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 (14-18) vs. Mobile BayBears (14-17) RHP Touki Toussaint (2-1, 3.56) vs. RHP Griffin Canning (1-0, 2.41) Game #33 • May 9, 2018 • 10:35 a.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves will host the Mobile BayBears in game two of the five- game series at Trustmark Park today at 10:35 a.m. The BayBears hold a 4-3 record against the Record Breakdown M-Braves in 2018. Southern League strikeout leader RHP Touki Toussaint (2-1, 3.56) starts for the Score First ............................................... 11-5 Opponents Score First .............................3-13 Shutouts ................................................... 3-3 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-4 M-Braves against RHP Griffin Canning (1-0, 2.41) for the BayBears. Score in 2 innings ..................................... 5-4 Score in 3 innings ......................................6-6 Score in 4 innings ..................................... 2-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves tallied a season-high 10 runs and 16 hits en route to the 10-3 win over the BayBears on Tuesday night. RHP Bryse Wilson (W, 1-0) made his Double-A debut and Leading after 6 innings ........................... 12-3 Leading after 7 innings ............................12-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 earned the win tossing 5.0 innings and allowing three runs on five hits with one walk and four Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-14 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-15 strikeouts. LHP Michael Mader (S, 2) pitched 4.0 innings of one-hit baseball to log his second save. At the plate, CF Connor Lien came a triple shy of the cycle finishing 4-for-4 with a home run, Leading after 8 innings ........................... 11-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-9 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 double and two RBI. 2B Alay Lago came a homer shy of the cycle going 3-for-5 with a double, triple Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-15 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................10-8 and four RBI. RF Michael Reed reached base safely five times and was 3-for-3 with two walks and three runs. First Game of Series ................................. 3-4 Last Game of Series ...................................2-4 First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-3 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-2 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 1-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-2 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint leads the Southern League in strikeouts (43), and is 5th in opponents batting average (.194). OF Michael Reed is T-3rd in bat- Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................2-4 ting (.378) 3rd in runs (22) and 1st in OBP (.490). RHP Jacob Webb is T-3rd in appearances (12) Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-2 In Errorless Games ................................... 6-4 3-Run Games .............................................4-2 and 4th in saves (5). With a Homer........................................... 8-6 Allow a Homer ..........................................2-7 With No Homers .................................... 6-11 Allow No Homers ..................................12-11 M-BRAVES VS. BAYBEARS: The Braves and the BayBears will meet 20 times in 2018 with 10 games being played at Hank Aaron Stadium and 10 games being played at Trustmark Park. The Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 4-4 Vs. Righty Starters .................................12-17 Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 10-14 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................2-1 Braves are 129-159 all-time against the BayBears and 74-83 at Trustmark Park. Following a Win ....................................... 6-8 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-7 Following a Loss ..................................... 8-10 Starter Goes 5> Innings ...........................9-10 BUILDING OFF THE BIG INNING: The M-Braves have scored 33 runs over the last five games In Decision By Starters ........................... 7-13 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................7-5 (6.6 runs per game) including three 5-run innings and a 4-run inning. REED RIDING A FIVE-GAME HITTING STREAK: OF Michael Reed is currently on a five-game Daily & Monthly Breakdown hitting streak batting .571 (8-for-14) with a 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 BB and 7 runs. He leads MiLB in- bat Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 1-3 1-1 April 8-7 3-7 ting during the month of May with the .571 batting average. Tuesday 1-1 0-1 May 1-1 2-3 Wednesday 1-0 0-3 June - - FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum to make his MLB Thursday 2-1 0-2 July - - debut in 2018 on Tuesday, May 1 in New York. The Calgary, Canada native joins OF Ronald Acuña Friday 1-2 1-1 August - - Saturday 2-0 1-1 September - - Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 132 players, have Sunday 1-1 1-2 Postseason - - gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. Total 9-8 5-10 Total 9-8 5-10 ON THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On this day in 2007, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, on his 22nd birth- day, makes his major league debut. With 14 letters in his last name, the Braves backstop has the M-Braves vs BayBears longest surname in baseball history, besting 15 other major leaguers who played with 13 letters 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 in their family name. at Trustmark Park 6-4 7-8 5-9 6-4 5-5 9-7 4-11 at Mobile 1-5 5-4 5-5 6-9 4-1 2-5 3-11 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves man- Total 7-9 12-12 10-14 12-13 9-6 11-12 7-22 ager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University at Trustmark Park 6-4 3-7 7-8 5-6 6-3 4-6 1-1 in 1983. at Mobile 7-6 6-4 8-1 1-7 4-6 1-9 2-3 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the Total 13-10 9-11 15-9 6-13 10-9 5-15 3-4 team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). Alltime • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) manager for five seasons at Trustmark Park 74-83 (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in four of his five seasons. at Mobile 55-76 • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with 1,350 entering the 2018 Total 129-159` season. M-Braves vs. BayBears Day-by-Day 2018 PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline as No. 2 in Ma- jor League Baseball. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/21 W, 3-1 1-0 Wright-Rodriguez, J-Webb 1,901 Wright (No. 30). The roster has six of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Touki 4/23 (G1: DH) W, 6-3 2-0 Graham-Custred-Webb N/A Toussaint (No. 11), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 4/23 (G2: DH) L, 5-2 2-1 Rhoades-Pike-Lillis-White 602 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). 4/24 L, 8-4 2-2 Suarez, J-Parsons-N/A 610 4/25 L, 2-1 2-3 Castillo-Franco-Lillis-White 1,001 5/7 L, 5-0 2-4 Pena, L-Wright-N/A 1,389 Southern League Standings 5/8 W, 10-3 3-4 Wilson-Rodriguez-Mader 1,595 NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 19-12 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 19-13 0.5 TNS (CHC) 17-14 2.0 BIR (CHW) 16-16 3.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 14-18 5.5 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) 20-12 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 14-17 5.5 audio stream all season long. MIS (ATL) 14-18 6.0 PNS (CIN) 13-19 7.0 Social Media JAX (MIA) 12-19 7.5 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 10 vs. Mobile RHP Wes Parsons (1-2, 1.61) vs. LHP Jose Suarez (1-1, 4.80) 7:00 PM May 11 vs. Mobile RHP Enderson Franco (1-2, 4.50) vs. LHP Jesus Castillo (3-2, 2.97) 7:00 PM May 12 at Jackson RHP Kyle Wright (1-4, 4.94) vs. TBD 6:05 PM May 13 at Jackson RHP Bryse Wilson (1-0, 5.40) vs. TBD 2:05 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.