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GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (24-28) at Biloxi Shuckers (31-21) RHP Bryse Wilson (1-0, 3.74) vs. RHP Zack Brown (3-0, 3.09) Game #53 • May 31, 2018 • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • Biloxi, MS •MGM Park TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue their sixth road series of the season today with game three (1-1) of a five-game set at Biloxi (MIL). The M-Braves are coming off a 3-2 series win over Record Breakdown Jacksonville at Trustmark Park. After the series, the M-Braves will go home for a ten-game homes- Score First ............................................... 19-7 Opponents Score First .............................5-21 tand vs. Montgomery (5) and Pensacola (5). Shutouts ................................................... 4-6 Score in 1 inning ........................................2-5 Score in 2 innings ..................................... 6-8 Score in 3 innings ......................................9-8 LAST TIME OUT: C Alex Jackson and 2B Alay Lago hit home runs, but it wasn’t enough as the M- Score in 4 innings ..................................... 4-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................3-0 Braves saw their season best four-game winning streak come to an end in a 6-3 loss to Biloxi. RHP Leading after 6 innings ........................... 20-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................22-2 Touki Toussaint struck out 6 over 5.0 innings, but gave up 4 runs on 6 hits and suffered the loss. Tied after 6 innings .................................. 2-2 Tied after 7 innings ...................................2-3 Jackson was 1-for-4 in the game and Lago was 1-for-4. LF Travis Demeritte was 1-for-4 with a 399 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-22 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-21 foot double to CF. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 21-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................1-14 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint leads the Southern League Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-1 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-4 in strikeouts (72) and is 2nd among SL starters with an 11.71 SO/9IP ratio.. RHP Jacob Webb is T- Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-22 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................18-8 3rd in appearances (18) and 3rd in saves (7). First Game of Series ................................. 6-5 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...4-6/3-5 First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-4 Last Game of Homestand ..........................2-3 TOUKI TOUSSAINT CLIMBING MILB STRIKEOUT LEADERBOARD: RHP Touki Toussaint First Game of Road Trip ........................... 3-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-3 ranks 1st in Double-A baseball with 72 strikeouts on the season in 55.1 innings. The 21-year-old ranks T-4th in Minor League Baseball in strikeouts. Following an Off Day ................................ 1-3 1-Run Games .............................................3-7 Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 1-0 2-Run Games .............................................5-3 M-BRAVES VS. SHUCKERS: The Magnolia State rivalry enters its fourth season in 2018 with the I Errorless Games ....................................... 9-5 3-Run Games .............................................6-4 Shuckers holding a 37-35 all-time series advantage. The M-Braves went 14-9 against Biloxi in 2017 With a Homer......................................... 14-8 Allow a Homer ........................................7-13 With No Homers .................................. 10-20 Allow No Homers ..................................17-15 with two games being canceled by rain. The in-state rivals are scheduled to play 24 games this season during the regular season with 15 games being played at MGM Park and 9 games at Trustmark Park. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................21-26 The first meeting took place on May 6, 2015 with Biloxi serving as the home team at Trustmark Park. Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 16-21 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-2 The Shuckers won the first ever meeting 8-7, but the M-Braves won the “road” series 3-2. Following a Win ................................... 11-14 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-11 Following a Loss ................................... 13-13 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................18-17 MARLETTE SEES 12-GAME HITTING STREAK END ON WEDNESDAY: C/INF Tyler Mar- In Decision By Starters ......................... 13-20 In Decision By Bullpen ............................11-8 lette went 0-for-2 with 2 walks on Wednesday and saw his 12-game hitting streak end. He batted .465 (20-for-43) with 11 runs, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs and 8 RBI and .531 OBP. The streak i was T-3rd-longest in the league this season. The streak matched Michael Reed’s 12-game hitting Daily & Monthly Breakdown streak in April for the longest on the club this season. Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total Monday 1-3 1-3 2-6 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 ROSTER MOVES: Five roster moves were made on Tuesday by the Atlanta Braves that affected Tuesday 1-1 2-1 3-2 May 5-5 8-9 13-14 the M-Braves roster. OF Michael Reed and LHP Michael Mader were promoted to Triple-A Gwin- Wednesday 1-2 1-4 2-6 June - - - nett; RHP Sean McLaughlin and OF Taylor Murphy were added from High-A Florida and RHP Josh Thursday 3-2 1-2 4-4 July - - - Graham was transferred to down to High-A Florida. Friday 2-3 1-1 3-4 August - - - Saturday 3-0 2-3 5-3 September - - - Sunday 2-1 3-2 5-3 Postseason - - - FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK BY THE NUMBERS: The M-Braves went on a season-best Total 13-12 11-16 24-28 13-12 11-16 24-28 four-game winning streak, May 25-29. The Braves scored 37 runs over the contests and hit .340 (52-for-153) with 10 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 18 walks. M-Braves vs Shuckers THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On May 31, 1976, after an error sets up a six-run rally for the Padres in the eighth inning, the new Atlanta owner, Ted Turner, invites the 2,994 fans watching the 2015 2016 2017 2018 Alltime Braves lose to San Diego, 10-7, to come back the next night as his guests. at Trustmark Park 4-6 5-5 8-5 0-0 17-16 at Biloxi 7-6 3-6 6-4 2-5 18-21 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: OF Dustin Peterson became the fourth M-Brave alum to make his Total 11-12 8-11 14-9 2-5 35-37 MLB debut in 2018 on Monday, May 28 vs. the New York Mets at Sun Trust Park. He joins RHP Mike Soroka, OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 133 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves man- ager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1983. • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the 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 Shuckers Day-by-Day Date Result Record W-L-S Att PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked No. 2 in Major League Baseball by 4/11 L, 2-0 0-1 Ortiz-Wright-Griep 3,052 MLB.com prior to th season. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30). The roster has a total of five of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 4/12 L, 6-5 0-2 Ramirez-Graham-Griep 2,436 2), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14) and OF Travis 4/13 L, 5-4 0-3 Olczak-McCreery-Griep 2,005 (No. 21). Demeritte 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 CHA (MIN) 31-21 - On the Web JXN (ARI) 29-22 1.5 5/31 TNS (CHC) 26-24 4.0 6/1 MTG (TB) 24-28 7.0 For all of your M-Braves information 6/2 BIR (CHW) 23-28 7.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 6/13 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 6/14 BLX (MIL) 31-21 - player and the organization overall. 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