Friday, June 26, 2026 · Regions Field · Final

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53-45 · L10 7-3

3–2
Birmingham Barons logo Birmingham Barons

38-60 · L10 2-8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
KNX 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 1
BIR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1
WP Jace Beck (6-2) LP Connor McCullough (1-6) SV Tyler Santana (2)

Stars of the game

Jace Beck Connor McCullough Carter Trice

Season matchup

KNX leads 7 of 8 categories

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

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 Karson Simas CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229 .636
2 Jefferson Rojas 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .272 .801
3 Owen Ayers C 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .304 1.009
4 Alex Ramírez RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .274 .744
5 Andy Garriola DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .264 .853
6 Carter Trice LF 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .248 .762
7 Hayden Cantrelle 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .298 .837
8 Ethan Hearn 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .198 .590
9 Ed Howard SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .184 .526
Team 31 3 9 0 3 2 8 .290 .678
LOB:
8
2B:
Trice 2
SB:
Trice, Cantrelle
CS:
Simas, Rojas, Ayers, Ramírez
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Jace Beck W 5.0 5 1 1 2 11 0 81-57 2.87 1.32
Frankie Scalzo 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15-11 5.35 1.67
Tyler Santana SV 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 26-15 3.82 1.42
Team 9.0 7 2 2 2 13 0 122-83 2.00 1.00

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Dylan Campbell RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .228 .706
2 Alec Briley 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .258 .830
3 Caleb Bonemer DH 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .283 .931
4 Anthony DePino 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .265 .837
5 Samuel Zavala CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .215 .700
6 Grant Magill C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .271 .793
7 Colby Shelton SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .209 .703
8 Brenden Dixon 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .186 .678
9 T.J. McCants LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .193 .523
Team 34 2 7 0 1 2 13 .206 .564
LOB:
14
2B:
Briley
3B:
Shelton
SB:
Bonemer, DePino, Magill
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Connor McCullough L 4.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 73-47 4.14 1.34
Phil Fox 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 21-11 3.23 1.27
Pierce George 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 30-19 11.12 2.12
Jonathan Clark 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11-7 3.07 1.47
Team 9.0 9 3 3 2 8 0 135-84 3.00 1.22