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There was a questionable call, yes, but the Mississippi Braves tag team of Julio Teheran and Tyrelle Harris was unquestionably dominant in Monday night’s combo no-hitter at Trustmark Park. The M-Braves beat Mobile 2-0. Teheran, Atlanta’s No. 3 prospect, had an electric fastball that registered at 91-92 on the stadium gun but had to be coming in harder than that. The 19-year-old Colombian, in his second Double-A start, went 5 2/3 innings, departing after 95 pitches. (Atlanta is very strict on its pitch counts for minor leaguers.) He struck out seven and walked two. Mobile managed only one batted ball that was close to being a hit off Teheran. The 6-foot-2, 160-pounder needs polish, obviously, but demonstrated in this outing what all the hoopla was about when Atlanta signed him in 2007. Harris, a 6-foot-4, 235-pounder making his Double-A debut in his second pro season, threw some jaw-dropping breaking stuff. He retired 10 of the 12 batters he faced, six via strikeout. A hard-hit ball that bounced away from first baseman Mauro Gomez in the eighth was ruled an error, but that was the only hard-hit ball against Harris.
P.S. The fact that outfielder Jordan Schafer had to have an injection in his surgically repaired left wrist on Monday is not good news for the onetime top prospect. It’ll be interesting to see how quickly he is able to get back in the M-Braves’ lineup. Or should that be, IF he is able to get back in the lineup.