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 (13-17) vs. Mobile BayBears (13-16) RHP Kyle Wright (1-3, 4.26) vs. RHP Luis Pena (0-3, 7.29) Game #31 • May 7, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves will host the Mobile BayBears in a five-game home series beginning tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Trustmark Park. Mobile won the first series 3-2 which took place Record Breakdown April 21-25 at Hank Aaron Stadium in Mobile, AL. Tonight’s pitching matchup will feature M-Braves Score First ............................................... 10-5 Opponents Score First .............................3-12 Shutouts ................................................... 3-2 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-4 right-hander, Kyle Wright (1-3, 4.26) and Mobile right-hander, Luis Pena (0-3, 7.29). Score in 2 innings ..................................... 5-4 Score in 3 innings ......................................6-6 Score in 4 innings ..................................... 1-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 LAST TIME OUT: The Mississippi Braves were defeated by the Pensacola Blue Wahoos by a final score of 9-7 in Sunday afternoon’s series finale. The M-Braves offense exploded for five runs in the Leading after 6 innings ........................... 11-3 Leading after 7 innings ............................11-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 top of the second inning and then added two more runs in the top of the third inning but it was not Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-13 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-14 enough to overcome the Blue Wahoos high potent offense on Sunday afternoon. Mississippi col- lected 10 hits in Sunday’s contest while Pensacola collected 12. Pensacola reliever, Carlos Navas (1-0, Leading after 8 innings ........................... 10-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-8 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 4.00) earned the win while Mississippi relief pitcher, Adam McCreery (0-2, 3.45) suffered the loss. Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-14 Score 4 or More Runs ................................9-8 Alex Powers was credited with the save for Pensacola. First Game of Series ................................. 3-3 Last Game of Series ...................................2-4 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint leads the Southern League First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-2 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-2 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 1-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-2 in strikeouts (43), is 4th in opponents batting average (.194) and 5th in WHIP (1.15). OFMichael Reed is T-5th in batting (.355) and 3rd in OBP (.462). 3BAustin Riley leads the league in extra-base hits (19), Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................2-4 total bases (67) and slugging (.677), ranks T-1st in home runs (6), 2nd in RBI (20), T-2nd in doubles Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-2 In Errorless Games ................................... 5-4 3-Run Games .............................................4-2 (10), and 7th in batting (.333). RHP Jacob Webb is T-3rd in appearances (11) and T-2nd in saves (5). With a Homer........................................... 7-6 Allow a Homer ..........................................1-7 With No Homers ........................................ 6-10 Allow No Homers ..................................12-10 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 .................................11-16 Night (5 pm or later) .............................. 9-13 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................2-1 Braves are 128-158 all-time against the BayBears and 73-82 at Trustmark Park. Following a Win ....................................... 6-8 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-7 Following a Loss ....................................... 7-9 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................8-9 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum to make his MLB In Decision By Starters ........................... 6-12 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................7-5 debut in 2018 on Tuesday, 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 make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. Daily & Monthly Breakdown Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 1-2 1-1 April 8-7 3-7 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves man- Tuesday 0-1 0-1 May - 2-3 ager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Wednesday 1-0 0-3 June - - • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University Thursday 2-1 0-2 July - - in 1983. Friday 1-2 1-1 August - - Saturday 2-0 1-1 September - - • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the Sunday 1-1 1-2 Postseason - - team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). Total 8-7 5-10 Total 8-7 5-10 • 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 M-Braves vs BayBears season. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 at Trustmark Park 6-4 7-8 5-9 6-4 5-5 9-7 4-11 PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline as No. 2 in Major at Mobile 1-5 5-4 5-5 6-9 4-1 2-5 3-11 League Baseball. The M-Braves roster features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright Total 7-9 12-12 10-14 12-13 9-6 11-12 7-22 (No. 30). The roster has five of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Touki Toussaint 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (No. 11), C (No. 14), OF (No. 21), LHP (No. 27). Alex Jackson Travis Demeritte Ricardo Sanchez at Trustmark Park 6-4 3-7 7-8 5-6 6-3 4-6 0-0 at Mobile 7-6 6-4 8-1 1-7 4-6 1-9 2-3 EARNING YOUR DEMERITTE: M-Braves OF Travis Demeritte began the season 1-for-28, but Total 13-10 9-11 15-9 6-13 10-9 5-15 2-3 finished the month of April going 13-for-40 (.325) with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and Alltime 7 RBI. at Trustmark Park 73-82 at Mobile 55-76 VIDEO BOARD: In its second season above the LF wall, at 68 feet wide by 28 feet high (1,904 Total 128-158` square feet), the state-of-theart Panasonic HD video board is approximately four-times larger than the previous video display at Trustmark Park (2005-2016). The board is the largest single M-Braves vs. BayBears Day-by-Day 2018 display in the Southern League and the largest in Central and South Mississippi. Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/21 W, 3-1 1-0 Wright-Rodriguez, J-Webb 1,901 4/23 (G1: DH) W, 6-3 2-0 Graham-Custred-Webb N/A 4/23 (G2: DH) L, 5-2 2-1 Rhoades-Pike-Lillis-White 602 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 Southern League Standings NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 19-10 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 17-13 2.5 TNS (CHC) 15-14 4.0 BIR (CHW) 14-16 5.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 12-18 7.5 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) 20-10 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 13-16 6.5 audio stream all season long. MIS (ATL) 13-17 7.0 PNS (CIN) 13-17 7.0 Social Media JAX (MIA) 12-17 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 8 vs. Mobile LHP Michael Mader (1-1, 3.43) vs. RHP Jose Rodriguez (1-3, 3.00) 7:00 PM May 9 vs. Mobile RHP Touki Toussaint (2-1, 3.56) vs. RHP Griffin Canning (1-0, 2.41) 10:35 AM 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 Page 1 Today’s Starter Wright’s 2018 Day-by-Day #23 Kyle Wright • RHP • 6’4” • 215 • Huntsville, AL• 22 yrs Mississippi Date Opp. Decision IP/P H R ER BB SO HR 1-3, 4.26 ERA 5/02 at PNS ND, L 9-5 6.0, 94p 6 4 2 1 5 0 vs.