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GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (23-27) at Biloxi Shuckers (30-20) RHP Kyle Wright (2-5, 4.73) vs. RHP Thomas Jankins (6-2, 3.86) Game #51 • May 29, 2018 • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • Biloxi, MS •MGM Park TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves are on a three-game winning streak and begin their sixth road se- ries of the season today with game one of a five-game set at Biloxi (MIL). The M-Braves are coming Record Breakdown off a 3-2 series win over Jacksonville at Trustmark Park. After the series, the M-Braves will go home Score First ............................................... 18-7 Opponents Score First .............................6-19 for a ten-game homestand vs. Montgomery (5) and Pensacola (5). Shutouts ................................................... 4-6 Score in 1 inning ........................................2-5 Score in 2 innings ..................................... 6-7 Score in 3 innings ......................................9-8 LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves matched a season-high with 10 runs scored during the 10-2 thrash- Score in 4 innings ..................................... 3-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................3-0 ing of Jacksonville in the rubber match of the five-game series on Sunday afternoon at Trustmark Leading after 6 innings ........................... 19-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................21-2 Park. The Braves scored six of the ten runs in the fifth inning setting a season-high for runs in a Tied after 6 innings .................................. 2-2 Tied after 7 innings ...................................2-3 single inning. Five different M-Braves collected multiple hits in the game. LF Travis Demeritte led Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-21 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-20 the offense by going 2-for-4 with a home run, double and three RBI. 3B Daniel Lockhart, 2B Alay Lago, SS Luis Valenzuela and CF Connor Lien also had two hits each. RF Tyler Neslony had three Leading after 8 innings ........................... 20-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................1-14 RBI. RHP Elian Leyva made the spot start and tossed 4.0 shutout innings on two hits with no walks Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-1 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-3 and seven strikeouts. LHP Adam McCreery tossed 2.0 shutout innings of relief and earned the win. Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-21 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................17-8 First Game of Series ................................. 5-5 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...4-6/3-5 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint ranks 2nd in the Southern First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-4 Last Game of Homestand ..........................2-3 League in strikeouts (66), is 2nd among SL starters with an 11.80 SO/9IP ratio and 3rd in opponents First Game of Road Trip ........................... 2-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-3 batting average (.214). OF Michael Reed is 2nd in walks drawn (30), 3rd in the SL with a .446 OBP, T-4th in runs scored (33) and is 7th in batting average (.314). RHP Jacob Webb is T-3rd in appear- Following an Off Day ................................ 0-3 1-Run Games .............................................3-7 ances (18) and 3rd in saves (7). RHP Josh Graham is T-2nd in appearances with 20. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................4-2 In Errorless Games ................................... 9-5 3-Run Games .............................................6-3 M-BRAVES VS. SHUCKERS: The Magnolia State rivalry enters its fourth season in 2018 with With a Homer......................................... 13-7 Allow a Homer ........................................7-12 With No Homers .................................. 10-20 Allow No Homers ..................................16-15 the Shuckers holding a 36-34 all-time series advantage. The M-Braves went 14-9 against Biloxi in 2017 with two games being canceled by rain. The in-state rivals are scheduled to play 24 games Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................20-25 this season during the regular season with 15 games being played at MGM Park and nine at Trust- Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 15-20 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-2 mark Park. The first meeting took place on May 6, 2015 with Biloxi serving as the home team at Following a Win ................................... 10-13 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-11 Trustmark Park. The Shuckers won the first ever meeting 8-7, but the M-Braves won the “road” Following a Loss ................................... 13-13 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................17-16 series 3-2. In Decision By Starters ......................... 12-19 In Decision By Bullpen ............................11-8 MARLETTE RIDING 11-GAME HITTING STREAK: C/INF Tyler Marlette hit a walk-off home run on Friday and has a 11-game hitting streak, batting .457 (17-for-39) with 9 runs, 4 doubles, 3 home Daily & Monthly Breakdown runs and 8 RBI and .500 OBP. The streak is currently the longest active streak in the Southern League Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total and one shy of Michael Reed’s season high for an M-Braves player. Monday 1-3 1-3 2-6 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 Tuesday 1-1 1-1 2-2 May 5-5 7-8 12-13 THE ON-BASE MACHINE: OF Michael Reed has reached base safely in 12 straight games and 38 Wednesday 1-2 1-3 2-5 June - - - of 44 games played this season. Reed has already logged a 12-game hitting streak (4/6-4/23) and Thursday 3-2 1-2 4-4 July - - - 18-game on-base streak (4/5-4/27) this season. Friday 2-3 1-1 3-4 August - - - Saturday 3-0 2-3 5-3 September - - - Sunday 2-1 3-2 5-3 Postseason - - - THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK BY THE NUMBERS: The M-Braves are currently on their Total 13-12 10-15 23-27 13-12 10-15 23-27 second three-game winning streak of the season and have scored 26 runs over those contests. The club is batting .330 (37-for-112) with 8 doubles, a triple, 3 home runs and 10 walks. M-Braves vs Shuckers TOUKI TOUSSAINT CLIMBING MILB STRIKEOUT LEADERBOARD: RHP Touki Toussaint ranks 3rd in Double-A baseball with 66 strikeouts on the season in 50.1 innings. The 21-year-old has 2015 2016 2017 2018 Alltime a 2.45 ERA over his last 6 starts (4 quality) with 40 strikeouts and 10 walks over 33.0 innings. at Trustmark Park 4-6 5-5 8-5 0-0 17-16 at Biloxi 7-6 3-6 6-4 1-4 17-20 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On May 29, 1976, in a pitching matchup that features the Niekro Total 11-12 8-11 14-9 34-36 brothers facing one another, Astro Joe beat the Braves and Phil, 4-1. Adding insult to injury, Joe hits his first and only home run in his 22-year career off his older sibling. FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum to make his MLB debut in 2018 on May 1 in New York. The Calgary, Canada native joins OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 132 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves man- ager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1983. M-Braves vs Shuckers Day-by-Day • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the Date Result Record W-L-S Att team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) manager for five seasons 4/11 L, 2-0 0-1 Ortiz-Wright-Griep 3,052 (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in four of his five seasons. 4/12 L, 6-5 0-2 Ramirez-Graham-Griep 2,436 • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with 1,350 entering the 2018 4/13 L, 5-4 0-3 Olczak-McCreery-Griep 2,005 season. 4/15 G1 L, 7-4 (7) 0-4 Jankins-Sanchez -- 4/15 G2 W, 3-0 (7) 1-4 Webb-Kuntz-Graham 2,154 Southern League Standings 5/29 NORTH REC GB 5/30 CHA (MIN) 30-20 - On the Web JXN (ARI) 28-21 1.5 5/31 TNS (CHC) 26-23 3.5 6/1 MTG (TB) 23-27 7.0 For all of your M-Braves information 6/2 BIR (CHW) 22-27 7.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 6/13 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 6/14 BLX (MIL) 30-20 - player and the organization overall. Follow 6/15 the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 26-23 3.5 audio stream all season long. 6/16 MIS (ATL) 23-27 7.0 6/17 JAX (MIA) 20-30 10.0 Social Media PNS (CIN) 20-30 10.0 7/4 facebook.com/mbraves 7/5 On the Airways 7/6 2018 marks the 10th @mbraves 7/7 season of M-Braves 8/24 baseball on the FM dial instagram.com/mbraves 8/25 with WYAB 103.9 FM. 8/26 Chris Harris enters his first season as the radio broadcaster for the youtube.com/mississippibraves 8/27 Mississippi Braves.