BIR 10, KNX 5 | Apr 5, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, April 5, 2026•Covenant Health Park•60°F, Cloudy

BIR

Barons

KNX

Smokies

Final

WIN

Shane Murphy

LOSS

Yenrri Rojas

The Barons cruised past the Smokies 10-5 in a dominant performance.

★Calvin Harris4 RBI

★Caden Connor3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Ariel Armas doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Samuel Zavala. Jefferson Rojas scores.

Weather: 60°F, CloudyWind: 6 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 6:00 PM UTCT: 2:51Att: 2,923Venue: Covenant Health Park

Win Probability

KNX WinBIR Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BIR	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12	2
KNX	0	0	0	1	2	0	0

Game 817939 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Birmingham Barons

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Rikuu Nishida2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.300/.500/.400
Braden MontgomeryDH	3	1	0	0	2	2	.222/.467/.556
Caden ConnorLF	5	0	2	3	0	1	.286/.333/.357
Ryan Galanie1B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.250/.357/.667
Jeral Perez3B	2	2	2	0	1	0	.364/.500/.455
Samuel ZavalaCF	4	2	2	1	1	0	.364/.500/.545
Wilfred VerasRF	5	2	2	1	0	2	.444/.500/.556
Calvin HarrisC	5	1	2	4	0	3	.333/.333/.778
Jordan SprinkleSS	5	0	0	0	0	0	.125/.222/.125
Bench
Shane MurphyP							.000/.000/.000
Jake BockenstedtP							.000/.000/.000
Mark McLaughlinP
Totals	38	10	12	9	5	10	-

2B:Galanie; Zavala; Veras; Nishida; Harris; Connor

TB:18

RBI:Zavala; Veras; Harris 4; Connor 3

SB:Montgomery

GIDP:Zavala

Team LOB:8

Knoxville Smokies

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Carter TriceCF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.273/.429/.364
Alex RamírezRF	2	0

Pitching

Birmingham Barons

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Shane MurphyW	5.0	5	3	2	2	6	1	88-58	3.60
Jake Bockenstedt	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	24-12	0.00
Mark McLaughlin	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	28-17	18.00
Jacob Heatherly	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	18-11	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	5	4	4	12	1	158-98	-

Pitches-strikes:Murphy 88-58; Bockenstedt 24-12; McLaughlin 28-17; Heatherly 18-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Murphy 3-6; Bockenstedt 1-4; McLaughlin 0-1; Heatherly 0-0

Knoxville Smokies

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Yenrri RojasL	2.2	8	10	9	4	3	0	70-40	30.38

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • BIR

4-0

Calvin Harris singles on a ground ball to center fielder Carter Trice. Jeral Perez scores. Samuel Zavala scores. Wilfred Veras scores. Calvin Harris to 3rd. Throwing error by first baseman Haydn McGeary.

1-0

Samuel Zavala singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jordan Nwogu. Ryan Galanie scores. Jeral Perez to 2nd.

Top 3 • BIR

10-0

Caden Connor doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Calvin Harris scores. Rikuu Nishida scores. Braden Montgomery scores.

7-0

Calvin Harris doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Samuel Zavala scores. Wilfred Veras scores.

5-0

Wilfred Veras doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Jeral Perez scores. Samuel Zavala to 3rd.

Bot 4 • KNX

10-1

Jordan Nwogu out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Samuel Zavala. Seiya Suzuki scores.

Bot 5 • KNX

10-3

Karson Simas homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Andy Garriola scores.

Bot 8 • KNX

10-4

Ariel Armas doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Samuel Zavala. Jefferson Rojas scores.

10-5

Andy Garriola singles on a ground ball to right fielder Wilfred Veras. Ariel Armas scores. Andy Garriola to 2nd. Andy Garriola advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by right fielder Wilfred Veras.

HBP:Perez (by Kipp); Perez (by Ras)

Inherited runners-scored:Kipp 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Rojas 70-40; Kipp 41-27; Ras 26-17; Reilly 12-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Rojas 4-1; Kipp 3-3; Ras 0-4; Reilly 1-0

Bench
Seiya SuzukiRF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.375/.400/.375
Yenrri RojasP							.000/.000/.000
Grant KippP							.000/.000/.000
Tyler RasP							.000/.000/.000
Vince ReillyP							.000/.000/.000