Robinson Chirinos Blasted a Grand Slam for Tennessee in Game One
PEARL, Miss. – The Tennessee Smokies saw their four-game winning streak come to an end, losing 7-6 to the Mississippi Braves in the first seven inning game of a doubleheader on Sunday evening at Trustmark Park.
The loss is Tennessee’s first since last Sunday’s game against Montgomery. Mississippi’s win is their first over Tennessee in this five game series.
The Braves built a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second on a Donnell Linares solo homer. Tennessee retaliated with a pair of runs in the third, thanks to an RBI single for Russ Canzler that allowed Tony Campana to score, and Marwin Gonzalez scored on an error on the play to give Tennessee a 2-1 lead.
Mississippi tied the game in the bottom of the third with Willie Cabrera’s RBI single, before scoring two runs in the fourth to go ahead 4-2. The Braves also tacked on runs in the bottom of the sixth on an error by Tennessee second baseman Nate Samson to put the Braves lead at 6-2.
Tennessee would load the bases with two outs in the top of the seventh, when Robinson Chirinos hit a grand slam for the Smokies to tie the game at six. The blast is Chirinos’ fourteenth this season for Tennessee, and his first grand slam of the season.
The Braves would rally in the bottom of the seventh inning against Smokies reliever Aaron Shafer. Antoan Richardson hit an RBI double to win the game 7-6.
Despite giving up the grand slam to Chirinos, Braves reliever Juan Abreu took the victory for Mississippi to improve to 4-1 in 2010. Shafer took the loss for the Smokies to fall to 1-2.
You can listen to the game here online on smokiesbaseball.com or on the Smokies Radio Network’s flagship station, The Sports Animal.
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