M-Braves best Generals

JACKSON, Tenn. – Tyler Marlette and Michael Reed hit home runs on Wednesday afternoon as the Mississippi Braves secured their first road series victory of the season with a 7-3 win over the Generals at The Ballpark at Jackson.

Reed homered to start the top of the first inning, becoming the first M-Braves player to do it since Mel Rojas Jr., on June 17, 2016, at Birmingham. The home run to left was Reed's third of the season and greeted Jackson starting pitcher and Diamondbacks top prospect Jon Duplantier rudely on a 3-2 pitch.

The 1-0 lead didn't last long as Jackson's Galli Cribbs sent an opposite field, two-run blast, over the left-field wall in the bottom of the second inning to put the Generals up 2-1.

Marlette tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth inning with his second double of the game and put the Braves on top for good with a solo homer to left in the seventh inning. Marlette finished the game 3-for-4 with three extra-base hits.

Enderson Franco did the work on the mound for Mississippi, tossing a season-high 5.2 innings and matched a season-high with seven strikeouts. He allowed just the home run and two hits while walking three.

The M-Braves put the game away in the eighth inning by scoring three runs to go up 6-2. Jonathan Morales tripled for the second straight game and brought home Luis Valenzuela and Tyler Neslony, then pinch-hitter Alay Lago scored Morales with a single to right.

The clubs traded runs in the eighth and ninth to make the final score 7-3.

Valenzuela was 2-for-4 on Wednesday, extending his hitting streak to eight games

Adam McCreery pitched 1.1 scoreless behind Franco and struck out three to earn his first win of the season. Jackson reliever Joel Payamps suffered the loss.

The M-Braves (18-22) will continue their 10-game road trip in East Tennessee on Thursday morning with a 10:30 a.m. first pitch against the Tennessee Smokies at Smokies Stadium.