Biloxi Shuckers 2021 Game Notes
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Biloxi Shuckers 2021 Game Notes Double-A Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers MGM Park, 105 Caillavet St, Biloxi, MS 39530 Contact - Garrett Greene Cell: (817) 937-9572 Home Games can be heard on WGCM 1240-AM, FM 100.9 FM Streak: L3 Last 5: 1-4 Last 10: 3-7 Home Record: 6-6 Road Record: 5-12 Biloxi Shuckers (11-18) @ Montgomery Biscuits (12-16) LHP Ethan Small (1-1, 3.27) @ RHP Tommy Romero (0-0, 0.64) Sunday, June 6 ● 3:33 P.M. ● Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium ● Montgomery, AL ● Game #30 / Road Game #18 Last Time Out: Biloxi rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth but came up a run short in a 7-6 defeat to Montgomery... Biloxi jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first but saw the Biscuits score four unanswered runs to go ahead... Cam Devanney and Ryan Aguilar both homered and Lucas Erceg delivered two RBI’s for the Shuckers. At the Plate: Brice is Nice: Since May 15, Turang is slashing .342/.388/.456, 4 2B, 3B, HR, 13 RBI, 11 R, 6-8 SB... He has also hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games and has nine multi-hit games in his last 16 played... Brice Turang homered for the first time as a member of the Shuckers on 5/29 vs. PNS, launching a three-run blast in the bottom of the sixth inning... It was part of a 3-for-5 night where Turang recorded 4 RBI’s and came up a triple shy of the cycle... His 4 RBI’s was a new career high for the 2018 first-round pick... Cam Can: Cam Devanney went 3-for-4 and came up a triple shy of the cycle on Tuesday against Montgomery... Devanney launched his first home run at Double-A, a solo shot in the seventh, his first home run since 9/2/19 @ Grand Junction while with the Rocky Mountain Vibes... Devanney connected for his second home run of the season on Saturday night, a no-doubter to left field in the ninth inning. Hittin’ Henry: Payton Henry went 4-for-5 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored on Wednesday night... It was the first four-hit night for any Shuckers player, and the third four-hit game for Henry (5/1/18 @ Lake County & 5/14/18 vs. Beloit with Wisconsin)... He followed it up on Thursday night by going 2-for-4 with a run scored, his seventh multi-hit game of the year. On the Mound: It’s a Small World: Ethan Small set a new career-high with 11 strikeouts on Tuesday night against Montgomery, including 7 straight strikeouts from the end of the 1st through the 3rd... Small came one strikeout shy of tying the Shuckers single-game record of 12 (Alec Bettinger and Bowden Francis - ‘19, Freddy Peralta - ‘17, Taylor Jungmann - ‘16). (Not So) Grand Slam: Zach Vennaro surrendered a go-ahead grand slam to the Biscuits with two-outs in the eighth inning on Tuesday night... It was the second go-ahead grand slam allowed by the Shuckers in their last four games as Pensacola hit a go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning on Friday night... Biloxi has allowed 47 home runs this year, tied for the second most in all of Minor League Baseball (1st - Las Vegas: 48) and the most in Double-A... This season, Biloxi is 9-2 when leading after the 7th... In 2019, the Shuckers were 65-1 when leading after the 7th. No-Hitter!: Ethan Small, Zach Vennaro, Nathan Kirby and Matt Hardy combined to toss nine no-hit innings against the Mississippi Braves on 5/15.. Small tossed the first five innings, striking out six in the longest outing of his career, picking up his first win.... It is the second no-hitter in Shuckers’ history, after Biloxi no-hit the Tennessee Smokies on 8/15/17 in Game 2 of doubleheader, with four pitchers (Hiram Burgos, Forrest Snow, Nick Ramirez, Jorge Lopez) combining to blank the Smokies in a 1-0 win. What’s Shuckin: Early Runs Lost: Biloxi has scored in the first inning in three of their last four games against the Biscuits but has only gone on to win one game. International Duty: INF Luis Castro and OF Alexander Palma are on the temporary inactive list as they are away from the team playing with the Venezuelan National Team for Olympic Qualifiers... The Venezuelan National Team picked up a 6-5 win over Cuba on Monday, a 3-2 walk-off win over Columbia on Tuesday and a 5-0 victory over Canada on Wednesday... Venezuela then fell 14-4 on Saturday to the Dominican Republic and lost in their final game of the tournament, 4-2, to the USA on Saturday night... Venezuela will still have a chance to qualify for the Olympics from June 22-26 in Puebla, Mexico. #ShuckersInTheShow: Ten players from the 2019 Biloxi Shuckers have made their Major League debut: Anthony Bender (Miami), Alec Bettinger (Brewers), Mario Feliciano (Brewers), Trent Grisham (Brewers), Angel Perdomo (Brewers), Cody Ponce (Pirates), Drew Rasmussen (Brewers), Corey Ray (Brewers), Justin Topa (Brewers), and Devin Williams (Brewers)... There have now been 44 Biloxi Shuckers go on and make their Major League debut including five in 2021 (Ray, Feliciano, Bettinger, Bender, Stokes, Hager) \UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Shuckers 2021 at a Glance 6/7 OFF DAY Stat AA-S 6/8 6:35 PM CT Biloxi - RHP Noah Zavolas (2-1, 4.76) vs. Mississippi - TBA Avg: .227 6th 6/9 6:35 PM CT Biloxi - LHP Leo Crawford (1-2, 9.33) vs. Mississippi - TBA Runs: 131 T-4th Hits: 211 6th 6/10 6:35 PM CT Biloxi - LHP Nick Bennett (1-1, 8.10) vs. Mississippi - TBA HR: 23 5th BB: 119 2nd Hitting Streaks On-Base Streaks SO: 282 4th (lowest) Top Prospects SB: 26 T-2nd #2 - Brice Turang Player Current Sea. High Sea. Low Current Sea. High Sea. Low #4 - Ethan Small Ryan Aguilar 1 2 -5 1 11 -2 #12 - Tristen Lutz ERA: 5.12 1st (highest) #19 - Payton Henry Luis Castro -3 6 -3 -2 7 -2 Runs Allowed: 154 2nd (highest) Source: MLB Pipeline Cam Devanney 1 3 -7 1 5 -2 Hits: 232 3rd (highest) Brent Diaz 1 3 -2 7 7 -1 HR: 47 1st (highest) Lucas Erceg 1 5 -1 1 6 -1 BB: 128 2nd (highest) Roster Breakdown Tyler Friis 2 3 -3 7 7 -1 K: 300 2nd (highest) Brewers Drafts: David Fry 1 2 -2 1 7 -1 HBP: 22 4th (highest) 2015 Draft . 1 Payton Henry -1 5 -5 7 8 -2 2016 Draft . 3 2017 Draft . 3 Mitch Longo 3 3 -4 9 9 -1 Shuckers 2021 Splits 2018 Draft ..................3 Tristen Lutz -5 5 -5 -1 8 -1 2019 Draft . 3 Alexander Palma 5 5 -3 6 6 -2 South Division Home Road Overall Rounds 1-6 . .7 Chad Spanberger -1 3 -2 -1 7 -1 Pensacola 2-4 0-0 2-4 Free Agents................10 Brice Turang 10 10 -2 10 10 -1 Mississippi 4-2 0-0 4-2 Trade ......................5 Rule 5......................0 Jamie Westbrook -1 8 -2 -1 13 -1 Montgomery 0-0 1-4 1-4 Total - South 6-6 1-4 7-10 Shuckers Play Season Against Montgomery (1-4) 2019 vs... North Division Home Road Overall Date H/R W/L WP LP SV Team # of Times Team Record Birmingham 0-0 1-5 1-5 6/1 R L, 2-5 Shaffer (4-0) Kirby (0-1) Pelaez (6) Mississippi 30 Jacksonville 12-8 Rocket City 0-0 0-0 0-0 Pensacola 11-9 6/2 R W, 9-5 Zavolas (2-1) Carrera (1-2) - Pensacola 30 Tennessee 0-0 3-3 3-3 Mississippi 13-8 Montgomery 24 Chattanooga 0-0 0-0 0-0 6/3 R L, 6-9 Baz (1-4) Crawford (1-2) Brink (1) Mobile 14-4 6/4 R L, 1-6 Plassmeyer (1-1) Bennett (1-1) - Tennessee 12 Total - North 0-0 3-8 4-8 Birmingham 12 SL South 50-29 6/5 R L, 6-7 Myers (2-1) Castillo (0-1) Pelaez (7) Tennessee 8-2 Totals 6-6 5-12 11-18 Rocket City 12 Montgomery 6-9 Chattanooga 0 Birmingham 5-5 Chattanooga 10-5 Jackson 3-7 SL North 31-27 The Shuckers Starter #25 LHP Ethan Small 6’3, 205 (1-1, 3.27) Profile Full Name ..............................Ethan Robert Small School ............................................Mississippi State Career Firsts Career Highs Born .......................... 2/14/97 (24), Lexington, TN Acquired ..........1st Round (28th Overall) /2019 Draft MiLB Debut .............. 7/19/19 Innings Pitched .......................5.0 (3X) Bats / Throws ...................................................L/L Start ......................... 7/19/19 Hits Allowed ......................... 7 (5/7/21) Win ........................... 5/15/21 Home Runs .......................... 1 (5/7/21) Scouting Report: Fastball Curve (Slury) Changeup Save ..................................... Runs Allowed ....................... 4 (5/7/21) CG ........................................ Walks ................................. 5 (5/15/21) Season Highlights: Shutout ................................. Strikeouts ............................11 (6/1/21) • Set a new career high with 11 strikeouts on 6/1 @ MTG, including 7 straight. 2021 Shuckers Game-by-Game • Tied a career high with 8 strikeouts in a no decision on 5/26 vs. PNS • Threw 5.0 no-hit innings in home debut on 5/14, the first five innings in a combined no-hitter... Also received Game Dec. IP H R(E) BB K HR ERA Final first professional win in the result.