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 (18-22) at Tennessee Smokies (20-19) RHP Kyle Wright (2-4, 4.03) vs. RHP Trevor Clifton (3-3, 3.68) Game #41 • May 17, 2018 • 10:30 a.m. (CST) • Kodak, TN •Smokies Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue a 10-game road trip with the first game of a five-game series at Tennessee (CHC) this morning at 10:30 am (CT). The M-Braves are coming off series win at Jackson, Record Breakdown 3-2, May 12-16 in the first-leg of the road trip. This is the final series between the M-Braves and Smok- Score First ............................................... 14-6 Opponents Score First .............................4-16 ies this season (3-2). The M-Braves beat the Smokies 3-2 in a five-game series at Trustmark Park, April Shutouts ................................................... 4-4 Score in 1 inning ........................................2-4 Score in 2 innings ..................................... 6-6 Score in 3 innings ......................................6-7 5-9 to open the season. The M-Braves return home after this series for a five-game homestand with Score in 4 innings ..................................... 2-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................2-0 Jacksonville (MIA), May 23-27. Leading after 6 innings ........................... 15-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................16-2 LAST TIME OUT: The Braves won their first road series of the 2018 season on Wednesday afternoon Tied after 6 innings .................................. 1-1 Tied after 7 innings ...................................2-2 with a 7-3 victory over the Jackson Generals in Jackson, TN. After being shutout by Jackson on Mon- Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-17 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-18 day, the Braves out-scored Jackson 17-10 over the next 2 days to win the series. 1B Tyler Marlette was 3-for-4 with 2 doubles, a home run and 2 RBI to lead the offense. CF Michael Reed led off the game Leading after 8 innings ........................... 15-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................1-11 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-2 with a home run and was 1-for-4 with a 2 runs scored. 2B Luis Valenzuela extended his hitting streak Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-19 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................12-8 to 8 games with a 2-for-4 day at the plate with a walk and run. RHP Enderson Franco tossed a season- high 5.2 innings of 2-run ball and 7 strikeouts in a no decision. He walked 3, but only surrendered 2 First Game of Series ................................. 4-4 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...3-5/2-3 hits. LHP Adam McCreery picked up his first win of the year with 1.1 scoreless innings and 3 strikeouts. First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-3 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-3 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 2-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-2 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint is tied for the Southern League lead in strikeouts (52). OF Michael Reed is 2nd in the SL with a .456 OBP, is 6th in batting average (.339) Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................3-5 Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-2 and 2nd in runs scored (28). RHP Jacob Webb is T-2nd in appearances (15) and T-2nd in saves (7). INF In Errorless Games ................................... 6-5 3-Run Games .............................................5-2 Alay Lago is the 3rd-toughest player in the league strikeout at 9.60 TPA/SO ratio. RHP Enderson Franco With a Homer........................................... 9-6 Allow a Homer ........................................4-10 is 5th in strikeouts with 42. With No Homers .................................... 9-16 Allow No Homers ..................................14-12 M-BRAVES VS. SMOKIES: The Braves and the Smokies meet 10 times in 2018 with five games be- Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 5-6 Vs. Righty Starters .................................15-20 ing played at each venue. The Braves are 76-71 all-time against the Smokies and 37-36 at Smokies Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 13-16 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-2 Stadium. Following a Win ..................................... 7-11 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-9 Following a Loss ................................... 11-11 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................13-13 In Decision By Starters ........................... 9-15 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................9-7 VIVA LA VALENZUELA: M-Braves INF Luis Valenzuela is currently on an 8-game hittings streak, bat- ting .353 (12-34) with 2 doubles, a triple and 4 RBI. He’s recorded a multi-hit game in 4 of the last 5 contests. Daily & Monthly Breakdown REED SETTING THE TABLE FOR M-BRAVES: OF Michael Reed is batting .341 during the month Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total of May with a .473 OBP, 4 doubles, 3 home runs, 5 RBI, 10 walks and 13 runs in 12 games. Reed has al- Monday 1-3 1-2 2-5 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 ready logged a 12-game hitting streak (4/6-4/23) and 18-game on-base streak (4/5-4/27) this season. Tuesday 1-1 1-1 2-2 May 2-3 5-5 7-8 Wednesday 1-1 1-3 2-4 June - - - Thursday 3-1 0-2 3-3 July - - - STARTERS HEATING UP DURING MAY: M-Braves starting pitchers have logged 6 quality starts Friday 1-3 1-1 2-4 August - - - during the first 15 games in May and have a 3.59 ERA (65.2 IP/26 ER) with 28 walks and 63 strikeouts. Saturday 2-0 2-1 4-1 September - - - In 4 of the starts, no runs were scored against the starting pitcher. Sunday 1-1 2-2 3-3 Postseason - - - Total 10-10 8-12 18-22 10-10 8-12 18-22 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum to make his MLB debut in 2018 on May 1 in New York. The Calgary, Canada native 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 M-Braves vs Smokies make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 at Trustmark Park 2-1 2-3 2-3 4-1 3-2 2-8 4-2 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On May 17th in 1970, at Crosley Field, Braves’ outfielder Hank at Tennessee 3-1 3-2 1-3 3-2 4-1 2-3 2-3 Aaron collects his 3000th hit when he scratches an infield single off of Reds’ pitcher Wayne Simpson. Total 5-2 5-5 3-6 7-3 7-3 4-11 6-5 ‘Hammering Hank’ becomes the ninth player in major league history, and the first with 500 home 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 runs, to reach this milestone. at Trustmark Park 2-3 4-1 4-1 2-3 3-2 2-3 3-2 at Tennessee 1-4 3-2 4-6 1-4 7-3 3-2 0-0 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves manager Total 3-7 7-3 8-7 3-7 10-5 5-5 3-2 and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Alltime • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University at Trustmark Park 39-35 in 1983. at Tennessee 37-36 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the Total 76-71 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 Smokies Day-by-Day PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked No. 2 in Major League Baseball by MLB. Date Result Record W-L-S Att com. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30). The 4/5 W, 3-0 1-0 Mader-Clifton-Graham 3,717 roster has a total of seven of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21), LHP Ricardo 4/6 L, 7-2 1-1 Hedges-Toussaint 1,565 Sanchez (No. 27) and RHP Josh Graham (No. 29). 4/7 W, 7-5 2-1 Graham-Pugliese-Hursh 2,048 Southern League Standings 4/8 W, 5-3 3-1 Leyva-De La Cruz-Mader 1,645 NORTH REC GB 4/9 L, 5-4 3-2 Rucker-Sanchez-Brooks 4.520 CHA (MIN) 26-14 - On the Web 5/17 JXN (ARI) 21-18 4.5 TNS (CHC) 20-19 5.5 5/18 BIR (CHW) 18-21 7.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 16-24 10.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 5/19 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 5/20 SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves BLX (MIL) 25-15 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live 5/21 MOB (LAA) 19-19 5.0 audio stream all season long.