Date Opp. Decision/Result IP (PC/K) H R ER BB SO HR 4/7 at TNS ND/L, 4-3 0.2 (28/12) 0 0 0 3 0 0 4/14 MOB, G2 ND/L, 2-0 2.0 (38/23) 2 0 0 1 1 0 4/20 MTG L,1/L, 5-0 2.0 (40/22) 0 1 0 1 3 0 4/26 at MOB ND/L, 5-3 1.2 (37/18) 2 2 2 3 2 0

April: 4 GS, 0-1, 2.84 ERA, 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 8 BB, 6 SO

5/1 JAX ND/W, 2-0 3.0 (36/25) 0 0 0 0 4 0 5/6 PNS ND/L, 6-3 3.0 (29/20) 3 1 1 0 2 0 GAME INFORMATION

Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Contact: Chris Harris - [email protected] (6-7, 39-43) at (8-5, 46-37) By The Numbers Streak...... L4 RHP (6-5, 2.94) vs. RHP Jorge Alcala (5-5, 5.81) All-Time Record (since 2005)...... 978-1,034 2019 at Trustmark Park...... 20-20 Game #83 • 2nd Half #14 • Away Game #43 2019 on the Road...... 19-23 Day Games...... 8-10 Tuesday, July 3, 2019 • 6:35 pm (CT) • Pensacola, FL • Blue Wahoos Stadium Night Games...... 31-33

TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves conclude a four-game road swing on Wednesday night against the Pen- sacola Blue Wahoos at Blue Wahoos Stadium. The South Division foes meet 23 times in 2019 with two more series’ coming at Trustmark Park, July 18-21 and Aug. 18-22. M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 All-time the M-Braves are 72-77 against the Wahoos and 33-40 in games played at Blue Wahoos Stadi- at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 6-8 um. The M-Braves are 5-8 against Pensacola this season. at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 3-8 LAST TIME OUT: The Blue Wahoos shut out the M-Braves 1-0 for the second-straight night on Tuesday. RHP Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 9-16 Jasseel De La Cruz dealt his fifth quality start in seven starts, but suffered the loss with one run allowed 2019 Alltime on five hits over 6.0 innings with two walks and six . The M-Braves were held hitless over the final seven innings. at Trustmark Park 2-3 39-37 at Pensacola 3-5 33-40 BACK-TO-BACK 1-0 GAMES: The M-Braves have lost back-to-back games 1-0 decisions only one other time Total 5-8 72-77 in the club’s history (since 2005). They lost 1-0 on June 28-29, 2012 to Chattanooga. GREAT MONTH: The M-Braves finished the month of June with a 15-13 record, their first over .500 month of the season after a 10-13 April and 14-15 May. The Braves finished T-2nd in wins, 3rd with a .260 batting average and T-2nd with 17 home runs. The club finished T-3rd in ERA at 3.41 and 2nd with 247 strikeouts. HISTORY MADE ON FRIDAY: Ian Anderson and Jeremy Walker’s combined nine-inning no-hitter on Fri- day, June 28 vs. Jackson was the third no-hitter in team history. The last was a combined no-hitter from Julio Teheran and Tyrelle Harris on Aug. 2, 2010 vs. Mobile. The first, and only individual no-hitter came from the late Tommy Hanson on June 25, 2008, vs. Birmingham. Anderson’s 14 strikeouts over 7.0 Record Breakdown innings in the game matched Hanson’s single-game team record set in the same game. Score First...... 27-14 Opponents Score First...... 11-29 LEADING DOUBLE-A BASEBALL IN STRIKEOUTS: No. 3 overall prospect RHP Ian Ander- Leading after 6 innings...... 27-7 Leading after 7 innings...... 26-5 son leads the Southern League, Double-A baseball and is T-4th in all of MiLB with 113 strikeouts over 16 ...... 9-4 ...... 8-4 starts. He is averaging 11.9 SO/9 IP. The New York native and 3rd overall pick in 2016 leads the league Tied after 6 innings Tied after 7 innings in opponents’ AVG (.194), is 5th in IP (85.2), T-4th in wins (6), 7th in ERA (2.94) and 9th in WHIP (1.20). Trailing after 6 innings...... 2-32 Trailing after 7 innings...... 1-25

ANDERSON AND PACHE TO THE FUTURES GAME: RHP Ian Anderson and OF were named Leading after 8 innings...... 27-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs...... 8-22 to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game on Friday for the game that will be played on Sunday, July 7 at Pro- gressive Field in Cleveland. The duo will represent the Atlanta Braves organization on the NL squad. Tied after 8 innings...... 6-4 Score 3 Runs...... 3-13 Trailing after 8 innings...... 0-34 Score 4 or More Runs...... 27-8 100 HITS AND COUNTING FOR H2O: OF Drew Waters became the first player in the Southern League and Double-A baseball to the 100-hit mark in 2019 on June 30. Waters is on pace for 176 hits this season which First Game of Series...... 7-10 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match...... 8-8/2-1 would which blow past the M-Braves record of 148 set by Ernesto Mejia in 2011 and Dustin Peterson in 2016. First Game of Homestand...... 4-3 Last Game of Homestand...... 2-5 Waters leads all of Double-A baseball with 103 hits (next closest with 91, also 4th in MiLB), 160 total bases, 26 First Game of Road Trip...... 3-5 Last Game of Road Trip...... 3-3 doubles and 39 extra-base hits. Waters leads the league in seven categories, AVG (.323), hits (103), doubles (26), triples (8), XBH, (39), TB (160) and runs (46). He ranks 6th in OPS (.869) and 8th in slugging (.502). Following an Off Day...... 4-1 1-Run Games...... 13-14 WATERS’ SOUTHERN LEAGUE BEST STREAKS END JUNE 27: Waters went hitless during the Thursday, June Final At-Bat Decisions...... 6-4 2-Run Games...... 11-78 27 doubleheader against Jackson, ending his 30-game on-base streak that began on May 23, batting .388 Errorless Games...... 22-14 3-Run Games...... 2-4 (45-for-116) with 10 doubles, six triples, two home runs, 13 RBI, 21 runs, seven walks and .437 OBP. Waters has With a Homer...... 22-12 Allow a Homer...... 7-24 extended his streak 14 times during his first at-bat. It also ended the18-game hitting streak that began on June 4, batting .417 (30-for-72) with eight doubles, two triples, two home runs, nine RBI, 12 runs, four walks and a With No Homers...... 16-29 Allow No Homers...... 28-19 .462 OBP. The streaks were the longest this season in the Southern League and on-base streak was third-longest in club history. The M-Braves record for on-base streak was 40 games set by Cristian Bethencourt in 2013. White Jersey...... 5-4 Vs. Righty Starters...... 30-33 Red Jersey...... 6-15 Vs. Lefty Starters...... 9-10 THE ATLANTA BRAVES TOP PROSPECT: OF Cristian Pacheranks among the Southern League in 11 different offensive categories: AVG (.295, 7th), hits (86, 3rd), doubles (21, 2nd), triples (6, T-3rd), XBH (38, 2nd), TB Navy Blue Jersey...... 17-14 Starter Goes <5 Innings...... 11-21 (152, 2nd), slugging (.521, 4th), OPS (.877, 3rd), HR (11, T-6th), runs (42, T-7th) and RBI (48, 3rd) Pache Gray Jersey ...... 10-10 Starter Goes 5> Innings...... 27-21 finished June batting .295 with eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 24 RBI, 10 walks and .370 OBP. Special Jersey...... 1-0 In Decision By Starters...... 21-27 Series Breakdown...... 6-7-1 In Decision By Bullpen...... 18-16 MULLER TIME: LHP is 3rd in the league with a .205 opponents’ batting average, is 3rd in strikeouts (94) and 6th in innings pitched (85.0). Vs. South Division...... 22-26 NL Style Baseball...... 26-15 DAVIDSON DEALING: LHP saw his string of no earned runs end at 16.2 innings on Sun- Vs. North Division...... 17-17 AL Style Baseball...... 13-28 day, but the 23-year-old still leads the league and is 3rd in Double-A baseball with a 2.00 ERA. He also ranks among the league leaders in strikeouts (85, 6th) and opponents’ batting average (.217, 5th). DON’T LET THE LAST NAME FOOL YOU: RHP Jeremy Walker is 6-for-6 in save opportunities and has On the Web appeared in 20 games, including one start. The Advance, NC native has 55 strikeouts and just four walks Social Media in 57.2 IP. Walker has four saves and a 0.75 ERA over eight outings in June..

Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO 12 ATL TOP 30 PROSPECTS ON THE ACTIVE ROSTER: In the June 23 MLB Pipeline ranking update, OF Cristian Pache is the No. 1 prospect for the Braves and #14 prospect in their top 100. There are 12 total facebook.com/mbraves 2015 Danville 0-3 4.53 14 14 0 0 0 51.2 53 35 26 2 4 26 49 top 30 prospects on the M-Braves active roster: RHP Ian Anderson (3, #26 overall), OF Drew Waters For all of your M-Braves information 2016 Rome 10-4 2.51 22 21 1 1 0 129.0 92 44 36 7 13 47 135 (4, #44 overall), C (6), LHP Joey Wentz (9), LHP Kyle Muller (10), OF Greyson Jenista needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. Mississippi 1-2 2.18 3 3 0 0 0 20.2 9 6 5 2 4 8 17 (12), LHP Thomas Burrows (15), LHP Tucker Davidson (18), INF C.J. Alexander (IL - 19) RHP Jasseel De @mbraves There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 2017 Mississippi 3-0 2.89 7 7 0 0 0 37.1 32 13 12 2 2 11 38 La Cruz (22), and INF Ray-Patrick Didder (26) and RHP Jeremy Walker (30). stats and articles detailing the latest news Gwinnett 3-2 5.27 8 8 0 0 0 41.0 42 24 24 5 4 17 30 and notes. 2018 GCL Braves 0-0 0.00 4 3 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 instagram.com/mbraves 2019 Mississippi 0-1 2.19 6 6 0 0 0 12.1 7 4 3 0 2 8 12 Southern League Standings MEDIA CENTER Minor League Totals 17-12 3.22 64 62 1 1 0 296.0 237 126 106 18 29 117 287 Under the TEAM tab, click M-Braves Media NORTH REC GB SOUTH REC GB Center for daily game notes, media guides youtube.com/mississippibraves BIRMINGHAM (CHW) 8-5 -- PENSACOLA (MIN) 8-5 -- and credential information. CHATTANOOGA (CIN) 7-6 1.0 JACKSONVILLE (MIA) 7-6 1.0 JACKSON (TN) (ARI) 6-7 2.0 *BILOXI (MIL) 6-7 2.0 *MONTGOMERY (TB) 6-7 2.0 MISSISSIPPI (ATL) 6-7 2.0 TENNESSEE (CHC) 6-7 2.0 MOBILE (LAA) 5-8 3.0 *Denotes 1st Half Champion Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule - All Times CT Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) Thurs., July 4 vs. Biloxi LHP Kyle Muller (5-5, 3.49) vs. RHP Bowden Francis (4-6, 4.43) 6:35 PM Fri., July 5 vs. Biloxi LHP Tucker Davidson (3-5, 2.00) vs. RHP Drew Rasmussen (1-2, 4.65) 6:35 PM Sat., July 6 vs. Biloxi LHP Joey Wentz (4-7, 4.81) vs. RHP Alec Bettinger (4-5, 3.77) 6:05 PM Sun., July 7 vs. Biloxi RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (1-4, 3.32) vs. RHP Dylan File (3-0, 1.99) 5:05 PM