BIR 6, KNX 9 | Apr 3, 2026 | The Best Box Score

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Friday, April 3, 2026•Covenant Health Park•82°F, Partly Cloudy

BIR

Barons

KNX

Smokies

Final

WIN

Jace Beck

LOSS

Jared Kelley

SAVE

Evan Taylor

The Smokies defeated the Barons 9-6.

★Braden Montgomery3 RBI

★Jordan Nwogu3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Jefferson Rojas3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Ariel Armas doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Caden Connor. Edgar Alvarez scores. Jordan Nwogu to 3rd.

Weather: 82°F, Partly CloudyWind: 9 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:00 PM UTCT: 3:29Att: 5,491Venue: Covenant Health Park

Win Probability

KNX WinBIR Win

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

Game 817943 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Birmingham Barons

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Rikuu Nishida2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	.250/.400/.250
Braden MontgomeryCF	4	1	2	3	1	2	.500/.600/1.250
Caden ConnorLF	4	0	0	0	1	2	.000/.200/.000
Ryan Galanie1B	4	1	1	0	1	2	.250/.400/.500
Jeral Perez3B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000/.000/.000
Samuel ZavalaRF	4	0	2	1	1	1	.500/.600/.750
Wilfred VerasDH	4	1	2	0	1	1	.500/.600/.500
Calvin HarrisC	4	1	1	2	0	2	.250/.250/1.000
Andy WeberSS	3	1	0	0	1	1	.000/.250/.000
Bench
Lucas GordonP							.000/.000/.000
Jared KelleyP							.000/.000/.000
Jairo IriarteP
Totals	36	6	9	6	7	13	-

HR:Harris (4th off Mills, 1 on, 0 out); Montgomery (4th off Beck, 2 on, 0 out)

2B:Galanie; Zavala

TB:17

RBI:Zavala; Montgomery 3; Harris 2

GIDP:Connor

Team LOB:10

Knoxville Smokies

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Alex RamírezDH	3	2	2	1	2	0	.667/.800/1.000
Andy GarriolaRF	2	0

Pitching

Birmingham Barons

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Lucas Gordon	3.2	6	5	5	2	2	1	83-49	12.27
Jared KelleyL	1.0	2	3	3	3	1	0	38-18	27.00
Jairo Iriarte	1.1	1	0	0	3	0	0	36-14	0.00
Nick Altermatt	1.1	3	1	1	2	3	0	46-28	6.75
Jacob Heatherly	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9-5	0.00
Totals	8.0	12	9	9	11	6	1	212-114	-

WP:Kelley; Iriarte

Inherited runners-scored:Kelley 1-0; Iriarte 2-1; Heatherly 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Gordon 83-49; Kelley 38-18; Iriarte 36-14; Altermatt 46-28; Heatherly 9-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Gordon 2-7; Kelley 1-0; Iriarte 3-1; Altermatt 0-1; Heatherly 0-1

Knoxville Smokies

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Zane Mills	3.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	62-40	9.00
Jace Beck

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • KNX

0-3

Jefferson Rojas homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Alex Ramírez scores. Seiya Suzuki scores.

Top 2 • BIR

1-3

Samuel Zavala singles on a ground ball to center fielder Carter Trice. Ryan Galanie scores.

Bot 2 • KNX

1-4

Alex Ramírez doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Braden Montgomery. Carter Trice scores.

1-5

Seiya Suzuki out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Braden Montgomery. Alex Ramírez scores.

Top 4 • BIR

6-5

Braden Montgomery homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Andy Weber scores. Rikuu Nishida scores.

3-5

Calvin Harris homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Wilfred Veras scores.

Bot 5 • KNX

6-7

Devin Ortiz grounds out to first baseman Ryan Galanie. Jordan Nwogu scores. Ariel Armas to 3rd.

6-8

Karson Simas walks.

Bot 8 • KNX

6-9

Ariel Armas doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Caden Connor. Edgar Alvarez scores. Jordan Nwogu to 3rd.

Bench
Seiya SuzukiRF	2	1	1	1	0	1	.500/.333/.500
Zane MillsP							.000/.000/.000
Jace BeckP							.000/.000/.000
Connor SchultzP							.000/.000/.000
Evan TaylorP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Birmingham Barons

Knoxville Smokies

Pitching

Birmingham Barons

Knoxville Smokies

Game Notes