By Aaron Morse
The Huntsville Stars (24-22, 57-59) got an outstanding outing from Wily Peralta but it wasn’t enough as they fell by a final score of 2-0 to the Tennessee Smokies (30-16, 72-43) Wednesday night.
The loss was the Stars’ fifth in a row as they were swept by the Smokies in the five game set up in Kodak.
Tennessee managed only two unearned runs off Peralta but it was enough as Huntsville’s offense and defense continued to stagger.
In the second inning, noted Stars’ killer Blake Lalli led-off with a double. A throwing error by Taylor Green on a grounder off the bat of Robinson Chirinos allowed Lalli to score.
Huntsville had a multitude of chances all night against Rafael Dolis and the Smokies’ pitching staff. But the Stars left eight men on base and were 0-7 with runners in scoring position.
Peralta issued a lead-off walk and was the victim of more bad defense in the seventh. A grounder off the bat of Matt Spencer was thrown away by Brett Lawrie, allowing everyone to be safe. Two outs later, Marwin Gonzalez came up big with a single up the middle to drive in Spencer and extend the lead to 2-0.
Peralta’s final line was outstanding as he went seven innings, giving up four hits, two runs, both unearned, walking two and striking-out three.
The Stars actually out-hit Tennessee 6-4, but never got a run across. Dolis, Marco Carillo, and Blake Parker combined for the shutout, with Dolis picking the win and Parker the save.
Only one Star managed a multi-hit game as Caleb Gindl went 2-3. The Smokies got a multi-hit game from Lalli who was also 2-3.
With the loss the Stars drop to six games back of Tennessee in the north division. They are currently 4.5 back of West Tenn for the second best overall record, which would make the play-offs if Tennessee wins the second half title.
Huntsville opens up a huge five game set with West Tenn Thursday night at Joe Davis Stadium. Michael Bowman (8-9, 5.84 ERA) will be on the mound for the opener.
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