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GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (25-35) vs. Pensacola Blue Wahoos (24-34) RHP Kyle Wright (3-6, 4.37) vs. LHP Seth Varner (2-0, 3.03) Game #61 • June 8, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS • Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue their sixth homestand of the season today with game one of a five-game series against Pensacola. The M-Braves were swept in a five-game series by Record Breakdown Pensacola in the first leg of the 10-game homestand. Following the series, the M-Braves will travel Score First ............................................... 20-7 Opponents Score First .............................5-28 to Biloxi for a five-game set, June 13-17, to close out the first half. Shutouts ................................................... 4-7 Score in 1 inning ........................................2-7 Score in 2 innings ................................... 6-11 Score in 3 innings ....................................10-8 LAST TIME OUT: The Montgomery Biscuits finished off the five-game sweep of the M-Braves on Score in 4 innings ..................................... 4-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................3-0 Thursday night with a 5-2 victory. LHP Michael Mader suffered the loss in the start and allowed 4 Leading after 6 innings ........................... 21-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................23-2 runs, 3 earned on 3 hits with 4 walks and 2 strikeouts. RHP Enderson Franco relieved Mader and Tied after 6 innings .................................. 2-2 Tied after 7 innings ...................................2-4 tossed 5.1 innings giving up 1 run on 4 hits with a walk and 5 strikeouts. SS Luis Marte was 2-for-4, Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-29 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-27 LF Travis Demeritte was 1-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBI and DH Daniel Lockhart extended his hitting streak to 11 games by finishing 1-for-4 with a walk. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 22-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................1-19 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-1 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-4 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint ranks 2nd in the Southern Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-29 Score 4 or More Runs ............................19-10 League in strikeouts (76), 2nd among SL starters with an 11.15 SO/9IP ratio, 5th in opponents First Game of Series ................................. 6-6 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...5-7/3-5 batting average (.216) and 10th in ERA (3.52). RHP Jacob Webb is T-5th in appearances (20) and First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-5 Last Game of Homestand ..........................2-3 4th in saves (7). First Game of Road Trip ........................... 3-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................2-3 M-BRAVES VS. BLUE WAHOOS: The M-Braves and Cincinnati Reds affiliate meet 26 times in Following an Off Day ................................ 1-3 1-Run Games .............................................3-8 2018 with 15 games being played at Trustmark Park and 11 games at Blue Wahoos Stadium. The Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 1-0 2-Run Games .............................................5-4 Braves will visit Pensacola again June 28-July 3, during the second-half. The M-Braves are 4-6 I Errorless Games ................................... 10-10 3-Run Games .............................................6-6 against the Blue Wahoos this season and are 62-59 all-time vs. Pensacola, 33-29 at Trustmark Park. With a Homer....................................... 15-11 Allow a Homer ........................................7-16 With No Homers .................................. 10-24 Allow No Homers ..................................18-19 LOCKHART EXTENDS HITTING STREAK TO 11 GAMES: 3B Daniel Lockhart is batting .325 Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................22-30 (13-for-40) during the 11-game hitting streak with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 2 RBI, 6 walks Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 17-28 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-5 and .404 OBP. Since May 8, Lockhart has hit in 24 of 28 games batting .289/.360/.433 with 4 Following a Win ................................... 11-15 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-14 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 8 RBI, 12 walks and 2 stolen bases. Following a Loss ................................... 14-18 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................19-21 In Decision By Starters ......................... 14-26 In Decision By Bullpen ............................11-9 M-Braves Longest Hitting Streaks in 2018 Player Streak Dates AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Tyler Marlette 12G 5/15-5/29 .465 43 11 20 4 0 4 10 Daily & Monthly Breakdown Michael Reed 12G 4/6-4/23 .421 38 13 16 5 0 0 8 Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total Daniel Lockhart 11G 5/27-current .325 40 7 13 3 1 1 2 Monday 1-4 1-3 2-7 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 Luis Valenzuela 10G 5/8-5/18 .356 45 5 16 2 1 0 5 Tuesday 1-2 2-1 3-3 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 Wednesday 1-3 1-4 2-7 June 0-5 1-1 1-6 LOCKHART LEADING OFF AN INNING: Lockhart is batting .455 (17-for-41) with 5 doubles, a Thursday 3-3 1-3 4-6 July - - - triple, 3 home runs, 3 walks and .476 OBP when leading off an inning. Friday 2-3 1-2 3-5 August - - - Saturday 3-0 3-3 6-3 September - - - Sunday 2-2 3-2 5-3 Postseason - - - MARLETTE KEEPS MASHING: Since May 4, INF Tyler Marlette is batting .365/.455/.558 with 19 runs, Total 13-17 12-18 25-35 13-17 12-18 25-35 8 doubles, 4 home runs, 16 RBI and 16 walks in 31 games. He’s raised his batting average from .185 to .296. FIVE-M-BRAVES NAMED SL ALL-STARS: With Friday’s addition of INFLuis Valenzuela, five M- Braves have been selected to the South Division All-Star team. Valenzuela joins INF Tyler Marlette, M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos right-handed starting pitcher Touki Toussaint and right-handed relief pitcher Jacob Webb for the 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 game on June 19 at Birmingham’s Regions Field. OF Michael Reed was named but will not partici- at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 2-3 pate due to his promotion to Gwinnett on May 29. at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 2-3 Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 4-6 MARLETTE, MCCREERY NAMED PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE MONTH FOR MAY: 1B Tyler Alltime Marlette batted .350 with 6 doubles, 4 home runs, 13 RBI, 17 runs, 11 walks and .435 OBP in 24 games. at Trustmark Park 33-29 while LHP Adam McCreery was 2-2 with a 1.46 ERA (2 ER/12.1 IP), 17 strikeouts, 6 walks in 8 relief outings. at Pensacola 29-30 Total 62-59 TOUKI TOUSSAINT CLIMBING MILB STRIKEOUT LEADERBOARD: RHP Touki Toussaint is 2nd in Double-A baseball and leads the Southern League with 76 strikeouts on the season in 61.1 innings. The 21-year-old ranks T-7th in Minor League Baseball in strikeouts. THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On June 8, 1961, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock, and Frank Thomas hit four consecutive homers in an inning off Reds’ pitchers Jim Maloney (2) and Marshall Bridges (2), making the Braves the first major league team to accomplish the feat. The seventh inning big fly barrage and another blast by Mathews and one by Warren Spahn aren’t M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos Day-by-Day enough when Cincinnati still manages to win the Crosley Field contest, 10-8. Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/16 L, 8-3 0-1 Wright-Dn-Wright 1,179 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: OF Dustin Peterson became the fourth M-Brave alum to make his MLB debut in 2018 on Monday, May 28 vs. the New York Mets at Sun Trust Park. He joins RHP Mike 4/17 L, 8-4 0-2 Mella, K-Gohara-Powers 1,474 Soroka, OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. 4/18 W, 9-4 1-2 Clouse-De Paula- 4,644 In total, 133 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. 4/19 W, 3-2 2-2 Watts-Reyes-Webb 1,663 4/20 L, 5-0 2-3 Strahan-Franco, E 2,945 Southern League Standings 5/2 L, 9-5 2-4 Mitchell-Graham 3,789 5/3 L, 7-1 2-5 Leyer-Mader-De Paula 4,187 NORTH REC GB CHA (MIN) 33-27 - On the Web 5/4 W, 9-2 3-5 Toussaint-Reyes 5,038 JXN (ARI) 33-27 - 5/5 W, 7-1 4-5 Parsons-Gutierrez 5,038 MTG (TB) 31-29 2.0 5/6 L, 9-7 4-6 Navas-McCreery-Powers 5,038 TNS (CHC) 31-29 2.0 For all of your M-Braves information 6/8 BIR (CHW) 27-32 5.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 6/9 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 6/10 SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 6/11 BLX (MIL) 35-25 - player and the organization overall. 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