Syracuse. N.Y. — The Gwinnett Braves fell 6-5 Sunday to the Syracuse Chiefs at Alliance Bank Stadium. Gwinnett, which was trying for its sixth-straight win, falls to 29-22 with just the team's second loss in its last 10 games.
Gwinnett scored a run in the third, fourth and fifth innings to take a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning. Tommy Hanson, who had allowed just one hit and struck out eight batters prior to the sixth didn't make it out of the inning.
The Chiefs scored four runs on four hits in the frame. Only one of the four runs was earned. G-Braves first baseman Barbaro Canizares and center fielder Gregor Blanco were each charged with an error in the inning, allowing the Chiefs to come back and take a 4-3 lead.
Chiefs center fielder Corey Patterson hit his fifth homer of the season in the inning. The two-out blast was the first homer that Hanson had served up since May 10, spanning three starts and 27 innings.
Gwinnett got Hanson off the hook with the tying run in the eighth.
After his second-straight no-decision start, Hanson remains at 3-3 with a 1.49 ERA.
Gwinnett couldn't ride the momentum as reliever Boone Logan loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth inning. Logan (1-1 with a 3.13 ERA) got out of the jam but not before he allowed two earned runs.
Syracuse reliever Logan Kensing got the final five outs for the Chiefs to earn his first win of the season and is now 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA. Jorge Padilla was 2-for-4 and Corey Patterson 1-for-3 in the Syracuse win.
James Parr (0-0, 5.40) will take the mound for Gwinnett on Monday as the team will play Syracuse for the eighth and final time in the regular season.
The G-Braves return home on Saturday to face the Columbus Clippers in a four-game series at Gwinnett Stadium.
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