Biloxi Shuckers (MIL) 34-22 Vs. Mobile Baybears (ARI) 29-27 RHP Brooks Hall (5-3, 3.78) Vs
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Biloxi Shuckers (MIL) 34-22 vs. Mobile BayBears (ARI) 29-27 RHP Brooks Hall (5-3, 3.78) vs. RHP Braden Shipley (3-4, 4.64) Game #57/Home #27 | Monday June 8, 2015 | MGM Park | 7:10 p.m. TODAY’S GAME: Game 3 of a 5-game home series against the Mo- Southern League First Half Standings RECORD BREAKDOWN bile BayBears (5-7 this season) at MGM Park...are in rst place in the SL South Division, 3.5 games better than Mississippi...49 days of in- NORTH Rec GBSOUTH Rec GB Current Record: .............................34-22 augural season have been spent in 1st place...are 23-13 against Na- Chattanooga (MIN) 32-23 -- SHUCKERS (MIL) 34-22 -- Streak .................................................L1 tional League afliates and South Division opponents......13 games Tennessee (CHC) 31-26 2.0 Mississippi (ATL) 30-25 3.5 Last 10 Games: .................................6-4 remain in 1st half (MOB, 3, at MIS, 5, MTG, 5) today is the 13th of 27 Birmingham( CHW) 28-29 5.0 Mobile( ARI) 29-27 5.0 meetings between the clubs. FIRST HALF MAGIC NUMBER = 10 Long Winning Streak: ........................W6 Montgomery (TB) 27-29 5.5 Jacksonville (MIA) 24-32 10 PROSPECTING: Biloxi’s roster features six of the top-18 according Long Losing Sttreak: ........................... L3 to MLB.com. OF Orlando Arcia (1), OF Tyrone Taylor (2), P Tyler Jackson( SEA) 22-33 10 Pensacola (CIN) 22-33 11.5 Home (MGM Park): ............................1-1 Wagner (11), P Jorge Lopez (12), OF Kyle Wren (17) and Michael Home (Joe Davis): .............................9-6 Reed (18). MGM PARK OPENING SERIES CONTINUES: The long wait has ended for the Shuckers as the 54-game road trip will came to a close Home (Other): ....................................6-4 SHUCKERS FALL TO BAYBEARS 4-2 SUNDAY: • Despite out-hitting the BayBears 10-8, Shuckers dropped their rst on Friday, The Opening Series continues today at 7:10 and 7:10 starts Road ...............................................18-11 ever game at MGM Park on Sunday, falling 4-2. on Tuesday and Wednesday. • 3B Nathan Orf went 2-for-2 with a walk and extended his hitting SHUCKERS AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: SS Orlando Arcia: VS. THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE streak to a franchise-best 12 games. AVG (5th, .325), Hits: (2nd, 66), Runs (T-3rd, 35), Doubles (1st, 17) • CF Kyle Wren had the only other multi-hit performance going 2-for-5 North Home Road Total with an RBI double 2-run bottom of the 7th. PH/1B Brandon Macias Total Bases (5th, 94) Lowest SO/AB (3rd, 11.30), OF Kyle Wren: Sto- drove in the other run and was 1-for-3 with a run scored. len Bases (T-3rd, 19), OF Michael Reed AVG (9th, .313), Slugging Birmingham 3-2 (5) 3-2 (5) 6-4 (10) • Starter Hobbs Johnson suffered the loss giving up 3 runs on 7 hits (3rd, .509),1B Nick Ramirez: Home Runs (T-5th, 8), RBI (T-3rd, 35), Chattanooga 0-0 (5) 3-1 (5) 3-1 (10) over 5.0 IP, walking 1 and striking out 4. Runs (5th, 34), Games (T-2nd, 54),RHP Austin Ross: Holds (2nd, • Biloxi nished 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranded 8 6), Relievers Highest SO/9IP (2nd, 12.44), LHP Mike Strong: Holds Jackson (TN) 0-0 (5) 2-3 (10) 2-3 (15) on-base. Mobile was 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position. (1st, 7) Montgomery 0-0 (5) 0-0 (5) 0-0 (10) THE OPENING ROAD TRIP BY THE NUMBERS: The Shuckers concluded the 54-game road trip on June 5 with a 10-inning 6-2 win ******************************SHUCK NOTES***************************** Tennessee 0-0 (5) 0-0 (5) 0-0 (10) at Birmingham. • ORF’S HITTING STREAK TO 12: Nathan Orf has the longest ac- Totals: 3-2 (25) 8-6 (30) 11-8 (55) • Posted a record of 33-21 and were in 1st place for 46 of the 59 days tive hitting streak in the league at 12 currently. It’s the longest by a during the road trip. Shucker this season (passed Kyle Wren and Yadiel Rivera on Sun- South Home Road Total • Traveled just over 3,000 miles day). Over the streak that began on 5/25, the St. Charles, MO native Jacksonville 8-2 (10) 0-0 (5) 8-2 (15) • 32 total players appeared in a game this year, 14 position players is batting .381 (16x42) with a 3B, 9 R, 4 RBI, 5 BB and a .458 OBP. and 18 pitchers. Mississippi 2-3 (13) 0-0 (10) 2-3 (23) • Sunday, May 31st’s game at Chattanooga was cancelled due to rain. • LEADING THE LEAGUE: The Shuckers currently lead the league • The long road trip is not the rst for a minor league team as the in batting average (.269), on-base percentage (.344) and stolen Mobile 3-4 (17) 2-3 (10) 5-7 (27) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, Triple-A afliate of the Yankees bases (59). Pensacola 0-0 (5) 8-2 (15) 8-2 (20) played their entire 144-game schedule away from home in 2012 be- • GOING DOWN WITH A FIGHT!: Entering play today, the Shuckers cause of stadium renovations. The club played 37 of those games in are the toughest team in the league to strikeout at 5.68 per game Totals: 13-9 (40) 10-5 (45) 23-14 (95) Rochester. (318). REED NAMED BREWERS MILB PLAYER OF THE MONTH: The • MAY SUCCESS: The Shuckers went 16-12 in May and the 2nd-best TEAM LEADERS (SL RANK) Milwaukee Brewers announced Thursday that Biloxi Shuckers’ OF overall AVG at .278 with 12 home runs. 6 Shuckers hit over .300 in Average .....................Orlando Arcia, 324 (T4) Michael Reed was named its Minor League Player of the Month for May. The Cedar Park, TX native batted .380 during the month, with May - Arcia (.302), Berberet (.310), Macias (.391), Ramirez (.304), Hits ...........................Orlando Arcia, 67 (3) 7 doubles, 3 triples, 3 home runs, 17 RBIs and a .463 on-base per- Reed (.380) and Wren (.301). Home Runs..................Nick Ramirez, 8 (6) centage. Reed becomes the second Biloxi Shucker to earn a monthly • THE WREN’STIGATOR: Kyle Wren has 21 hits in his last 13 games RBI...........................Nick Ramirez, 35 (T4) honor as starting pitcher Brooks Hall was the Brewers Minor League with 8 multi-hit games. Since 4/28, Wren has boosted his average Pitcher of the Month for April. Stolen Bases ..................Kyle Wren, 19 (T3) from .197 to .284. He’s hitting .333 in his last 30 days. Wins ...........................Tyler Wagner, 5 (T4) ERA .......................... Tyler Wagner, 1.93 (2) SIDE-BY-SIDE STAT COMPARISON 2015 First Half Series Results vs. Mobile (Biloxi 5, Mobile 7) Strikeouts...................Jorge Lopez, 51 (T11) (SL Rank) Date Site Result Winner Loser Save 4/16 @MOB L, 4-3 Simmons (2-0) Chapman (0-1) WHIP ......................Tyler Wagner, 1.12 (6) Stat 4/16 @MOB L, 2-0 Shipley (1-0) Barnes (0-1) Burgos (2) Saves.................... Damien Magnico, 5 (T9) .269 (1) AVG .255 (6) 4/17 @MOB W, 4-2 Wagner (2-0) Lopez (0-2) Obispo (1) 227 (4) RUNS 224 (6) 4/18 @MOB W, 6-2 Strong (1-0) Sinnery (0-1) 4/19 @MOB L, 4-0 Arias (2-0) Lopez (0-2) Burgos (3) 23 (T6) HR 29 (4) 4/30 @HVL L, 3-1 Sinnery (2-1) Suter (1-1) Miller (2) 87 (7) 2B 90 (T3) 5/1 @HVL L, 4-2 Hively (1-1) Obispo (0-1) Simmons (1) 13 (8) 3B 21 (3) 5/2 @HVL L, 3-1 Garcia (1-0) Marzec (0-1) Miller (3) 59 (1) SB 26 (T8) 5/3 @HVL W, 5-4 Ross (1-0) Shipley (2-1) Magnico (1) 5/4 @HVL W, 4-3 Chapman (2-1) Locante (1-1) Obispo (5) 3.35 (1) ERA 3.56 (4) 6/6 BLX W, 5-4 Seidenberger (1-0) Miller (1-3) 435 (3) SO 393 (7) 6/7 BLX L, 4-2 Blair (6-2) Johnson (3-3) Sherfy (1) 2015 games will be aired on the inaugural 177 (4) LOW BB 193 (5) 6/8 BLX Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network: 6/9 BLX 15 (T5) SV 15 (T8) WPMO AM-1580 – 6/10 BLX Pascagoula-Moss Point WVGG AM-1440 UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS (ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL) Lucedale Date - Time Opponent: Pitching Matchup: WRBE FM-106.9 June 8 - 7:10 vs Mobile RHP Brooks Hall (5-3, 3.78) vs. RHP Braden Shipley (3-4, 4.64) Lucedale WMXI FM-98.1 June 9 - 7:10 vs Mobile RHP Hiram Burgos (2-0, 3.86) vs. RHP Brandon Sinnery (4-4, 4.60) Hattiesburg/Laurel June 10 - 7:10 vs Mobile LHP Brent Suter (3-1, 2.29) vs. RHP A.J. Schugel (2-1, 2.96) WRJW AM-1320 June 11 - 7:00 at Mississippi RHP Tyler Wagner (5-1, 1.90) vs. RHP Greg Ross (2-5, 5.30) Picayune © 2015 BILOXI SHUCKERS | www.BILOXISHUCKER S.com PAGE 1 SHUCKERS NOTES/ABOUT THE SHUCKERS WHO ARE THE SHUCKERS?: Formerly the Huntsville Stars, the new Biloxi professional baseball team re- PINCH HITTING vealed the new identity on November 24, 2014, as the Biloxi Shuckers took center stage during a ceremony inside Biloxi’s historic Saenger Theatre. The team name was selected after nearly 60,000 votes were cast Player AVG H AB HR RBI after the month-long “Name the Team” contest yielded six finalists.