Thursday, May 7, 2026 · Covenant Health Park · Final

Birmingham Barons logo Birmingham Barons

38-60 · L10 5-5

4–1
Knoxville Smokies logo Knoxville Smokies

53-45 · L10 6-4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
BIR 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 6 0
KNX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
WP Jake Palisch (2-8) LP Jace Beck (6-2) SV Jairo Iriarte (1)

Stars of the game

Grant Kipp Jacob Burke Jake Palisch

Season matchup

KNX leads 7 of 8 categories

BIR Metric KNX
Offense
5.13 17th Runs scored per game 4.94 24th
Pitching
6.01 29th Runs allowed per game 4.71 3rd
Roster
24.4 15th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 24.7 10th
Results
.388 28th Winning percentage .541 7th
-86 26th Run differential 22 11th
.428 26th Pythagorean winning percentage .521 11th
.333 30th Winning percentage in one-run games .594 6th
.426 27th Home winning percentage .528 15th
.353 29th Road winning percentage .556 8th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Samuel Zavala CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .215 .700
2 Jacob Burke LF 5 1 3 0 2 0 2 .254 .704
3 Alec Briley 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .258 .830
4 Wilfred Veras RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .219 .631
5 Andy Weber SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .239 .677
6 Jeral Perez 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .180 .563
Jason Matthews 3B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .900
7 Calvin Harris C 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 .223 .694
8 Jorge Corona DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .215 .659
9 Jordan Sprinkle 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .277 .709
Team 34 4 6 0 3 3 14 .176 .521
LOB:
15
2B:
Perez
3B:
Burke
SB:
Zavala, Burke 2, Weber, Perez
CS:
Weber
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Jake Palisch W 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 85-56 5.42 1.67
Jarold Rosado 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 25-14 8.16 2.25
Jonathan Clark 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14-8 3.07 1.47
Jairo Iriarte SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7-5 2.28 1.10
Team 9.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 131-83 1.00 0.89

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Carter Trice CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 .762
2 Jordan Nwogu LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .268 .739
3 Jefferson Rojas SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .272 .801
4 Andy Garriola DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .853
5 Owen Ayers 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .304 1.009
6 Ariel Armas C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .210 .588
7 Alex Ramírez RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 .744
8 Hayden Cantrelle 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .298 .837
9 Karson Simas 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229 .636
Team 30 1 5 1 1 3 5 .167 .509
LOB:
9
HR:
Ayers
CS:
Cantrelle
GIDP:
Trice
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Grant Kipp 5.0 3 1 1 0 8 0 66-48 4.03 1.15
Jace Beck L 2.0 1 1 0 1 4 0 36-21 2.87 1.32
Evan Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16-8 2.45 1.34
Luis Rujano 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 0 32-16 8.61 2.13
Team 9.0 6 4 3 3 14 0 150-93 3.00 1.00