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 (27-24, 56-65) vs. Chattanooga Lookouts (21-30, 57-63) Game 1: LHP Kyle Muller (2-0, 4.09) vs. RHP Sean Poppen (5-5, 3.72) Game 2: LHP Michael Mader (3-3, 3.86) vs. RHP Jorge Alcala (0-2, 6.75) Game #122/123 • Home #63/64 (31-31) • 2nd Half #52/53 August 18, 2018 •4:00 pm (CT) • Pearl, MS • Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves conclude their 13th home series of the season on Saturday with a dou- bleheader to complete a five-game series (2-1) with the Chattanooga Lookouts (MIN) at Trustmark Park. Record Breakdown • The M-Braves are 4-4 against the Lookouts this season and 76-86 all-time, 38-41 all-time at Score First ............................................. 42-13 Opponents Score First ...........................13-53 Trustmark Park. Chattanooga took three of five from Mississippi in Chattanooga, August 2-6. This Shutouts ................................................. 9-11 Score in 1 inning ......................................8-23 is the first series between the clubs at Trustmark Park since a six-game set, June 28-July 3, 2017. Score in 2 innings ................................. 16-17 Score in 3 innings ..................................17-12 The M-Braves were 2-9 against Chattanooga in 2017. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 8-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................7-1 • Mississippi’s margin of defeat is 7.5 runs over the four losses to Chattanooga this season. • 20-year-old LHP Kyle Muller, the No. 11 overall prospect for the Braves, bids for this third-straight win Leading after 6 innings ........................... 41-8 Leading after 7 innings ............................42-6 on the mound and is coming off of a 10-strikeout game and win in Jacksonville on Aug. 11. LHP Michael Tied after 6 innings ................................ 10-7 Tied after 7 innings ...................................9-9 Mader is on his fifth stint with the M-Braves this season and makes his 10th start in game two. Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 4-50 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-46 • The M-Braves are 24-18 since July 1 and are in 3rd place in the SL South, 4.5 games back with 18 games remaining in the 2018 season. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 43-3 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................5-36 • The M-Braves are in a stretch of playing American League style baseball in 30 of 35 games. Tied after 8 innings .................................. 5-6 Score 3 Runs ............................................11-8 • Mississippi is coming off of a 4-5 road trip to Chattanooga and Jacksonville. Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 1-50 Score 4 or More Runs ............................36-16 LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves and Lookouts were postponed by rain on Friday night at Trustmark Park. First Game of Series ............................. 12-13 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match 11-11/3-6 First Game of Homestand ........................ 5-6 Last Game of Homestand ..........................5-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 4-6 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-5 SEVEN-INNING GAMES: Mississiippi is 5-8 in seven-inning contests this season and 4-6 in dou- ble-header games this season. Following an Off Day ................................ 3-6 1-Run Games .........................................12-19 Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 5-5 2-Run Games ...........................................12-6 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 3.08 ERA (109 ER/318.2 IP) with 333 strikeouts I Errorless Games ................................... 26-19 3-Run Games ...........................................10-8 and just 109 walks over the past 59 games (30-29 record) with 28 quality starts dating back to June With a Homer....................................... 32-20 Allow a Homer ......................................17-32 10. Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.39/9IP ratio. With No Homers .................................. 24-45 Allow No Homers ..................................35-36 WINNING WAYS: Since July 4, the M-Braves are 23-16, tied for the third-best record in the South- Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-8 Vs. Righty Starters .................................45-53 ern League. After an 8-18 June, Mississippi went 17-12 in July and 7-6 in August. Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 48-57 Vs. Lefty Starters ...................................11-12 Following a Win ................................... 24-32 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................9-25 POWER SURGE: The M-Braves have hit 11 home runs so far in August in 13 games after hitting just 14 Following a Loss ................................... 32-31 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................47-40 during the entire month of July. Mississippi is last in the Southern League with 70 long balls this season. In Decision By Starters ......................... 32-42 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................24-22 EARNING YOUR DEMERITTE: LF Travis Demeritte has three home runs, seven RBI and eight runs scored over his last six games, batting .364 (8-for-22). His multi-homer game on August 9 was Daily & Monthly Breakdown the ninth of his career and first this season. Demeritte had two multi-homer games for Mississippi Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total in 2017, on August 2 at Mobile, and June 3 at Jackson, TN. Demeritte had five two-homer games Monday 3-5 3-5 6-10 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 in 2016 while playing for High Desert in the Rangers organization. Demeritte leads the club in runs Tuesday 4-5 3-2 7-7 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 (60), extra-base hits (37), home runs (15), RBI (56), total bases (155), games (112) and walks (52). Wednesday 4-4 2-7 6-11 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 Thursday 5-6 4-5 9-11 July 10-7 7-5 17-12 THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE: 19-year-old OF Cristian Pache, the Friday 3-7 2-6 5-13 August 3-1 4-5 7-6 Atlanta Braves No. 5 prospect and No. 58 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline has hit Saturday 8-0 6-5 14-5 September - - - in 10 of his first 13 Mississippi games (seven multi-hit). He is batting .340 (18-for-53) with two Sunday 4-3 5-4 9-6 Postseason - - - doubles, a triple, four RBI and six runs scored. Pache will not turn 20 until November 19. Total 31-31 25-34 56-65 31-31 25-34 56-65 REACHING RAY-PATRICK DIDDER: INF Ray-Patrick Didder has reached base safely in 29 of 31 games since being promoted to Double-A on July 9. Didder is batting .305 (29-for-95) with a .396 M-Braves vs Lookouts on-base percentage. Didder reached base safely in his first 15 games with Mississippi. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 at Trustmark Park 1-2 2-3 2-2 9-5 5-0 1-4 1-4 10 MLB DEBUTS BY M-BRAVES ALUMNI IN 2018: RHP Touki Toussaint pitched 6.0 innings at Chattanooga 4-4 4-1 2-8 2-3 3-7 3-2 2-3 of one-run baseball in game one of Monday’s doubleheader against Miami, earning the win. He Total 5-6 6-4 4-10 11-8 8-7 4-6 3-7 became the 139th M-Braves alum and 10th this season to move on and make their MLB debut. Toussaint joins RHP Chad Sobotka (August 11), RHP Wes Parsons (August 9), LHP Adam McCreery 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (August 9), LHP Kolby Allard (July 31) C Willians Astudillo (June 30, Twins) OF Dustin Peterson at Trustmark Park 1-8 4-1 3-2 4-1 3-2 0-6 2-1 (May 28), RHP Mike Soroka (May 1), OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) at Chattanooga 2-3 2-3 3-2 4-1 3-2 2-3 2-3 to have debuted this season. In total, 139 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after Total 3-11 6-4 6-4 8-2 6-4 2-9 4-4 playing in Pearl since 2005. OF Michael Reed had previously made his MLB debut for Milwaukee, but made his debut with Atlanta after opening the 2018 season in Mississippi on July 23. Alltime at Trustmark Park 38-41 ROSTER FEATURES SEVEN TOP 30 PROSPECTS: The Mississippi Braves now feature seven of at Chattanooga 38-45 the Atlanta Braves Top 30 prospects and two Top 100 MLB Prospects according to MLB Pipeline’s Total 76-86 July 26 update. RHP Ian Anderson (#3 and #39 in all of MLB), OF Cristian Pache (#5 and #58 in all of MLB), LHP Kyle Muller (#11), LHP Thomas Burrows (#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 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: INF Luis Valenzuela ranks 8th in the SL with a .271 batting average. INFAlejandro Salazar leads the league in sacrifice hits (8). Date Result Record W-L-S Att HAPPY TRAILS: RHP Touki Toussaint, LHP Bruce Zimmermann, RHP Kyle Wright and RHP Bryse Wil- 8/2 L, 12-3 0-1 Thorpe-Leyva 1,750 son were all in Mississippi’s rotation to start the second half. All have since been promoted or traded. In 21 starts, they combined for a 2.23 ERA (29 ER/117.2 IP), 41 walks and 129 strikeouts, 9.83 SO/9IP. 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 MTG (TB) 32-22 - On the Web 8/5 L, 9-2 1-3 Poppen-Pike 1,910 BIR (CHW) 26-28 6.0 JXN (ARI) 26-28 6.0 8/6 W, 9-4 2-3 Muller-Alcala 1,567 TNS (CHC) 25-27 6.0 For all of your M-Braves information CHA (MIN) 21-30 9.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com.