ALLENTOWN, PA - The Gwinnett Braves (20-15) rallied from five runs down to beat the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (17-18) by a 10-8 score in 11 innings on Saturday night at Coca-Cola Park. The G-Braves have won five straight games.

Gwinnett trailed the entire game until an uprising beginning in the top of the eighth. Trailing 7-2, Tommy La Stella and Phil Gosselin greeted Lehigh Valley reliever Kyle Simon with back-to-back singles. Joey Terdoslavich then doubled to left, scoring both to cut the IronPigs' lead to 7-4.

Then in the top of the ninth, Simon walked Derrick Mitchell and Sean Kazmar to begin the inning. Lehigh Valley opted for lefty Jeremy Horst out of the bullpen and he gave up a single to Todd Cunningham to left, scoring Mitchell from second to make it 7-5. After one out, Gosselin delivered a clutch double off the wall in left, scoring both Kazmar and Cunningham for a 7-7 tie.

The game went to extras, and the G-Braves put the game away with a three-run eruption in the top of the 11th inning. Facing Lehigh Valley reliever Seth Rosin, Gosselin stroked a one out double to right. An intentional walk to Terdoslavich and walk to Mark Hamilton loaded the bases. Christian Bethancourt followed with a double to right, scoring Gosselin and Terdoslavich to give Gwinnett their first lead of the game at 9-7. Pitcher Daniel Rodriguez, used as a pinch hitter, stroked a sacrifice fly to center scoring Hamilton for a 10-7 lead.

In the bottom of the 11th inning, G-Braves' closer Juan Jamie (S, 8) allowed one run, but shut the door on the IronPigs to seal the victory.

Lehigh Valley took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI double by Maikel Franco off Gwinnett starter Yunesky Maya. The G-Braves responded quickly, however, as Edward Salcedo lifted a solo home run off IronPigs' starter Barry Enright in the top of the second inning to tie the game at 1-1.

The IronPigs got the lead right back at 2-1 in the bottom of the second as Steve Susdorf doubled to right, stole third and scored on a groundout to first by Tyson Gillies. The lead widened to 5-1 in the fifth inning on RBI doubles by Castro and Freddy Galvis and a sacrifice fly by Jim Murphy.

Gwinnett cut into that 5-1 lead in the top of the sixth, when Terdoslavich stroked a two-out single to center and scored from first on a double by Hamilton to make it 5-2.

However, an RBI single by Matt Tolbert off Gwinnett reliever Mitch Atkins in the bottom of the sixth increased the lead to 6-2, and an RBI single by Susdorf off Wirfin Obispo in the bottom of the seventh gave Lehigh Valley a 7-2 lead after seven.

Gwinnett would then outscore Lehigh Valley 8-1 the rest of the way for the win.

Maya worked 5.0 innings in his third start of 2014. He gave up eight hits, five runs (three earned) with one strikeout. Atkins went 1.0 inning with two hits, one earned run, and one walk. Obispo pitched 1.0 inning with two hits, one earned run, one walk and one strikeout. Pedro Beato worked scoreless eighth and ninth innings with one walk and three strikeouts. Atahualpa Severino (W, 1-1) pitched a scoreless bottom of the 10th to pick up the win. He struck out two. Jamie improved to 8-for-8 in save opportunities by working the 11th with one hit, one earned run, two walks and two strikeouts.

Enright gave the IronPigs 7.0 solid innings with seven hits, two earned runs, one walk and two strikeouts. Simon was tagged for four earned runs and three hits in 1.0 inning. Horst went 2.0 innings with two hits, one earned run, two walks and one strikeout. Rosin (L, 1-2) suffered the loss for the second straight night by going 1.0 inning with two hits, three earned runs, three walks and one strikeout.

At the plate, the G-Braves were led by Gosselin who went 3-for-6 with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs. Terdoslavich went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs. Bethancourt was 2-for-6 with two doubles and two RBIs. La Stella was 2-for-5 and Cunningham was 2-for-6 to extend his hitting streak to five games.

Lehigh Valley was led by Koyie Hill and Susdorf who were each 3-for-4. Mike Tolbert was 2-for-4.

The Gwinnett Braves and Lehigh Valley IronPigs will play game three of the four game series Sunday afternoon in Allentown. RHP Zach Stewart (2-2, 5.35) with start for Gwinnett, Lehigh Valley will start RHP Sean O'Sullivan (1-3, 3.86). First pitch is set for 1:35 PM. Tony Schiavone will have the play by play call beginning at 1:20 PM on wdun.com, gwinnettbraves.com, TuneIn Radio and the MiLB First Pitch app.

The G-Braves return home on Saturday, May 17 for the start of an eight-game homestand. Saturday's series-opener vs. the Indianapolis Indians begins at 7:05 PM. To purchase tickets, call the Coolray Field Ticket Office at 678-277-0340 or visit GwinnettBraves.com