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 (4-6) vs. Pensacola Blue Wahoos (4-6) RHP Kyle Wright (0-1, 0.00) vs. RHP Daniel Wright (1-1, 9.00) Game #11 • April 16, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos will meet for the first time during the 2018 season in game one of a five game Record Breakdown series at Trustmark Park tonight. Tonight’s pitching matchup will be a battle Score First ................................................. 3-2 Opponents Score First ...............................0-3 Shutouts ................................................... 2-1 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-0 of the Wright’s as M-Braves RHP Kyle Wright (0-1, 0.00) and Pensacola RHP Score in 2 innings ..................................... 2-2 Score in 3 innings ......................................1-2 Daniel Wright (1-1, 9.00) have both been elected as the starters for their Score in 4 innings ..................................... 0-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 respective teams. ............................. 4-2 ..............................3-1 Leading after 6 innings Leading after 7 innings Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................0-1 LAST TIME OUT: The Mississippi Braves finished their first road series of the Trailing after 6 innings ............................. 0-3 Trailing after 7 innings ...............................0-3 season yesterday by splitting a double header matchup with their in-state rival, the Biloxi Shuckers. The Shuckers took game one of the double header Leading after 8 innings ............................. 2-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-2 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................2-0 by a score of 7-4 but the M-Braves bounced back and game away with a 3-0 Trailing after 8 innings ............................. 0-4 Score 4 or More Runs ................................2-4 victory in game two. First Game of Series ................................. 1-1 Last Game of Series ...................................1-1 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-0 Last Game of Homestand ..........................0-1 In 1935, with the band playing Jingle Bells at ........................... 0-1 .............................1-0 Boston’s Braves Field on a snowy day with near freezing temperatures, Babe First Game of Road Trip Last Game of Road Trip Ruth makes his National league debut, hitting a homer and a single off Gi- Following an Off Day ................................ 0-1 1-Run Games .............................................0-3 ants’ legend Carl Hubbell. The Braves beat New York, 4-2, but the team will Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................2-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 2-1 3-Run Games .............................................2-1 go on to win only 37 more games this season. With a Homer........................................... 3-2 Allow a Homer ..........................................0-2 With No Homers ...................................... 1-4 Allow No Homers ......................................4-4 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 2-2 Vs. Righty Starters .....................................3-6 Night (5 pm or later) ................................ 2-4 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................1-0 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mis- Following a Win ....................................... 1-2 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................4-3 sissippi State University in 1983. Following a Loss ....................................... 2-4 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................0-3 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League In Decision By Starters ............................. 1-3 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................3-2 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) Daily & Monthly Breakdown manager for five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 0-1 0-0 April 3-2 1-4 four of his five seasons. Tuesday 0-0 0-0 May - - • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with Wednesday 0-0 0-1 June - - 1,350 entering the 2018 season. Thursday 1-0 0-1 July - - Friday 0-1 0-1 August - - Saturday 1-0 0-0 September - - PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline Sunday 1-0 1-1 Postseason - - as No. 2 in Major League Baseball. The M-Braves roster features two of the Total 3-2 1-4 Total 3-2 1-4 Top 100 in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30) and INF Austin Riley (No. 97). The ros- ter has six of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), Riley (No. 8), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte M-Braves vs. Shuckers Yearly (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). 2015 2016 2017 2018 Alltime at Trustmark Park 4-6 5-5 8-5 0-0 17-16 VIDEO BOARD: In its second season above the LF wall, at 68 feet wide by at MGM Park 7-6 3-6 6-4 1-4 17-20 28 feet high (1,904 square feet), the state-of-theart Panasonic HD video Total 11-12 8-11 14-9 1-4 34-36 board is approximately four-times larger than the previous video display at Trustmark Park (2005-2016). The board is the largest single display in the Southern League and the largest in Central and South Mississippi. M-Braves vs. Shuckers Day-by-Day 2018 Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/11 L, (2-0) 0-1 Ortiz, L-Wright-Griep 3,052 4/12 L, (6-5) 0-2 Ramirez, N-Graham-Griep 2,436 4/13 L, (5-4) 0-3 Olczak-McCreery-Griep 2,005 4/15 (GM: 1) L, (7-4) 0-4 Jankins-Sanchez, R-N/A N/A 4/15 (GM: 2) W, (3-0) 1-4 Webb-Kuntz-Graham 2,154 Southern League Standings NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 7-2 - On the Web BIR (CWS) 6-4 1.5 CHA (MIN) 5-5 2.5 TNS (CHC) 3-6 4.0 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 3-7 4.5 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) 8-2 - player and the organization overall. Follow JAX (MIA) 4-5 3.5 the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 4-5 3.5 audio stream all season long. MIS (ATL) 4-6 4.0 Social Media PNS (CIN) 4-6 4.0 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 17 PNS Blue Wahoos RHP Touki Toussaint (0-1, 5.87) vs. RHP Keury Mella (1-0, 0.82) 7:00 PM April 18 PNS Blue Wahoos RHP Andres Santiago (0-0, 3.00) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (0-2, 6.52) 10:35 AM April 19 PNS Blue Wahoos LHP Ricardo Sanchez (0-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Jesus Reyes (0-2, 9.45) 7:00 PM April 20 PNS Blue Wahoos RHP Wes Parsons (0-0, 1.35) vs. RHP Wyatt Strahan (1-1, 5.00) 7:00 PM Page 1 Today’s Starter Wright’s 2018 Day-by-Day #23 Kyle Wright • RHP • 6’4” • 215 • Huntsville, AL• 22 yrs 0-1, 0.00 ERA Mississippi vs. Righties: .211, 0 HR Date Opp. Decision IP/P H R ER BB SO HR vs. Lefties: .111, 0 HR 4/5 vs. TNS ND, W 3-0 3.2, 65p 3 0 0 3 3 0 4/11 at BLX L, 0-1 4.0, 75p 2 1 0 2 6 0 TODAY’S GAME • Kyle Wright will make his third start in Double-A baseball tonight against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in what will be the opening game of the five game home series for the Mississippi Braves. LAST TIME OUT • Wright suffered his first loss of the season on April 11 against the Biloxi Shuckers. In his appearance against the Shuckers on April 11, Wright tossed 4.0 innings, his Wright’s 2017 Day-by-Day longest outing of the 2018 season and allowed two hits, one run, issued two walks GCL Braves and he struck out six. Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR 7/17 GCL NY ND, L 7-3 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 0 HIGHLIGHTS 7/22 GCL TOR ND, W 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 • Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2017 draft 7/27 GCL PIT ND, W 8-6 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 out of Vanderbilt. FLORIDA Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR 8/1 @DUN ND, L 4-1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • Ranked as the No. 30 overall prospect in MLB.com’s Top 100 ranking. In the At- 8/6 BRA ND, L 5-1 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 lanta Braves organization ranked No. 4 according to Baseball America and Baseball 8/11 @JUP L1, L 2-1 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 Prospectus and No.