G-Braves fall to Charlotte, 3-1

FORT MILL, S.C. -- The Charlotte Knights, behind the pitching of starter Charlie Shirek and reliever Leyson Septimo, defeated the Gwinnett Braves 3-1 in game two of a three-game series Saturday night at Knights' Stadium.

The G-Braves could only muster three hits on the night against the duo and could not score enough runs to back the pitching of Todd Redmond, who gave the club 5 2/3 solid innings.

Charlotte broke a scoreless tie with a run in the bottom of the third off of Redmond. Right-fielder Greg Golson lined a one-out single to center, stole second base and scored on a single by shortstop Ray Olmedo. The Knights added another run in the bottom of the fourth as Conor Jackson reached on a one-out single and scored from first on a double to right-center by catcher Josh Phegley.

The only run for Gwinnett came in the top of the fifth. Third-baseman Joey Terdoslavich walked to lead off the inning, moved to third on a double to right by left-fielder Christian Marrero and scored on a ground out to second by shortstop Josh Wilson. The run cut the Charlotte lead to 2-1.

But Dan Johnson, who hit 30 home runs while playing for Durham in 2010, got the run back in bottom of the sixth with a long solo homer to left center field off Redmond. It was his first homer of the season, and ended the scoring for the night.

Redmond (L, 1-2) gave up six hits and three runs, all earned, in his 5.2 innings of work. He walked two and struck out a season-high 10 batters. Right-hander Jaye Chapman worked 1.1 scoreless innings while striking out one. Right-hander Anthony Varvaro worked a scoreless eighth inning with two strikeouts.

For Charlotte, Shirek (W, 3-1) retired the first 11 batters of the game. He worked seven innings on the night, giving up three hits, one earned run, two walks and struck out four. The left-handed Septimo (S, 1) worked the final two scoreless innings with two walks and two strikeouts.

At the plate, G-Braves second baseman Drew Sutton went 1-for-4 with his fourth double to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. Right-fielder Jordan Parraz was also 1-for-4 with a single to extend his hitting streak to five games.

The G-Braves (12-5) and Knights (9-8) continue the six-game home-and-home series on Sunday afternoon in Fort Mill, S.C. Right-hander Erik Cordier (0-0, 5.40) gets the start for Gwinnett. Charlotte pitches right-hander Dylan Axelrod (1-1, 1.56). Listen to the broadcast on WDUN AM 550 and FM 102.9 in Gainesville with Tony Schiavone calling the play by play.