29 May

better late

The Mississippi Braves scored three runs in the eighth inning and five in the ninth to beat host Mobile 8-6 on Friday night at Hank Aaron Stadium. Big deal. The M-Braves have done this kind of thing all year. Through 48 games, they’ve scored 214 runs — an amazing 80 of them in the eighth and ninth innings. That’s 37 percent of their runs in the final two frames. It’s not the best way to win games; research has shown that early runs are key there. But the M-Braves have carved out a 24-24 record with this strike-late approach. They’ve won nine times when they’ve trailed after six innings, six times when they’ve trailed after seven.
P.S. Antoan Richardson, the M-Braves’ new center fielder and leadoff batter, has five hits in his two games. Maybe they’ve found something. Of course, there is another possible candidate lurking in the weeds. Atlanta has signed 30-year-old Cuban outfielder Yasser Gomez, and it’s possible he could be in the Mississippi lineup by the end of June. Stay tuned.

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