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 (19-22) at Tennessee Smokies (20-20) Gm 1: RHP Bryse Wilson (1-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Duncan Robinson (1-1, 4.17) Gm 2: RHP Touki Toussaint (2-2, 3.67) vs. RHP Thomas Hatch (3-2, 3.56) Game #42/43 • May 19, 2018 • 5:00 p.m. (CST) • Kodak, TN •Smokies Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves, riding their first three-game winnings streak of the season, continue a 10-game road trip with a doubleheader at Tennessee (CHC) beginning at 5:00 pm (CT). The M- Record Breakdown Braves are coming off series win at Jackson, 3-2, May 12-16 in the first-leg of the road trip and are 4-2 Score First ............................................... 15-6 Opponents Score First .............................4-16 on the trip. This is the final series between the M-Braves and Smokies this season (4-2). The M-Braves Shutouts ................................................... 4-4 Score in 1 inning ........................................2-4 beat the Smokies 3-2 in a five-game series at Trustmark Park, April 5-9 to open the season. The M- Score in 2 innings ..................................... 6-6 Score in 3 innings ......................................6-7 Braves return home after this series for a five-game homestand with Jacksonville (MIA), May 23-27. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 2-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................3-0 Leading after 6 innings ........................... 15-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................17-2 LAST TIME OUT: The Braves collected a hit in all 9 innings and matched a season-high with 16 in total Tied after 6 innings .................................. 2-1 Tied after 7 innings ...................................2-2 during a 9-5 win over the Smokies at Smokies Stadium on Thursday morning. The Braves scored a run Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-17 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-18 in 6 different innings en route to their third straight win. SSLuis Valenezuela was 3-for-6 and scored 2 runs, LF Travis Demeritte was 3-for-5 with a home run, double, 2 runs, 2 RBI and finished a triple shy Leading after 8 innings ........................... 16-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................1-11 of the cycle, CF Connor Lien was 3-for-5 with a double and RBI. RF Michael Reed was 1-for-4 with a Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-2 double and 3 RBI. 1B Tyler Marlette was 1-for-4 with a walk and 2 runs. RHP Elian Leyva tossed 1/3 Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-19 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................13-8 of an inning to earn the win while RHP Chad Sobotka (2.0 IP) and RHP Josh Graham (1.0 IP) tossing First Game of Series ................................. 5-4 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...3-5/2-3 the final 3 scoreless innings. First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-3 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-3 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 2-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-2 LET’S PLAY TWO: The M-Braves are 3-2 in 7-inning games this season with a pair of doubleheader splits, at Biloxi, April 15, and at Mobile, April 23. The Braves and Smokies finished a suspended game Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................3-5 and played a 7-inning game on April 7 with the Braves winning 7-5. All-time, Mississippi is 70-69 in Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-2 7-inning contests. In Errorless Games ................................... 7-5 3-Run Games .............................................5-2 With a Homer......................................... 10-6 Allow a Homer ........................................5-10 With No Homers .................................... 9-16 Allow No Homers ..................................14-12 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint is tied for the Southern League lead in strikeouts (52). OF Michael Reed is 2nd in the SL with a .451 OBP, is 5th in batting Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 6-6 Vs. Righty Starters .................................16-20 average (.336) and T-2nd in runs scored (28). RHP Jacob Webb is T-3rd in appearances (15) and T-2nd Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 13-16 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-2 in saves (7). INF Alay Lago is the 3rd-toughest player in the league strikeout at 9.93 TPA/SO ratio. RHP Following a Win ..................................... 8-11 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-9 Josh Graham is 2nd in appearances with 16. Following a Loss ................................... 11-11 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................14-13 In Decision By Starters ........................... 9-15 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................9-7 OFFENSE SCORCHING DURING THREE-GAME WIN STREAK: The M-Braves are batting .339 (38-for-112) as a team over the club’s first three-game winning streak of the season with 15 extra- base hits and 26 runs scored. The club has scored in 16 of the 27 innings. Daily & Monthly Breakdown Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total M-BRAVES VS. SMOKIES: The Braves and the Smokies meet 10 times in 2018 with five games be- Monday 1-3 1-2 2-5 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 ing played at each venue. The Braves are 77-71 all-time against the Smokies and 38-36 at Smokies Tuesday 1-1 1-1 2-2 May 2-3 6-5 8-8 Stadium. Wednesday 1-1 1-3 2-4 June - - - Thursday 3-1 1-2 4-3 July - - - Friday 1-3 1-1 2-4 August - - - VIVA LA VALENZUELA: M-Braves INF Luis Valenzuela is currently on a 9-game hittings streak, bat- Saturday 2-0 2-1 4-1 September - - - ting .375 (15-40) with 2 doubles, a triple and 4 RBI. He’s recorded a multi-hit game in 5 of the last Sunday 1-1 2-2 3-3 Postseason - - - 6 contests. Total 10-10 9-12 19-22 10-10 9-12 18-22 REED SETTING THE TABLE FOR M-BRAVES: OF Michael Reed has a .459 OBP during the month of may with 4 doubles, 3 home runs, 5 RBI, 11 walks and 13 runs in 13 games. Reed has already logged a 12-game hitting streak (4/6-4/23) and 18-game on-base streak (4/5-4/27) this season. M-Braves vs Smokies 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 at Trustmark Park 2-1 2-3 2-3 4-1 3-2 2-8 4-2 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum to make his MLB at Tennessee 3-1 3-2 1-3 3-2 4-1 2-3 2-3 debut in 2018 on May 1 in New York. The Calgary, Canada native joins OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) Total 5-2 5-5 3-6 7-3 7-3 4-11 6-5 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 at Trustmark Park 2-3 4-1 4-1 2-3 3-2 2-3 3-2 at Tennessee 1-4 3-2 4-6 1-4 7-3 3-2 1-0 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS nativeChris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Total 3-7 7-3 8-7 3-7 10-5 5-5 4-2 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University Alltime in 1983. at Trustmark Park 39-35 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the at Tennessee 38-36 team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). Total 77-71 • 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 Smokies Day-by-Day PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked No. 2 in Major League Baseball by MLB. Date Result Record W-L-S Att com. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30). The 4/5 W, 3-0 1-0 Mader-Clifton-Graham 3,717 roster has a total of seven of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21), LHP Ricardo 4/6 L, 7-2 1-1 Hedges-Toussaint 1,565 Sanchez (No. 27) and RHP Josh Graham (No. 29). 4/7 W, 7-5 2-1 Graham-Pugliese-Hursh 2,048 Southern League Standings 4/8 W, 5-3 3-1 Leyva-De La Cruz-Mader 1,645 NORTH REC GB 4/9 L, 5-4 3-2 Rucker-Sanchez-Brooks 4.520 CHA (MIN) 28-14 - On the Web 5/17 W, 9-5 4-2 Leyva-Effress 7,546 JXN (ARI) 23-18 4.5 TNS (CHC) 20-20 7.0 5/18 BIR (CHW) 19-22 8.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 17-25 11.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 5/19 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 5/20 SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves BLX (MIL) 25-17 - player and the organization overall.