RCT 5, BIR 6 | May 17, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, May 17, 2026•Regions Field•86°F, Partly Cloudy

RCT

Trash Pandas

BIR

Barons

Final

WIN

Jairo Iriarte

LOSS

Chris Cortez

SAVE

Jonathan Clark

The Barons edged the Trash Pandas 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Gustavo Campero3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Colby Shelton3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Colby Shelton singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gustavo Campero. Jorge Corona scores. Jordan Sprinkle scores. Jacob Burke to 2nd.

Weather: 86°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 7:05 PM UTCT: 2:39Att: 4,261Venue: Regions Field

Win Probability

BIR WinRCT Win

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

Game 818137 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Rocket City Trash Pandas

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Gustavo CamperoC	5	1	3	0	0	0	.295/.391/.457
Raudi RodriguezLF	5	1	2	0	0	2	.302/.438/.481
Matthew LugoDH	4	0	0	1	0	0	.248/.374/.354
Tucker Flint1B	5	0	2	1	0	1	.236/.342/.362
Cole Fontenelle3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.176/.243/.382
Kyren ParisCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.214/.302/.268
Nick RodriguezSS	3	2	2	0	1	0	.256/.347/.368
Harold Coll2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.198/.303/.314
David CalabreseRF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200/.292/.294
Bench
Josh CrouchC	3	1	1	1	0	1	.174/.231/.304
Jose GonzalezP							.000/.000/.000
Eybersson PolancoP
Totals	38	5	12	4	2	6	-

HR:Crouch (3rd off Palisch, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Campero; Rodriguez; Flint

3B:Rodriguez; Coll

TB:22

RBI:Crouch; Flint; Lugo; Coll

CS:Coll

SF:Lugo

GIDP:Paris

Team LOB:9

Birmingham Barons

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Jacob BurkeLF	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333/.352/.517
Colby Shelton3B	3	0

Pitching

Rocket City Trash Pandas

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Jose Gonzalez	3.0	2	2	2	1	0	38-26	4.12
Eybersson Polanco	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	47-30	3.51
Chris CortezLBS	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	25-11	7.71
Camden Minacci	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	26-15	3.78
Totals	8.0	9	6	6	2	4	136-82	-

WP:Cortez 2

HBP:Burke (by Cortez)

Inherited runners-scored:Minacci 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Gonzalez 38-26; Polanco 47-30; Cortez 25-11; Minacci 26-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Gonzalez 4-5; Polanco 4-3; Cortez 1-0; Minacci 3-0

Birmingham Barons

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jake Palisch	5.2	7	4	2	2	2	1	91-60	3.86
Jairo Iriarte

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • RCT

1-0

Harold Coll caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Jorge Corona to second baseman Jeral Perez to first baseman Alec Makarewicz. Nick Rodriguez scores.

Top 3 • RCT

3-0

Tucker Flint singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jacob Burke. Gustavo Campero scores. Matthew Lugo to 3rd.

2-0

Josh Crouch homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

Bot 3 • BIR

3-1

Jordan Sprinkle singles on a line drive to left fielder Raudi Rodriguez. Wilfred Veras scores. Jorge Corona to 3rd. Jordan Sprinkle to 2nd.

3-2

Colby Shelton out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Raudi Rodriguez. Jorge Corona scores.

Top 6 • RCT

4-2

Harold Coll triples (2) on a line drive to center fielder Samuel Zavala. Nick Rodriguez scores.

Bot 7 • BIR

4-3

Jordan Sprinkle singles on a ground ball to first baseman Tucker Flint. Wilfred Veras scores. Jorge Corona to 3rd. Throwing error by first baseman Tucker Flint.

4-5

Colby Shelton singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gustavo Campero. Jorge Corona scores. Jordan Sprinkle scores. Jacob Burke to 2nd.

4-6

Anthony DePino singles on a line drive to right fielder Gustavo Campero.

Top 9 • RCT

5-6

Matthew Lugo out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Jacob Burke. Raudi Rodriguez scores.

Bench
Jake PalischP							.000/.000/.000
Jairo IriarteP							.000/.000/.000
Jonathan ClarkP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Rocket City Trash Pandas

Birmingham Barons

Pitching

Rocket City Trash Pandas

Birmingham Barons

Game Notes