Biloxi Shuckers (MIL) 27-18 vs. Chattanooga Lookouts (MIN) (28-16) RHP Jorge Lopez (3-2, 2.95) vs. RHP Alex Wimmers (2-0, 5.82) Game #46/Road #21 | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 | AT&T Field | 6:15 p.m. TODAY’S GAME: The Shuckers open a 5-game road series against the SHUCKERS AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: SS Orlando Arcia: Chattanooga Lookouts (MIN) tonight at 6:15 CT at AT&T Field...game 1 AVG (3rd, .337), Hits; (T-2nd, 55), Runs (T-3rd 29), Lowest SO/AB (1st, RECORD BREAKDOWN of a 10-game road trip to Chattanooga and Birmingham (6/1-6/5)... ...are 15.17), OF Kyle Wren: Stolen Bases (T-3rd, 15), OF Michael Reed AVG Current Record: .............................27-18 12-8 in true road games this season and 5-5 first American League af- (5th, .320), On-Base Percentage (5th, .403),1B Nick Ramirez: Home Streak ................................................W1 filiates...are 5-5 against North Division opponents...The Shuckers are in Runs (T-4th, 7), RBI (4th, 32), Best HR/AB (4th, 1/21.14) RHP Austin first place in the SL South Division, 2.5 games better than the Mississippi Ross: Holds (1st, 6), Relievers Highest SO/9IP (2nd, 12.60), Fewest bas- Last 10 Games: .................................7-3 Braves...37 days of inaugural season have been spent in first place... erunners/IP (4th, 8.28) RHP Tyler Wagner: Wins (T-1st, 5), Innings (5th, Long Winning Streak: ........................W6 today is the 1st of 10 meetings between the clubs in 2015 (HVL....game 53.2), Complete Games (T-2nd, 1), ERA (4th, 2.01), RHP Jaye Chapman Long Losing Sttreak: ...........................L3 46 and day 49 of the opening road trip away from Biloxi. Games (T-2nd, 18), Holds, (T-2nd, 4). RHP Jorge Lopez: Opp AVG (5th, Home (MGM Park): ............................0-0 FIRST PLACE CLUBS MEET: The Shuckers and Lookouts (+4.5) .200), LHP Hobbs Johnson: ERA (10th, 2.81). Home (Joe Davis): .............................9-6 have leads in their respective divisions. Chattanooga leads the **SHUCK NOTES: league in AVG (.269), runs (251), home runs (42), triples (23) and few- • AMAZING ARCIA: SS Orlando Arcia broke an 0-for-14 at the plate, Home (Other): ....................................6-4 est walks (125). The Shuckers lead the league in on-base percentage by going 3-for-3 on Monday. He is 3rd in the SL with a .337 average Road ................................................ 12-8 (.345), stolen bases (50) and ERA (3.11). and has played in 44 of Biloxi’s 45 games. The Anaco, VZ native (an • Prospects: Chattanooga’s roster features five of the top-10 pros- industrial town, connected to the natural gas and petroleum industries) pects in the Twins’ organization by MLB.com. OF Byron Buxton batting .289 during the month of May. VS. THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (1) 3B Miguel Sano (2), P Jose Berrios (3), P Nick Burdl (7), OF • WREN’STIGATOR: Leadoff hitter OF Kyle Wren is batting .294 North Home Road Total Max Kepler (8), Buxton is the No. 1 prospect in baseball according (25x85) in the month of May with 8 runs a double, 4 RBI and 8 SB. to MLB.com while Sano ranks No. 12 and Berrious, No. 33...Biloxi’s The Atlanta, GA native (son of former ATL GM Frank Wren) has hit in Birmingham 3-2 (5) 0-0 (5) 3-2 (10) roster features six of the top-18 according to MLB.com. OF Orlando 7 of 9 and reached safely in 23 of 25. Chattanooga 0-0 (5) 0-0 (5) 0-0 (10) Arcia (1), OF Tyrone Taylor (2), P Tyler Wagner (11), P Jorge Lo- • “MAY”CIAS: INF Brandon Macias is batting .400 (8x20) with 5 pez (12), OF Kyle Wren (17) and Michael Reed (18). runs, 3B, HR and 6 RBI since joining the club on 5/10. The Flag- Jackson (TN) 0-0 (5) 2-3 (10) 2-3 (15) SHUCKERS TAKE THREE OF FIVE FROM BARONS: The Shuckers staff, AZ native (named after a Ponderosa Pine flagpole made by a Montgomery 0-0 (5) 0-0 (5) 0-0 (10) finished off a second-straight series win, taking 3 of 5 from Birmingham scouting party from Boston (known as the “Second Boston Party”) to after a rain-shortened 5-inning, 7-2 win over the Barons Monday. The celebrate the United States Centennial on July 4, 1876) is playing for Tennessee 0-0 (5) 0-0 (5) 0-0 (10) Shuckers finished the 10-game “homestand” at Joe Davis Stadium in his 3rd Brewers affiliate in 2015 (BLX, CS and BRV). Totals: 4-2 (25) 2-3 (30) 5-5 (55) Huntsville by going 7-3 over Jacksonville and Birmingham. Monday, SS • IT’S ALWAYS BIGGER IN TEXAS: OF Michael Reed is (Cedar Park, Orlando Arcia and OF Tyrone Taylor combined to go 6-for-6 with four runs TX native a major suburb of Austin) has hits in 6 of his last 7 games South Home Road Total and an RBI. LHP Hobbs Johnson (3-1) earned the complete-game win and 10 of his last 12. He is batting .320, his highest mark since he was going all 5.0 IP, allowing 2 R on 2 H with a BB and 4 SO in the outing. hitting .327 on 4/27. Reed is batting .419 (13-31) with RISP with 4 2B, Jacksonville 8-2 (10) 0-0 (5) 8-2 (15) TOP PROSPECT TAYLOR, HEATING UP: Brewers top prospect, HR and 20 RBI. Mississippi 2-3 (13) 0-0 (10) 2-3 (23) according to Baseball America, Tyrone Taylor has hit in 11 of 14 • STRONG SHUCKER: LHP Mike Strong.(Afton, MN native, the larg- Mobile 2-3 (17) 2-3 (10) 4-6 (27) games and over his last 10 games, Taylor is batting .364 (12x33) est ski and snowboard area in the Twin Cities metropolitan area) has with 6 runs and 3 RBI. The Torrance, CA native is also batting .389 pitched in 3-straight games 5/22-5/24, giving up no hits in 3.1 innings Pensacola 0-0 (5) 8-2 (15) 8-2 (20) (7x18) in his last 5 games with 5 runs and 2 RBI. while striking out 6 and walking none. Strong is holding opponents to a .139 AVG (10x72) and has lowered his ERA to 1.71. Totals: 12-8 (40) 10-5 (45) 22-13 (95) SHUCKERS FEATURED ON ESPN: The Shuckers were featured on • CLOSE GAMES, NO PROBLEM: The Shuckers lead the league with a Wednesday, with the release of part 1 of “Homeless Shuckers” on ESPN.com. .750 win percentage in 1-run games, 9-3 and also lead the league when TEAM LEADERS (SL RANK) The opening piece was also shown on Sports Center and will re-occur through- scoring first, 19-3 and are a perfect 23-1 when leading after 6 innings. Average ...................... Orlando Arcia, .337 (3) out the coming weeks as ESPN chronicles the Road Warrior Shuckers’ road trip. • SPEEDY SHUCKERS: The Shuckers have swiped 25 bags over ROAD WARRIORS: The Shuckers open the season on the road as their last 18 games and lead the league with 50 steals, 6 better than Hits ........................... Orlando Arcia, 55 (2) MGM Park is nearing completion. The long road trip is not the first for Birmingham with 44. Home Runs ................Nick Ramirez, 7 (T4) a minor league team as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, Triple-A • LET’S PLAY NINE PLEASE: The Shuckers are 19-5 in 9-inning RBI .............................Nick Ramirez, 32 (4) affiliate of the Yankees played their entire 144-game schedule away games so far this season...are 6-8 in games played less than 9 from home in 2012 because of stadium renovations. The club played frames and 1-3 in extra-inning games. There have been 3 rain- Stolen Bases ..................Kyle Wren, 15 (T3) 37 of those games in Rochester, NY. shortened affairs (2-1) and 9, 7-inning games (4-5). Wins ...........................Tyler Wagner, 5 (T1) ERA .......................... Tyler Wagner, 2.01 (4) SIDE-BY-SIDE STAT COMPARISON 2015 Results vs. Chattanooga (Biloxi 0, Chattanooga 0) Strikeouts .................. Jorge Lopez, 40 (T12) (SL Rank) Date Site Result Winner Loser Save WHIP ......................Tyler Wagner, 1.12 (9) Stat 5/27 @CHA Saves ...........................Wirfin Obispo, 5 (T6) .267 (2) AVG .269 (1) 5/28 @CHA 176 (5) RUNS 251 (1) 5/29 @CHA 19 (T5) HR 42 (1) 5/30 @CHA 63 (9) 2B 88 (2) 5/31 @CHA 10 (T8) 3B 23 (1) 7/15 BLX 50 (1) SB 43 (3) 7/16 BLX 3.11 (1) ERA 3.95 (7) 7/17 BLX 7/18 BLX 333 (4) SO 356 (3) 7/19 BLX 2015 games will be aired on the inaugural 138 (4) LOW BB 125 (1) Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network: 12 (T6) SV 12 (T6) * Will serve as the home team WPMO AM-1580 – 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 May 28 - 6:15 at CHA RHP Brooks Hall (4-2, 3.92) vs. LHP David Hurlbut (0-1, 21.00) Lucedale WMXI FM-98.1 May 29 - 6:15 at CHA RHP Tyler Wagner (5-1, 2.01) vs. RHP Jose Berrios (5-2, 2.89) Hattiesburg/Laurel May 30 - 6:15 at CHA RHP Hiram Burgos (1-0, 3.97) vs. RHP Greg Peavey (4-1, 6.32) WRJW AM-1320 May 31 - 1:15 at CHA LHP Hobbs Johnson (3-1, 2.81) vs.