Wilson Warbirds hit two walk-off homers in first week at new stadium

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The Wilson Warbirds hit four home runs in their first week at the new Wilson Stadium, including two game-winning homers. José Anderson and Luis Lameda delivered the clutch hits in their games against Hill City.

Key points

Wilson Warbirds hit four home runs in first week at new stadium
Two home runs were game-winners
José Anderson hit a two-run homer to win 5-3
Luis Lameda hit a game-winning homer for a 7-6 victory
New stadium cost $64 million to build

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The Milwaukee Brewers' low Class A affiliate Wilson Warbirds hit a grand total of four home runs during their first week in their new stadium. Two of them, though, won the game.

Formerly the Carolina Mudcats, the relocated and rebranded franchise played its first games inside new Wilson Stadium this week, taking on Hill City for six games. The new spot, roughly 26 miles east of its old home in Zebulon, cost $64 million to construct. Some of the fireworks, it turned out, came with the venue.

On April 19, the Warbirds closed the week with a game-winning blast from 19-year-old José Anderson, who might not rank in the team's top 30 prospects according to MLB Pipeline but isn't far behind. Anderson celebrated the two-run shot with a big-league bat flip as the Warbirds won, 5-3.

It was Anderson's second home run of the week and third of the season – and, again, homers don't exactly grow on trees at that level.

On April 17, the winner came from Luis Lameda, the No. 9 hitter who had walked three times in the game and didn't even have an official at-bat until his winner gave the Warbirds a 7-6 win.

Intriguing 19-year-old starter Tyler Renz started April 19 and allowed two earned runs in four innings, his second start of the week. On April 14, he allowed just two hits in five innings with five strikeouts and no runs in the Wilson Stadium opener. He has a 1.93 ERA in 14 innings.

With the Brewers' minor-league system regarded as one of the best in baseball, we'll give a regular glance at what's been happening at Nashville, Biloxi, Appleton, Wilson and other stops on the ladder.

Here's what happened last week

Nashville (11-9) fell short of a clean sweep with a loss Sunday to the Worcester Red Sox (Red Sox) but finished 5-1.
Biloxi (7-8) broke out the bats for 18 runs over two weekend dates but finished 2-4 for the week against the Columbus Clippers (Braves).
One game was postponed by rain and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (8-5) went 3-2 against the Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals).
Wilson (6-9) went 3-3 against the Hill City Howlers (Guardians).