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Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 8/5 - John Gant electric again for Mississippi

The farm system goes 4-2 behind some strong starting pitching highlighted by a 9-strikeout performance in just 6 innings by newly acquired John Gant in Mississippi.

Despite being outhit 9-7, the Gwinnett Braves strung together the hits they needed in the 5th inning to bring across all 4 runs in the game to take a 4-3 lead that would stick for the rest of the game. Kanekoa Texeira didn't have his best stuff, but he was able to work around some jams to produce a quality start for his 4th win of the year.

(55-52) Mississippi Braves 3, (55-51) Montgomery Biscuits 2

John Gant outperformed his 1st start with the Braves quite easily in his 2nd time out.