
Drew Lugbauer drew a walk to load the bases with two outs in the inning, but a strikeout of CJ Alexander ensured the Braves would not come away with anything. Mississippi broke through with both of their hits in the third inning when Tyler Krieger and Jesse Franklin each singled with one out to put runners on for the middle of the order. The remainder of Harris’s plate appearances weren’t much of a factor, as he didn’t make solid contact on either of his batted balls and continued to struggled with left handed pitching early in this season. Michael Harris II lead off the game by working an eight pitch walk, then took over on the base paths by stealing both second and third base before scoring on a sacrifice fly from Jesse Franklin. Mississippi’s offense jumped on the board in the first inning, but only notched two hits in the game and failed to score again in a close loss.


In the fifth inning, Acuna battled it out for 11 pitches before dribbling a ball towards the third baseman that he had absolutely no shot of getting an out on. This put Gwinnett up 2-0 in the game as they had put a run on the board in the first inning via a Preston Tucker RBI double. fashion - by taking two bases on an infield single. In the third inning, he ripped a 1-1 pitch up the middle for a base hit, then stole second base before scoring in classic Ronald Acuna Jr. His first at bat of the game he was set down quickly as he struck out on three pitches, but he was a pain over his final three plate appearances of the game. returned to action on Friday and played seven innings in right field for Gwinnett. Touki Toussaint, RP: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1.42 ERAĪfter a brief rest from the lineup, Ronald Acuña Jr.(5-11) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (9-7) Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 3 Rome’s offense woke up in a big way in Bowling Green, crushing three home runs to move their record on the season to 9-4. was back in action for Gwinnett on Friday night and he was a mainstay on the base paths as he reached base four times.
