The Knoxville Smokies returned home to Covenant Health Park on May 5 in dominant fashion, taking the first of six games against the Birmingham Barons by a score of 10-4.
The Smokies and Barons each entered the game with a 13-14 record, vying for second place in the Southern League North. Whichever team takes this series will break what has been a back-and-forth battle in the first half of the 2026 season.
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Knoxville kept Birmingham scoreless through five innings and led by as many as seven runs. Wilfred Veras doubled for the Barons in the sixth inning and put three runs on
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