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SEVIERVILLE, TN - The Tennessee Smokies (20-30) beat the Rocket City Trash Pandas (25-26) twice Friday night at Smokies Stadium. After a 9-2 win in game one, the Smokies shutout the Trash Pandas 2-0 in game two. Chicago Cubs No. 7 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, Christopher Morel hit two,
SEVIERVILLE, TN - The Tennessee Smokies (20-30) beat the Rocket City Trash Pandas (25-26) twice Friday night at Smokies Stadium. After a 9-2 win in game one, the Smokies shutout the Trash Pandas 2-0 in game two. Chicago Cubs No. 7 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, Christopher Morel hit two, two-run home runs in game one, then hit a 428-foot solo home run in game two.
PEARL, MS \- Odalvi Javier (W, 4-1) and Matt Withrow (S, 1) combined for a two-hit shutout on Saturday night as the Mississippi Braves blanked the Tennessee Smokies 5-0 for a fourth-straight win. The victory clinches a third-straight series win and 21st victory in the last 27 games. Javier and
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Cory Abbott pitched five innings and gave up three runs on four hits. One of those hits was a two-run home run. Abbott walked two and struck out five.
Ben Leeper still hasn’t given up a hit in Triple-A and nothing he did tonight changed that. Leeper got the win after pitching 1.2 innings while striking out four and walking one. Leeper’s fastball tonight was clocked between 96 and 99 mph.
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Nick Martini from third. Castillo went 1 for 3 with a walk.
Martini hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second. It was his fourth home run on the year. Martini was 1 for 4 and scored twice. He reached on a dropped third strike to lead off the bottom of the ninth which led to the winning run.
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