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GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (4-8) vs. Pensacola Blue Wahoos (6-6) RHP Touki Toussaint (0-1, 5.87) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (0-2, 6.52) Game #13 • April 18, 2018 • 10:35 a.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos will square off against one another at Trustmark Park for the second time in less Record Breakdown than 24 hours. Today’s game will be game three of a five game series be- Score First ................................................. 3-2 Opponents Score First ...............................0-5 Shutouts ................................................... 2-1 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-0 tween the two teams. RHP Touki Toussaint (0-1, 5.87) will get the start for Score in 2 innings ..................................... 2-2 Score in 3 innings ......................................1-4 Mississippi. Toussaint was originally scheduled to start last night’s contest Score in 4 innings ..................................... 0-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 but was moved back in the rotation due to Luiz Gohara joining the M-Braves for an MLB rehab assignment. Leading after 6 innings ............................. 4-2 Leading after 7 innings ..............................3-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................0-1 Trailing after 6 innings ............................. 0-5 Trailing after 7 innings ...............................0-5 LAST TIME OUT: The Mississippi Braves were defeated by the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for the second consecutive night after dropping Tuesday night’s Leading after 8 innings ............................. 2-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-2 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................2-1 contest by a score of 8-4. Pensacola got the bats going early as they scored Trailing after 8 innings ............................. 0-6 Score 4 or More Runs ................................2-5 five runs in the top of the first inning. Pensacola starter, Keury Mella (2-0, 5 1.06) earned the win while Mississippi starter, Luiz Gohara (0-1, 2.70) suf- First Game of Series ................................. 1-2 Last Game of Series ...................................1-1 fered the loss. Pensacola reliever, Alex Powers was credited with the save. First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-1 Last Game of Homestand ..........................0-1 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 0-1 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-0 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On this day in 1982, Joe Torre’s Braves set Following an Off Day ................................ 0-1 1-Run Games .............................................0-3 a National League record when they won their 11th straight game to start Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................2-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 2-2 3-Run Games .............................................2-1 the season, beating Houston at the Astrodome, 6-5. The eventual NL West With a Homer........................................... 3-3 Allow a Homer ..........................................0-3 Division champs, who finished the campaign with an 89-73 record, extended With No Homers ...................................... 1-5 Allow No Homers ......................................4-5 the mark to 13-0 when they added two more victories against Cincinnati at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 2-2 Vs. Righty Starters .....................................3-8 Night (5 pm or later) ................................ 2-6 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................1-0 Following a Win ....................................... 1-3 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................4-3 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as Following a Loss ....................................... 2-5 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................0-5 the M-Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. In Decision By Starters ............................. 1-5 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................3-2 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mis- sissippi State University in 1983. • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Daily & Monthly Breakdown coaching staff as the team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 0-2 0-0 April 3-4 1-4 coach (2012-15). Tuesday 0-1 0-0 May - - • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) Wednesday 0-0 0-1 June - - manager for five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in Thursday 1-0 0-1 July - - Friday 0-1 0-1 August - - four of his five seasons. Saturday 1-0 0-0 September - - • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with Sunday 1-0 1-1 Postseason - - 1,350 entering the 2018 season. Total 3-4 1-4 Total 3-4 1-4 PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline as No. 2 in Major League Baseball. The M-Braves roster features two of the M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos Yearly Top 100 in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30) and INF Austin Riley (No. 97). The ros- 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ter has six of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), Riley (No. 8), at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 VIDEO BOARD: In its second season above the LF wall, at 68 feet wide by 2018 Alltime 28 feet high (1,904 square feet), the state-of-theart Panasonic HD video at Trustmark Park 0-2 31-28 at Pensacola 0-0 27-27 board is approximately four-times larger than the previous video display at Total 0-2 58-55 Trustmark Park (2005-2016). The board is the largest single display in the Southern League and the largest in Central and South Mississippi. M-Braves vs. Blue Wahoos Day-by-Day 2018 Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/16 L, (8-3) 0-1 Wright, Dn-Wright, K 1,179 4/17 L, (8-4) 0-2 Mella, K-Gohara-Powers 1,474 Southern League Standings NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 9-2 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 6-5 3.0 BIR (CHW) 6-5 3.5 TNS (CHC) 5-6 4.0 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 3-9 6.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves BLX (MIL) 9-3 - player and the organization overall. Follow PNS (CIN) 6-6 3.0 the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 5-6 3.5 audio stream all season long. JXN (MIA) 4-6 4.0 Social Media MIS (ATL) 4-8 5.0 facebook.com/mbraves On the Airways 2018 marks the 10th @mbraves season of M-Braves base- ball on the FM dial with instagram.com/mbraves WYAB 103.9 FM. The Voice of the Mississippi Braves, Derrel Palmer enters his second season as youtube.com/mississippibraves the radio voice of the M-Braves. WYAB airs all 140 games plus the postseason! Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) April 19 PNS Blue Wahoos RHP Wes Parsons (0-0, 1.35) vs. RHP Jesus Reyes (0-2, 9.45) 7:00 PM April 20 PNS Blue Wahoos TBD vs. RHP Wyatt Strahan (1-1, 5.00) 7:00 PM April 21 Mobile BayBears RHP Kyle Wright (0-2, 4.15) vs. TBD 7:05 PM April 22 Mobile BayBears TBD vs. TBD 2:05 PM Page 1 Today’s Starter Toussaint’s 2018 Day-by-Day #34 Touki Toussaint• RHP • 6’2” • 185 • Coral Springs, FL • 21 yrs MISSISSIPPI Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR 0-1, 5.87 ERA 4/12/18 BLX ND 5.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 vs. Righties: .235, 0 HR 4/6/18 TNS L, (0-1) 2.2 3 7 5 3 4 0 vs. Lefties: .200, 0 HR TODAY’S GAME • Touki Toussaint will make his third start with the M-Braves in 2018. The right- hander will look to collect his first win of the season today against the Blue Wahoos. LAST TIME OUT Toussaint’s 2017 Day-by-Day • Toussaint made his second appearance of the season on April 12 against the Biloxi Shuckers. In his outing against the Shuckers, Toussaint pitched 5.0 innings, allowed FLORIDA three hits, walked three and struck out nine. Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/10 DUN W1, 4-0 5.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 4/15 @STL L1, 9-5 5.0 6 5 5 2 8 0 ACQUIRED 4/20 @FTM L2, 8-3 5.0 7 7 7 1 3 0 • Acquired by the Braves along with RHP Bronson Arroyo from the Arizona 4/26 PMB ND, L, 9-8 5.0 3 6 4 3 6 1 Diamondbacks in exchange for INF Phil Gosselin on June 20, 2015. 5/01 @PMB ND, L, 8-6 4.1 7 6 6 1 6 0 5/06 CLR L3, 7-4 5.0 9 5 5 1 8 1 2017 SEASON 5/12 @LAK L4, 5-1 5.0 3 3 3 3 5 0 • Split the season between High-A Florida and Double-A Mississippi, combining to 5/18 TAM L5, 1-0 6.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 go 6-13 with a 4.53 ERA (73 ER/145.0 IP) over 26 starts. 5/25 CLR L6, 8-1 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 2 5/31 @CLR ND, L, 9-5 5.0 10 4 4 3 4 0 6/5 STL L7, 1-0 5.2 5 1 1 5 6 0 • Named Florida’s Pitcher of the Year by the organization after fanning 10.5 bat 6/12 DBT ND, W, 2-1 7.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 ters per 9.0 innings over 19 starts with the club and led all Atlanta farmhands 6/19 @TAM L8, 4-2 5.0 7 3 3 5 5 0 and ranked tied for 13th in the minors with 167 strikeouts.