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 (22-21, 51-62) at Chattanooga Lookouts (18-24, 54-57) LHP Kyle Muller (0-0, --) vs. RHP Jorge Alcala (0-0, --) Game #114 • Road #55 (22-32) • 2nd Half #44 August 6, 2018 •6:15 pm (CT) • Chattanooga, TN • AT&T Field TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue their ten-game road trip today with the fifth and final game of a series against the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field. This is the first series between Record Breakdown the Lookouts (MIN) and M-Braves since a five-game set, August 21-25, 2017 at AT&T Field. The M- Score First ............................................. 38-13 Opponents Score First ...........................12-50 Braves went 2-9 against Chattanooga last season and the Lookouts lead the all-time series 85-73 Shutouts ................................................. 9-11 Score in 1 inning ......................................8-21 and 45-37 at AT&T Field. The Lookouts will make a return trip to Trustmark Park, August 14-18. The Score in 2 innings ................................. 14-17 Score in 3 innings ..................................16-11 M-Braves’ second-leg of the road trip is at Jacksonville, August 8-12. The Braves are coming off a Score in 4 innings ..................................... 8-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................5-1 4-1 series win over Birmingham. Leading after 6 innings ........................... 38-7 Leading after 7 innings ............................38-5 LAST TIME OUT: Despite 11 Mississippi hits, Chattanooga clinched the series with a 9-2 victory over Tied after 6 innings .................................. 9-7 Tied after 7 innings ...................................8-9 the M-Braves on Sunday afternoon at AT&T Field. The Lookouts scored seven runs in the bottom of Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-48 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-44 the fourth inning to pull away. In the loss, CF Cristian Pache was 3-for-5 with two RBI and 2B Alejan- dro Salazar finished 3-for-4 with a run scored. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 38-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................5-34 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 5-6 Score 3 Runs ..............................................9-8 MULLER ON THE MOUND: 20-year-old LHP Kyle Muller becomes the 15th different starting Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 1-48 Score 4 or More Runs ............................33-15 pitcher for the M-Braves this season. The Dallas, TX native and former Gatorade National Player of the Year is the Atlanta Braves No. 11 prospect and was the 44th overall pick in the 2016 draft out First Game of Series ............................. 11-12 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match 10-11/3-6 of Jesuit College Prep (TX). First Game of Homestand ........................ 4-6 Last Game of Homestand ..........................5-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 4-6 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-5 FRANCO NAMED SL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: The Southern League announced on Monday Following an Off Day ................................ 2-5 1-Run Games .........................................11-18 that M-Braves RHP Enderson Franco had been named Pitcher of the Week. The 25-year-old made Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 4-4 2-Run Games ...........................................10-5 two starts this past week going 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA, surrendering just two earned runs over 14.0 I Errorless Games ................................... 23-18 3-Run Games ...........................................10-8 innings. The Anaco, VZ native struck out 13 and walked just one over the two starts, earning a 0.50 With a Homer....................................... 29-19 Allow a Homer ......................................15-30 WHIP and .130 opponents batting average. Franco is the second M-Braves pitcher to receive the With No Homers .................................. 22-43 Allow No Homers ..................................33-35 honor this season (Bryse Wilson, July 2-8). Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-8 Vs. Righty Starters .................................40-51 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 2.82 ERA (87 ER/277.2 IP) with 289 strikeouts and Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 43-54 Vs. Lefty Starters ...................................11-11 just 96 walks over the past 51 games (25-26 record) with 27 quality starts dating back to June 10. Following a Win ................................... 22-29 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................8-23 Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.36/9IP ratio. Following a Loss ................................... 29-31 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................43-39 In Decision By Starters ......................... 30-40 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................21-21 REACHING RAY-PATRICK DIDDER: INF Ray-Patrick Didder has reached base safely in 22 of 24 games since being promoted to Double-A on July 9. Didder is batting .329 (24-for-73) with a .424 on-base percentage. Didder had a 15-game on-base streak snapped in game two of Wednesday’s Daily & Monthly Breakdown doubleheader with Birmingham. Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total Monday 3-5 2-5 5-10 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: INF Luis Valenzuela ranks 6th in the SL with Tuesday 3-5 3-2 6-7 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 a .274 batting average. RHP Enderson Franco ranks 7th with a 3.49 ERA. LHP Corbin Clouse is Wednesday 3-4 2-6 5-10 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 T-3rd in appearances (37) and 2nd among SL relievers with an 12.00 SO/9IP ratio. Thursday 5-5 3-5 8-10 July 10-7 7-5 17-12 Friday 3-7 2-5 5-12 August 1-0 1-3 2-3 THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE: 19-year-old OF Cristian Pache, the Saturday 8-0 5-5 13-5 September - - - Atlanta Braves No. 5 prospect and No. 58 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline has had Sunday 4-3 5-4 9-6 Postseason - - - multi-hit games in three of his first five Mississippi games. He is batting .381 (8-for-21) with a triple, Total 29-30 22-32 51-62 29-30 22-32 51-62 two RBI and two runs scored. Pache will not turn 20 until November 19. HAPPY TRAILS: RHP Touki Toussaint, LHP Bruce Zimmermann, RHP Kyle Wright and RHP Bryse Wil- M-Braves vs Lookouts son were all in Mississippi’s rotation to start the second half. All have since been promoted or traded. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 In 21 starts, they combined for a 2.23 ERA (29 ER/117.2 IP), 41 walks and 129 strikeouts, 9.83 SO/9IP. at Trustmark Park 1-2 2-3 2-2 9-5 5-0 1-4 1-4 WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND: The M-Braves are now 22-11 on the weekend this season, at Chattanooga 4-4 4-1 2-8 2-3 3-7 3-2 2-3 including 8-0 on Saturday’s at home. Overall, the M-Braves are 13-5 on Saturday’s and 9-6 on Total 5-6 6-4 4-10 11-8 8-7 4-6 3-7 Sunday’s. Mississippi is 29-51 during the week in 2018. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 at Trustmark Park 1-8 4-1 3-2 4-1 3-2 0-6 0-0 After an 8-18 June, Mississippi finished 17-12 in July. The 17 wins are the most in 17 WINS IN JULY: at Chattanooga 2-3 2-3 3-2 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 a single month during the 2018 season and most since finishing 18-11 in July, 2016. The M-Braves hit .231 for the month and posted a team 3.10 ERA, outscoring the opposition 107-101. Total 3-11 6-4 6-4 8-2 6-4 2-9 1-3 Alltime NEW MLB PIPELINE PROSPECT RANKING FEATURES SIX M-BRAVES: The Mississippi at Trustmark Park 36-40 Braves feature six of the Atlanta Braves Top 30 prospects according to MLB Pipeline’s July 26 up- at Chattanooga 37-45 date. OF (#5 and #58 in all of MLB), LHP (#11), LHP Cristian Pache Kyle Muller Thomas Burrows Total 73-85 (#20), OF Travis Demeritte (#23), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (#27) and RHP Josh Graham (#29) are among Atlanta’s Top 30 prospects. M-Braves vs Lookouts Day-by-Day FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: LHP Kolby Allard made his Major League debut for the Braves on July 31, and became the 135th M-Braves player and sixth this season to move on and make Date Result Record W-L-S Att their MLB debut. Allard joins C Willians Astudillo (June 30, Twins) OF Dustin Peterson (May 28), RHP Mike Soroka (May 1), OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 134 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in 8/2 L, 12-3 0-1 Thorpe-Leyva 1,750 Pearl since 2005. OF Michael Reed has previously made his MLB debut for Milwaukee, but made his debut with Atlanta after opening the 2018 season in Mississippi on July 23 at Miami. 8/3 L, 6-1 0-2 Enns-Mader-Wells 4,318 Southern League Standings 8/4 W, 6-2 1-2 Franco-Bencomo 6,387 SOUTH REC GB 8/5 L, 9-2 1-3 Poppen-Pike 1,910 MTG (TB) 23-19 - On the Web BIR (CHW) 22-21 1.5 JXN (ARI) 21-21 2.0 8/6 TNS (CHC) 18-23 4.5 For all of your M-Braves information CHA (MIN) 17-24 5.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com.