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GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (11-16) at Pensacola Blue Wahoos (12-15) RHP Touki Toussaint (1-1, 4.44) vs. RHP Jesus Reyes (0-4, 5.06) Game #28 • May 4, 2018 • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • Pensacola, FL •Blue Wahoos Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves continue a five-game road series with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Blue Wahoos Stadium today at 6:35 p.m. (CST). Pensacola Record Breakdown leads the current series 2-0 and leads the season series against the M-Braves, 5-2, Score First ................................................. 8-5 Opponents Score First .............................2-10 Shutouts ................................................... 3-2 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-4 winning the five-game set at Trustmark Park, April 16-20, 3-2. Atlanta Braves’ No. 11 Score in 2 innings ..................................... 4-3 Score in 3 innings ......................................5-6 prospect RHP Touki Toussaint (1-1, 4.44) will face off against RHP Jesus Reyes (0-4, Score in 4 innings ..................................... 1-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 5.06). Leading after 6 innings ............................. 9-3 Leading after 7 innings ..............................9-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 LAST TIME OUT: The Braves dropped their second straight to the Blue Wahoos on Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-12 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-13 Thursday night at Blue Wahoos Stadium 7-1. The Wahoos scored five runs in the sixth inning to take the lead and never looked back. RF Tyler Neslony was 1-for-4 with an Leading after 8 innings ............................. 8-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-8 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 RBI in the first inning. RHPMichael Mader suffered the loss, but tossed a season-high Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-13 Score 4 or More Runs ................................7-7 5.0 innings and allowed three runs on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts. First Game of Series ................................. 3-3 Last Game of Series ...................................2-3 M-BRAVES VS. BLUE WAHOOS: The Braves and Wahoos will meet 25 times in 2018 First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-2 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-2 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 1-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-1 with 10 games being played at Blue Wahoos Stadium and 15 games at Trustmark Park. The Braves are 60-58 all-time against the Wahoos and 27-29 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................2-4 Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 5-4 3-Run Games .............................................4-2 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: The RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum With a Homer........................................... 6-5 Allow a Homer ..........................................1-6 to make his MLB debut in 2018 on Tuesday in New York. The Calgary, Canada native With No Homers .................................... 5-10 Allow No Homers ....................................9-10 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 Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 4-3 Vs. Righty Starters ...................................9-15 Night (5 pm or later) .............................. 7-13 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................2-1 in Pearl since 2005. Following a Win ....................................... 4-7 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-7 Following a Loss ....................................... 6-9 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................6-9 RILEY AND WEBB EARN ORGANIZATIONAL HONORS: The Atlanta Braves an- In Decision By Starters ........................... 4-12 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................7-4 nounced the first minor league pitchers and players of the month during the 2018 season as RHP Jacob Webb and 3B Austin Riley take home the honors for the Double-A M-Braves during April. Riley closed out the month of April with a .310 Daily & Monthly Breakdown batting average (26-for-84) in 23 games played. The Atlanta Braves No. 8 overall Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 1-2 1-1 April 8-7 3-7 prospect also finished the month of April as the team leader in doubles (8), triples Tuesday 0-1 0-1 May - 0-2 (3), homeruns (4) and RBI (15). Webb finished the month of April with a team best Wednesday 1-0 0-3 June - - 0.77 ERA in 10 relief appearances. Webb, who has assumed the closer role for the Thursday 2-1 0-2 July - - M-Braves, allowed just six hits, two runs, one earned run, one home run, issued Friday 1-2 0-1 August - - Saturday 2-0 1-0 September - - four walks, and recorded 19 strikeouts in 11.2 innings pitched during the month Sunday 1-1 1-1 Postseason - - of April. Total 8-7 3-9 Total 8-7 3-9 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On this day in 1954, In a contest delayed 12 minutes by snow, the Braves, thanks to Warren Spahn’s six-hitter, move out of last place when M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos the team beats the Pirates and former teammate Max Surkont, 6-1. The temperature 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 in Milwaukee is reported to have dropped 37 degrees during the game. at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 2-3 at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 0-2 Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 2-5 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M- Alltime Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. at Trustmark Park 33-29 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi at Pensacola 27-29 State University in 1983. Total 60-58 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the 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 (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 1,350 entering the 2018 season. M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos Day-by-Day 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 Top 100 in RHP Kyle Date Result Record W-L-S Att Wright (No. 30) and INF Austin Riley (No. 97). The roster has six of the Top 30 Atlanta 4/16 L, 8-3 0-1 D. Wright-K.Wright 1,179 prospects in Wright (No. 2), Riley (No. 8), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), C Alex Jackson 4/17 L, 8-4 0-2 Mella-Gohara-Powers 1,474 (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). 4/18 W, 9-4 1-2 Clouse-De Paula 4,644 4/19 W, 3-2 2-2 Watts-Reyes-Webb 1,663 4/20 L, 5-0 2-3 Strahan-Franco 2,945 Southern League Standings 5/2 L, 9-5 2-4 Mitchell-Graham 3,789 5/3 L, 7-1 2-5 Leyer-Mader-De Paula 4,187 NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 18-8 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 15-12 3.5 TNS (CHC) 13-13 5.0 BIR (CHW) 13-14 5.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 10-17 8.5 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) 17-10 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live JAX (MIA) 12-14 4.5 audio stream all season long. MOB (LAA) 12-14 4.5 PNS (CIN) 12-15 5.0 Social Media MIS (ATL) 11-16 6.0 facebook.com/mbraves On the Airways 2018 marks the 10th @mbraves season of M-Braves baseball on the FM dial instagram.com/mbraves with WYAB 103.9 FM. Chris Harris enters his first season as the radio broadcaster for the youtube.com/mississippibraves Mississippi Braves. WYAB airs all 140 games plus the postseason! Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) May 5 at Pensacola RHP Wes Parsons (0-2, 2.20) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (0-4, 5.14) 6:05 PM May 6 at Pensacola RHP Enderson Franco (1-2, 3.68) vs. RHP Wyatt Strahan (3-2, 5.48) 1:05 PM May 7 vs. Mobile RHP Kyle Wright (1-3, 4.26) vs. RHP Luis Pena (0-3, 7.29) 7:00 PM May 8 vs. Mobile LHP Michael Mader (1-1, 3.43) vs. RHP Jose Rodriguez (1-3, 3.00) 6:35 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 1-1, 4.44 ERA 4/28 JXN W,1 W 4-3 7.0 3 1 1 0 7 0 vs. Righties: .233, 2 HR 4/23 @MOB ND, W, 6-3 5.0 4 2 2 5 6 0 vs. Lefties: .200, 0 HR 4/18 PNS ND, W, 9-4 4.2 6 4 4 1 7 2 4/12 @BLX ND, L, 6-5 5.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 TODAY’S GAME 4/6 TNS L,1 L, 7-2 2.2 3 7 5 3 4 0 • Atlanta Braves No.