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Jackson Generals Game Notes Page 1 Tuesday, July 7, 2015 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Trustmark Park | Pearl, Miss. | Game #81 | Road Game #46 | Second-Half Game #12 Jackson Generals (5-6, 34-45) at Mississippi Braves (5-6, 38-41) RHP Moises Hernandez (3-3, 4.06 ERA) vs. RHP Victor Mateo (4-5, 2.71 ERA) Upcoming Schedule & Probable Starters Date Time Opponent Generals Starter Opposing Starter Promotion *First 500 fans Wed, 7/8 7:00 pm CT at Mississippi LHP Misael Siverio (4-7, 3.98) vs. RHP Steve Janas (0-0, 0.00) -- Thu, 7/9 7:05 pm CT vs. Birmingham LHP James Gillheeney (4-2, 2.88) vs. RHP Frankie Montas (2-1, 2.50) State Farm Wes Harris Dollar Night Fri, 7/10 7:05 pm CT vs. Birmingham TBA vs. RHP Tyler Danish (5-5, 4.44) WTNHV Night of Heart, Fireworks Sat, 7/11 6:05 pm CT vs. Birmingham TBA vs. RHP Mark Blackmar (3-4, 3.30) Duck Dynasty Night, Fireworks Today’s Game: The Generals have an opportunity to win their first series of the Second Half on Tuesday Radio: TJ Network (AM 1390, FM 94.1, 94.3) | WTJS.com | night with game four of five versus the Mississippi Braves (Atlanta)...A victory would give the team it’s third winning jacksongeneralsbaseball.com (Brandon Liebhaber) streak of three games or more and its first series victory since a sweep of Mobile June 11 to June 15...The Gen- erals have had 24 hits over their last two games at Trustmark Park...Former Mississippi Brave Moises Hernandez, Video: MiLB.tv (Mississippi Braves) who has gone at least 4.2 innings in each of his last five outings, starts for Jackson against former Yankees’ prospect Victor Mateo for the Braves. Twitter/Instagram: @jacksongenerals Facebook: facebook.com/jacksongenerals Versus Mississippi: This is the 14th of 17 total matchups this season between the Generals and Braves. Mississippi has taken eight of the first 13 contests between the clubs in 2015...The Braves won three of 2015 Generals At a Glance four in a rain-shortened series in Jackson in April before taking four of six in Pearl at the beginning of June...Jack Overall Record 34-45 Reinheimer and Gabriel Guerrero were both traded by Seattle just prior to the June 3 matchup between the two st th sides. The next night, Jake Brigham took a perfect game into the ninth before Dan Paolini broke it up with a double 1 Half Record/Standing 29-39/5 (14.0 GB) to left field...Jordy Lara has eight hits, including four for extra bases, in the first three games of this series. In 12 2nd Half Record/Standing 5-6/4th (3.5 GB) games against the Braves, he is batting .333 with a home run and six RBIs...After this series, the teams play an Home Record 13-22 abbreviated two-game set in Jackson July 20 and 21. Road Record 21-23 Streak Win 2 Stellar Starters: Edwin Diaz’s superb start Monday continued a great stretch for Jackson’s starting pitchers in the Second Half. In the team’s last ten games--not counting a spot start from Cam Hobson June 28--the Last 10 5-5 starters have posted a 1.79 ERA (10 ER in 50.1 IP) and a 0.954 WHIP while striking out 46 and walking just nine vs. Mississippi 5-8 batters...No starter has allowed more than three earned runs in the stretch and four have posted quality starts... vs. Mississippi at Home/on Road 1-3/4-5 The team had only nine quality starts over 69 First Half games and it took until the 22nd game of the season for a Jackson starter to earn a victory. Second Half Standings North Division W-L GB Overall L10 Streak Offense Comes Alive: The Generals scored just 17 runs in the first nine games of the Second Half, but the team has 24 hits over the last two contests...Jackson set Second Half highs with nine runs and 14 hits Birmingham Barons (CHW) 8-2 -- 41-38 8-2 W5 Sunday before picking up 10 more hits last night...The team last had 10 or more hits in two-straight games June Montgomery Biscuits (TB) 6-4 2.0 40-38 6-4 W1 18 and June 20 (Game 1)...Jordy Lara has led the way in this series. In three games against the Braves, he is Tennessee Smokies (CHC) 5-5 3.0 44-35 5-5 L3 8-for-12 with a home run, a triple, two doubles, six RBIs and two runs scored...Lara was the organizations Co-Minor Jackson Generals (SEA) 5-6 3.5 34-45 5-5 W2 League Player of the Year last season and he led all of Minor League baseball with 177 hits. Chattanooga Lookouts (MIN)* 1-8 6.5 44-33 2-8 L5 Streak Snapped: Jabari Blash’s 18-game on-base streak came to an end with his 0-for-4 night Monday. South Division W-L GB Overall L10 Streak From June 13 to July 5, Blash hit .317 with a home run, a triple and five doubles...It was Jackson’s fourth on-base Biloxi Shuckers (MIL)* 6-5 -- 49-30 6-4 L1 streak of at least 17 games this season...Dan Paolini’s 18-game on-base streak came to an end Wednesday Mobile BayBears (ARI) 6-5 -- 40-40 6-4 W1 against the BayBears. He had a 17-game on- From base streak from May 11 to June 1 as well...Dario Pizzano’s Jacksonville Suns (MIA) 5-5 0.5 34-45 5-5 W2 25-game hitting streak from April 16 to May 17, which set a Jackson/West Tenn franchise record, was matched by Max Kepler Sunday. The Chattanooga outfielder has reached in 25-straight games safely. Mississippi Braves (ATL) 5-6 1.0 38-41 5-5 L2 Pensacola Blue Wahoos (CIN) 5-6 1.0 30-49 4-6 L1 Howell at the Helm: Wednesday marked the Jackson Generals managerial debut of Roy Howell... * -- First-Half Champion After opening the season as Jackson’s hitting coach, Howell took over for Jim Horner when Horner took a position as an assistant coach at Washington State, his alma mater, after going 31-42 with Jackson this season...Howell Southern League Scoreboard took over as manager at Triple-A Tacoma last season after Rich Donnelly was named Seattle’s third-base coach th th in March. He went 74-70 in his first year as a manager of a full-season affiliate...Howell spent 11 years as a Major Monday, July 6 Tuesday, July 7 League player after the Texas Rangers took him fourth overall in the 1972 draft. He made his MLB debut at the PNS 3, MOB 5 (9); PNS 8, MOB 6 (7) CHA at JAX (Susp/7-inn), 5:35 pm ET age of 20 two years later....He was an American League All-Star in 1978 with Toronto and he played in the 1982 CHA 3, JAX 0 (Suspended/5) JXN at MIS, 7:00 pm CT World Series with Milwaukee. Jackson 2, Mississippi 1 BLX at MIS, 7:00 pm CT The Future is Now: Jackson pitcher Edwin Diaz, who earned the win last night, was selected to par- Biloxi 1, Montgomery 5 PNS at MOB, 7:05 pm CT ticipate in the 2015 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game last week...The top pitching prospect in the Seattle Mariners Tennessee 3, Birmingham 4 TNS at BIR, 7:05 pm CT organization, Diaz will pitch for the World Team in this year’s Futures Game at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park on July 12...Diaz will joined on the by 2014 Jackson Generals infielder Ketel Marte, who is hitting .343 in 51 Generals vs. Mississippi games with Triple-A Tacoma this season...Marte was a Postseason All-Star with the Generals last season. Jackson (Rank) Stat Mississippi (Rank) Last Game: July 6, 2015 at Mississippi .244 (8th) Average .244 (9th) 310 (6th) Runs 262 (9th) Final R H E LOB wp: Edwin Diaz (3-6, 4.69) 640 (7th) Hits 613 (9th) Greg Ross (2-8, 5.45) Generals 2 10 1 8 lp: 37 (t-7th) Home Runs 16 (10th) sv: Tony Zych (4) 287 (3rd) Walks 254 (7th) Braves 1 4 0 5 time: 2:43 573 (7th) Strikeouts 513 (3rd) Ballpark: Trustmark Park (Pearl, Miss.) Attendance: 1,749 67 (t-4th) Steals 55 (6th) .324 (6th) On-Base % .316 (9th) HR: JXN: None | MIS: Kevin Ahrens (3) .356 (7th) Slugging % .310 (10th) Recap: Edwin Diaz and three Jackson relievers combined to give up just four hits in a 2-1 win for the Generals Monday .680 (7th) OPS .626 (10th) 4.57 (10th) ERA 3.58 (4th) night...Diaz tied a season-high with seven strikeouts while allowing just one run over six innings. Only three Braves’ batters 47 (t-8th) HR Allowed 24 (1st) reached base against the righty...After leaving six men aboard in the first five innings, Jackson scored twice in the sixth to take 550 (7th) Strikeouts 506 (10th) the lead. Jordy Lara capped of his three-hit game with a ground-rule double, scoring later on a Dan Paolini double...Mississippi 281 (8th) Walks 266 (6th) put the potential tying run on base in the final two innings, but Matt Anderson and Tony Zych successfully closed the game.