It was a fun Saturday night down in the Braves’ farm system as we had impressive starting pitching debuts as well as a healthy amount of offense particularly from the Augusta GreenJackets who went wild. Particularly strong performers included Travis Demeritte, Darius Vines, Lisandro Santos, AJ Smith-Shawver, and Cal Conley. Here is what happened...
Gwinnett Stripers 7, Memphis Redbirds 8
- Travis Demeritte, RF: 3-4, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Pat Valaika, 2B: 1-2, RBI, 3 BB
- Jasseel de la Cruz, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Thomas Burrows, RP: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Jasseel de la Cruz had a strong first start of season, but unfortunately the Gwinnett bullpen imploded and the offense was not quite able to catch back up as the Stripers fell by the score of 8-7.