise, and more information visit www.greenjacketsbaseball.com.

SRP Park is the anchor piece of Riverside Village, a live, work, “playball" development which includes apartment living, retail, restaurants, class "A" office space, and a Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center. To learn more about SRP Park and hosting events and availability, visit www.thesrppark.com.

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