GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208
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GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (8-11) at Mobile BayBears (9-9) RHP Enderson Franco (0-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Jesus Castillo (1-1, 6.39) Game #20 • April 25, 2018 • 11:05 a.m. (CST) • Mobile, AL •Hank Aaron Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves will square off against the Mobile BayBears for the fifth time in five days in what will be the series finale be- Record Breakdown tween the M-Braves and the BayBears at Hank Aaron Stadium. RHP Ender- Score First ................................................. 6-3 Opponents Score First ...............................1-7 Shutouts ................................................... 2-2 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-0 son Franco (0-1, 6.00) will make his second start of the 2018 season with the Score in 2 innings ..................................... 3-3 Score in 3 innings ......................................3-5 M-Braves. Franco’s counterpart will be Mobile right-hander, Jesus Castillo Score in 4 innings ..................................... 1-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 (1-1, 6.39). ............................. 6-2 ..............................6-1 Leading after 6 innings Leading after 7 innings Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 LAST TIME OUT: The Mississippi Braves took on the Mobile BayBears in game Trailing after 6 innings ............................. 2-8 Trailing after 7 innings ...............................0-8 four of a five game series between two on Tuesday night. The M-Braves col- lected 14 hits in Tuesday night’s contest but fell to the BayBears 8-4. Leading after 8 innings ............................. 5-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-4 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 Trailing after 8 innings ............................. 0-8 Score 4 or More Runs ................................4-6 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: In 1967, Jim Lefebvre commits three errors in 5 the fourth frame, paving the way for the Braves’ 7-1 victory at Dodger Sta- First Game of Series ................................. 2-2 Last Game of Series ...................................1-2 First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-1 Last Game of Homestand ..........................0-2 dium. The Los Angeles third baseman commits a fourth error, booting Hank ........................... 1-1 .............................1-0 Aaron’s grounder in the top of the ninth inning. First Game of Road Trip Last Game of Road Trip Following an Off Day ................................ 0-1 1-Run Games .............................................1-3 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 3-3 3-Run Games .............................................3-2 the M-Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. With a Homer........................................... 5-4 Allow a Homer ..........................................1-3 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mis- With No Homers ...................................... 3-7 Allow No Homers ......................................7-8 sissippi State University in 1983. • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 3-2 Vs. Righty Starters ...................................7-10 Night (5 pm or later) ................................ 5-9 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................1-1 coaching staff as the team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base Following a Win ....................................... 3-5 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................4-5 coach (2012-15). Following a Loss ....................................... 4-6 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................4-6 • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) In Decision By Starters ............................. 2-7 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................6-3 manager for five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in four of his five seasons. • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with Daily & Monthly Breakdown 1,350 entering the 2018 season. Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 0-2 1-1 April 5-5 3-6 Tuesday 0-1 0-1 May - - PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline Wednesday 1-0 0-1 June - - as No. 2 in Major League Baseball. The M-Braves roster features two of the Thursday 2-0 0-1 July - - Friday 0-2 0-1 August - - Top 100 in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30) and INF Austin Riley (No. 97). The ros- Saturday 1-0 1-0 September - - ter has six of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), Riley (No. 8), Sunday 1-0 1-1 Postseason - - RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte Total 5-5 3-6 Total 5-5 3-6 (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). VIDEO BOARD: In its second season above the LF wall, at 68 feet wide by M-Braves vs BayBears 28 feet high (1,904 square feet), the state-of-theart Panasonic HD video 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 board is approximately four-times larger than the previous video display at at Trustmark Park 6-4 7-8 5-9 6-4 5-5 9-7 4-11 Trustmark Park (2005-2016). The board is the largest single display in the at Mobile 1-5 5-4 5-5 6-9 4-1 2-5 3-11 Southern League and the largest in Central and South Mississippi. Total 7-9 12-12 10-14 12-13 9-6 11-12 7-22 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 at Trustmark Park 6-4 3-7 7-8 5-6 6-3 4-6 0-0 at Mobile 7-6 6-4 8-1 1-7 4-6 1-9 2-2 Total 13-10 9-11 15-9 6-13 10-9 5-15 2-2 Alltime at Trustmark Park 73-82 at Mobile 55-75 Total 128-157 M-Braves vs. BayBears Day-by-Day 2018 Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/21 W, 3-1 1-0 Wright-Rodriguez, J-Webb 1,901 4/23 (G1: DH) W, 6-3 2-0 Graham-Custred-Webb N/A 4/23 (G2: DH) L, 5-2 2-1 Rhoades-Pike-Lillis-White 602 4/24 L, 8-4 2-2 Suarez, J-Parsons-N/A 610 Southern League Standings NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 15-3 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 10-9 5.5 TNS (CHC) 9-9 6.0 BIR (CHW) 9-10 6.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 6-13 9.5 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) 12-7 - player and the organization overall. Follow MOB (LAA) 9-9 2.5 the links to listen to the M-Braves live MIS (ATL) 8-11 4.0 audio stream all season long. PNS (CIN) 8-11 4.0 Social Media JAX (MIA) 7-11 4.5 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 26 Jackson Generals RHP Kyle Wright (1-2, 2.45) vs. RHP Jon Duplantier (1-0, 3.60) 7:00 PM April 27 Jackson Generals RHP Touki Toussaint (0-1, 6.57) vs. RHP Justin Donatella (1-0, 0.00) 7:00 PM April 28 Jackson Generals LHP Michael Mader (1-0, 2.84) vs. LHP Alex Young (3-0, 3.43) 6:00 PM April 29 Jackson Generals RHP Wes Parsons (0-1, 1.59) vs. TBD 1:00 PM Page 1 Today’s Starter Franco’s 2018 Day-by-Day #14 Enderson Franco• RHP • 6’2” • 180 • Anaco, VE • 25 yrs MISSISSIPPI Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR 0-1, 6.00 ERA 4/20 PNS L, (L, 5-0) 3.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 vs. Righties: .361, 0 HR 4/16 PNS ND 2.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 vs. Lefties: .214, 0 HR 4/13 BLX ND 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 4/11 BLX ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TODAY’S GAME 4/6 TNS ND 2.1 3 0 0 2 6 0 • Enderson Franco who has spent the majority of the season as a relief pitcher out of the M-Braves bullpen, will make his second start of the 2018 season in the series finale against the Mobile BayBears. LAST TIME OUT • Franco’s last appearnce with the M-Braves came on April 20 against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. In his first start with the M-Braves during 2018, the right-hander pitched, 3.2 innings, allowed six hits, four runs, all earned, walked one and struck out four. ACQUIRED • Selected by the Braves from the Miami Marlins in the minor league phase of the 2015 Rule 5 Draft on December 10, 2015. 2017 SEASON • Appeared between three levels of the Braves system, combining to go 6-6 with a 3.86 ERA (52 ER/121.1 IP) between Rome (A), Gwinnett (AAA) and Florida (A+). Made two relief appearances with Rome before transferring to Gwinnett on 4/22. Made two starts with the G-Braves before being assigned to Florida on 5/7 and making 19 starts over the remainder of the season. Franco’s 106.2 innings with Florida paced the FireFrogs staff, and his 121.1 combined innings were 10th most among Braves farmhands. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2016 SEASON • Played his first season in the organization with High-A Carolina and established new career highs in appearances (26) and innings (144.0) while going 6-12 with a 4.69 ERA (75 ER/144.0 IP) over 25 starts.