MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -DANVILLE, VA – The Danville Braves could not overcome an outstanding
outing by Elizabethton Twins starter Tom Stuifbergen, who tossed a
complete game in Danville’s 4-2 loss before 789 fans at Legion Field
Wednesday night. The loss snapped Danville’s five-game winning streak. The
Braves are 14-8, in first place in the AL East Division, while the Twins
improved to 18-4 as the leaders in the West.

The Twins grabbed a pair of runs in the first inning off Braves starter
Brett Oberholtzer, who had his 14 scoreless inning streak snapped. Two
singles put runners on first and second and designated hitter Josmil Pinto
ripped a two-run double into the left-center field gap to give the Twins a
2-0 lead.

In the second inning, Jhon Goncalves reached on an error by Danville
shortstop Mycal Jones and moved to second on an Oberholtzer wild pitch.
Derek McCallum followed with an RBI single to left, making it 3-0. A
sacrifice fly by Michael Gonzalez in the sixth inning made it 3-0.
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It took the Braves until the ninth inning to post any kind of rally off
Stuifbergen, who tossed just the second complete game in the Appalachian
League this season. Jones led the inning off with a single to right and
Cory Harrilchak ripped a triple down the right-field line, bringing Jones
home to end Stuifbergen’s shutout. An RBI groundout by designated hitter
Kuyaunnis Miles created the second out and made it 4-2. Derek Wiley’s
groundout to shortstop ended the game and snapped the Braves’ season-long
five-game winning streak.

Stuifbergen (3-0) earned the win, going all nine innings, allowing just
two runs on six hits. He walked one and struck out seven. Oberholtzer
(1-1) took the loss, going six innings, allowing four runs (three earned)
with no walks and one strikeout. It was his third straight quality start.
Luis Avilan was perfect in three innings of relief, striking out two.

Harrilchak was the lone Brave with multiple hits, going 3-4 with a double,
triple, run scored, and an RBI. He raised his batting average to .316.
Travis Adair was the only other Brave to reach twice, going 1-2 with a
walk. Robbie Hefflinger had his 10-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-4
night, while L.V. Ware continued his hitting streak, which now stands at
10 games. He also stole his 11th base of the season in the sixth inning.

The Braves are home Thursday night at 7 p.m. to continue this series with
the Twins. Danville sends southpaw Chris Masters (2-2, 1.62 ERA) to the
hill against Elizabethton’s Brad Stillings (0-0, 5.73 ERA).

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