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 (7-9, 36-50) at Birmingham Barons (9-7, 41-43) RHP Bryse Wilson (1-5, 5.40) vs. RHP Alec Hanson (0-3, 7.71) Game #87 • Road #41 (15-26) • 2nd Half #17 July 8, 2018 • 6:00 p.m. (CST) • Birmingham, AL •Regions Field TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves and Birmingham Barons meet for the first time in 2018 tonight in game one of a four-game series at Regions Field. The Braves went 8-2 against the White Sox Record Breakdown Double-A affiliate in 2017 and hold a 104-97 all-time advantage. The M-Braves are coming off a Score First ............................................. 27-12 Opponents Score First .............................8-39 3-1 series win at home against Biloxi and will return to Trustmark Park on Thursday for a five-game Shutouts ................................................. 5-10 Score in 1 inning ......................................3-13 series against Pensacola, July 12-16. Score in 2 innings ................................. 11-15 Score in 3 innings ..................................12-11 Score in 4 innings ..................................... 6-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................4-0 LAST TIME OUT: CF Connor Lien hit a two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the 8th inning to put Mississippi on top 3-2 and held on to beat the Biloxi Shuckers at Trustmark Park by that score. Leading after 6 innings ........................... 28-7 Leading after 7 innings ............................29-5 It marked the first time in 2018 that the M-Braves have won when trailing after 7 innings (1-34). RHP Tied after 6 innings .................................. 4-4 Tied after 7 innings ...................................3-7 Kyle Wright turned in his seventh quality start in 6.0 innings of two-run baseball, allowing a two-run Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-39 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-34 homer in the first inning, seven hits, two walks and struck out seven. LHPAdam McCreery gave up a leadoff triple in the 9th, but retired the next three batters to lock down his second save. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 28-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................2-25 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 2-4 Score 3 Runs ..............................................6-7 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 2.23 ERA (34 ER/137.2 IP) with 153 strikeouts Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-38 Score 4 or More Runs ............................25-14 and just 43 walks over the past 24 games (10-14 record) with 16 quality starts dating back to June 10. Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.98 SO/9IP ratio. First Game of Series ................................. 8-9 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...8-9/3-5 First Game of Homestand ........................ 3-5 Last Game of Homestand ..........................4-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 3-4 Last Game of Road Trip .............................3-4 39 GAMES IN 40 DAYS: Mississippi is currently in a stretch of playing 39 games in 40 days from June 28 through August 6 (4-6). The only day off between those two dates is July 17. Following an Off Day ................................ 2-4 1-Run Games ...........................................7-15 Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 3-4 2-Run Games .............................................6-5 KYLE WRIGHT TO THE FUTURES GAME: RHP Kyle Wright was selected to pitch for the U.S. I Errorless Games ................................... 14-14 3-Run Games .............................................8-7 squad in the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. The game will be played at 3 pm CT on July 15 at With a Homer....................................... 20-18 Allow a Homer ......................................11-24 Nationals Park in Washington. MLB Network will televise the game. In 2017, M-Braves OF Ronald With No Homers .................................. 16-32 Allow No Homers ..................................23-28 Acuna and RHP Mike Soroka played for the World team in the Futures Game. Wright is 2-0 with a 2.87 ERA over his last five starts with 39 strikeouts and 10 walks in 31.1 IP. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 9-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................31-42 Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 28-43 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................5-8 THE K MAN, BRUCE ZIMMERMANN: LHP Bruce Zimmermann ranks T-5th in MiLB with 113 Following a Win ................................... 14-21 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-17 strikeouts in 16 starts and 97.0 innings pitched this season for Rome and Mississippi. The 23-year- Following a Loss ................................... 22-27 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................30-33 old was promoted to Mississippi from Low-A Rome on June 28. In Decision By Starters ......................... 22-33 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................14-16 Most Strikeouts in Minor League Baseball Player Team MLB Club G GS IP SO Daily & Monthly Breakdown Dean Kremer Tulsa LA Dodgers 17 17 86.0 125 Rico Garcia Hartford Colorado 18 17 112.0 116 Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total Josh James Fresno San Francisco 16 14 74.2 116 Monday 1-5 2-4 3-9 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 Tuesday 2-4 2-2 4-6 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 Taylor Widener Jackson Arizona 16 16 86.2 114 Wednesday 2-3 1-5 3-8 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 Emiliio Vargas Visalia Arizona 16 15 87.1 113 Thursday 5-3 2-4 7-7 July 3-1 1-2 4-3 Bruce Zimmermann Mississippi Atlanta 16 16 97.0 113 Friday 2-6 1-4 3-10 August - - - MARTE, TOUSSAINT NAMED PLAYERS OF THE MONTH BY ORGANIZATION: Marte, Saturday 6-0 3-5 9-5 September - - - 24, led the M-Braves in June with a .337 (28-for-83) batting average. He racked up four doubles, one Sunday 3-3 4-2 7-4 Postseason - - - triple, two home runs, 13 RBI and two stolen bases over his first full month in the Atlanta Braves Total 21-24 15-26 36-50 21-24 15-26 36-50 organization...Toussaint, 22, made five starts in June and was 2-1 with a 1.17 ERA, giving up just four earned runs over 30.2 innings pitched with 35 strikeouts and just 11 walks. Toussaint led the club in innings pitched, strikeouts, WHIP (1.01) and opponents batting average (.182). M-Braves vs Barons M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Kyle Wright leads the league in games 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 started (18), 2nd in innings pitched (94.1) and is 5th in strikeouts (96). INF Alay Lago is the 2nd- at Trustmark Park 1-5 4-6 7-3 6-5 3-8 7-2 2-3 toughest player in the league to strikeout (1 SO/9.22 PA). INF Luis Valenzuela is 6th in the SL with a at Birmingham 4-3 3-2 6-4 4-6 3-6 7-8 0-5 .292 batting average. LHPCorbin Clouse and LHP Adam McCreery are T-4th in appearances with 28. Total 5-8 7-8 13-7 10-11 6-14 14-10 2-8 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 A-JAX HEATING UP IN JUNE AND JULY: C Alex Jackson is batting .320 (16-for-50) over his last at Trustmark Park 6-2 3-2 5-0 3-2 4-1 4-1 0-0 14 games with six doubles, one home run, eight runs, seven RBI and four walks. Jackson batted at Birmingham 5-5 3-7 5-5 2-3 3-2 4-1 0-0 .265 in June with an .819 OPS after posting just a .663 OPS in April and .493 OPS in May. Total 11-7 6-9 10-5 5-5 7-3 8-2 0-0 VIVA LA VALENZUELA: Since May 26, INF Luis Valenzuela is batting .335/.352/.434 with 15 runs, Alltime seven doubles, one home run, 11 RBI, three walks and two stolen bases in 31 games. That AVG at Trustmark Park 55-40 ranks second behind Jackson’s Josh Prince (.339) in the Southern League over that period of time. at Birmingham 49-57 Total 104-97 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: 2016 M-Braves catcher Willians Astudillo made his MLB debut for the Twins on June 30, becoming the fifth M-Braves alum to make their MLB debut this season. Astudillo joined OF Dustin Peterson (May 28), RHP Mike Soroka (May 1), OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 134 players, have M-Braves vs Barons Day-by-Day gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. Date Result Record W-L-S Att PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked 2nd in Major League Baseball by MLB. 7/8 com prior to th season. The M-Braves roster has one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 28). The roster has a total of four of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Bryse Wilson 7/9 (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21) and LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 25). 7/10 Southern League Standings 7/11 NORTH REC GB 7/28 TNS (CHC) 9-5 - On the Web BIR (CHW) 9-6 0.5 7/29 MTG (TB) 9-6 0.5 7/30 JXN (ARI) 6-8 3.0 For all of your M-Braves information CHA (MIN) 4-11 5.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 7/31 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 8/1 PNS (CIN) 11-4 - player and the organization overall.