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 (27-39) at Biloxi Shuckers (39-27) RHP Touki Toussaint (3-6, 3.36) vs. RHP Luis Ortiz (1-2, 2.65) Game #67 • June 14, 2018 • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • Biloxi, MS • MGM Park TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue their third series of the season at Biloxi today with game two (0-1) of a five-game set at MGM Park. The M-Braves are coming off a 2-8 homestand against Record Breakdown Montgomery (0-5) and Pensacola (2-3). The M-Braves have a chance to play spoiler in the South Score First ............................................... 22-8 Opponents Score First .............................5-31 Division race with the Shuckers holding a 3.0 game lead over Mobile with four games to play in Shutouts ................................................... 4-7 Score in 1 inning ......................................2-10 the first half. Score in 2 innings ................................... 7-11 Score in 3 innings ....................................10-9 Score in 4 innings ..................................... 5-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................3-0 LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves suffered their first walk-off defeat of 2018 on Wednesday in a 6-5 Leading after 6 innings ........................... 23-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................24-2 loss to the Shuckers. Biloxi’s Keston Hiura smacked a walk-off solo homer in the bottom of the 9th. Tied after 6 innings .................................. 2-3 Tied after 7 innings ...................................2-5 RHP Kyle Wright earned his fifth quality start in a no decision, giving up just 2 runs, 1 earned on 7 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-32 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-29 hits over 6.2 innings, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts. RF Tyler Neslony collected two doubles and an RBI go- ing 2-for-3. C Alex Jackson homered for the second time in three games, going 2-for-3 with 2 RBI. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 23-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................1-21 2B Luis Valenzuela was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-2 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-4 Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-31 Score 4 or More Runs ............................20-11 FOUR HOMERS IN 11 GAMES FOR ALEX JACKSON: M-Braves C Alex Jackson has four home First Game of Series ................................. 6-8 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...6-7/3-5 runs over his last 11 games dating back to May 30. He also becomes the first M-Brave this season First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-5 Last Game of Homestand ..........................3-3 to hit a homer in two straight games He’s also hit a homer in two of his last three games at MGM First Game of Road Trip ........................... 3-3 Last Game of Road Trip .............................2-3 Park and three in his last four. Following an Off Day ................................ 1-3 1-Run Games ...........................................3-10 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint is 2nd in the Southern Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 1-1 2-Run Games .............................................5-5 League in strikeouts (82), 2nd among SL starters with an 11.01 SO/9IP ratio, 5th in opponents bat- I Errorless Games ................................... 11-11 3-Run Games .............................................6-6 ting average (.213) and 8th in ERA (3.36). INFAlay Lago is the 5th-toughest player in the league to With a Homer....................................... 17-14 Allow a Homer ........................................8-16 With No Homers .................................. 10-25 Allow No Homers ..................................19-23 strikeout (1 SO/8.63 PA). Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................24-34 M-BRAVES VS. SHUCKERS: The Magnolia State rivalry enters its fourth season in 2018 with the Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 19-32 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-5 Shuckers holding a 39-36 all-time series advantage. The M-Braves went 14-9 against Biloxi in 2017 Following a Win ................................... 11-16 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-14 with two games being canceled by rain. The in-state rivals are scheduled to play 24 games this season Following a Loss ................................... 16-20 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................21-25 during the regular season with 15 games being played at MGM Park and nine games at Trustmark In Decision By Starters ......................... 16-28 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................11-10 Park. The first meeting took place on May 6, 2015 with Biloxi serving as the home team at Trustmark Park. The Shuckers won the first ever meeting 8-7, but the M-Braves won the “road” series 3-2. Daily & Monthly Breakdown GRAND SALAMI TIME: Carlos Martinez’s grand slam in game two of Tuesdays doubleheader was Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total the first by an M-Braves player since Carlos Franco’s on May 18, 2017 vs. Jacksonville. It was only Monday 1-4 1-3 2-7 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 the third since 2014. The M-Braves did not hit a grand slam in 2015 or 2016. Tuesday 2-3 2-1 4-4 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 Wednesday 1-3 1-5 2-8 June 2-8 1-2 3-10 MARLETTE KEEPS MASHING: Since May 4, INF Tyler Marlette is batting .339/.421/.504 with Thursday 3-3 1-3 4-6 July - - - 22 runs, 9 doubles, 4 home runs, 16 RBI and 17 walks in 37 games. He’s raised his batting average Friday 2-4 1-2 3-6 August - - - Saturday 4-0 3-3 7-3 September - - - from .185 to .286. Sunday 2-3 3-2 5-4 Postseason - - - Top Southern League Batters Since May 4th Total 15-20 12-19 27-39 15-20 12-19 27-39 Player Team G AVG XBH OPS Kevin Medrano Jackson 22 .375 11 .901 Tyler Marlette Mississippi 37 .339 13 .925 M-Braves vs Shuckers Brett Sullivan Montgomery 29 .339 10 .858 2015 2016 2017 2018 Alltime Eloy Jimenez Birmingham 36 .336 19 .965 at Trustmark Park 4-6 5-5 8-5 0-0 17-16 TOUKI TOUSSAINT CLIMBING MILB STRIKEOUT LEADERBOARD: RHP Touki Toussaint at Biloxi 7-6 3-6 6-4 3-8 19-24 is 2nd in Double-A baseball and the Southern League with 82 strikeouts on the season in 67.0 in- Total 11-12 8-11 14-9 3-8 36-40 nings. The 21-year-old ranks T-9th in Minor League Baseball in strikeouts. Most Strikeouts in Double-A Baseball Player Team MLB Club G GS IP SO Taylor Widener Jackson Arizona 13 13 67.2 89 Touki Toussaint Mississippi Atlanta 13 13 67.0 82 Logan Allen San Antonio San DIego 12 12 73.2 80 FIVE M-BRAVES NAMED SL ALL-STARS: With Friday’s addition of INF Luis Valenzuela, five M-Braves have been selected to the South Division All-Star team. Valenzuela joins INF Tyler Mar- lette, and right-handed starting pitcher Touki Toussaint for the game on June 19 at Birmingham’s Regions Field. OF Michael Reed right-handed relief pitcher Jacob Webb were named but will not M-Braves vs Shuckers Day-by-Day participate due to promotions to Triple-A Gwinnett. Date Result Record W-L-S Att MARLETTE, MCCREERY NAMED PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE MONTH FOR MAY: 1B Ty- 4/11 L, 2-0 0-1 Ortiz-Wright-Griep 3,052 ler Marlette batted .350 with 6 doubles, 4 home runs, 13 RBI, 17 runs, 11 walks and .435 OBP in 24 4/12 L, 6-5 0-2 Ramirez-Graham-Griep 2,436 games. while LHP Adam McCreery was 2-2 with a 1.46 ERA (2 ER/12.1 IP), 17 strikeouts, 6 walks 4/13 L, 5-4 0-3 Olczak-McCreery-Griep 2,005 in 8 relief outings. 4/15 G1 L, 7-4 (7) 0-4 Jankins-Sanchez -- 4/15 G2 W, 3-0 (7) 1-4 Webb-Kuntz-Graham 2,154 Southern League Standings 5/29 W, 11-1 2-4 Wright-Jankins 1,784 NORTH REC GB 5/30 L, 6-3 2-5 Ponce-Toussaint-Ortiz 1,753 JXN (ARI) 36-29 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 35-31 1.5 5/31 L, 9-1 2-6 Brown-Wilson 2,858 MTG (TB) 35-31 1.5 6/1 L, 5-4 2-7 Ramirez-McCreery-Griep 2,862 TNS (CHC) 34-32 2.5 For all of your M-Braves information 6/2 W, 6-1 3-7 Franco-Supak 3,743 BIR (CHW) 30-35 5.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 6/13 L, 6-5 3-8 Griep-Sobotka 2,086 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 6/14 BLX (MIL) 39-27 - player and the organization overall. Follow 6/15 the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 35-29 3.0 audio stream all season long. 6/16 PNS (CIN) 28-36 10.0 6/17 JAX (MIA) 27-37 11.0 Social Media MIS (ATL) 27-39 12.0 7/4 facebook.com/mbraves 7/5 On the Airways 7/6 2018 marks the 10th @mbraves 7/7 season of M-Braves 8/24 baseball on the FM dial instagram.com/mbraves 8/25 with WYAB 103.9 FM. Chris Harris enters his 8/26 first season as the radio broadcaster for the youtube.com/mississippibraves 8/27 Mississippi Braves. WYAB airs all 140 games 8/28 plus the postseason! Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) June 15 at Biloxi RHP Bryse Wilson (1-3, 6.42) vs.