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GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (13-16) at Pensacola Blue Wahoos (12-17) RHP Enderson Franco (1-2, 3.68) vs. RHP Wyatt Strahan (3-2, 5.48) Game #30 • May 6, 2018 • 1:05 p.m. (CST) • Pensacola, FL •Blue Wahoos Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves conclude a five-game road series with the Pen- sacola Blue Wahoos at Blue Wahoos Stadium today at 6:05 p.m. (CST). This will be the Record Breakdown rubber match of the series, which is tied, 2-2. Pensacola leads the season series, 5-4, Score First ............................................... 10-5 Opponents Score First .............................3-11 Shutouts ................................................... 3-2 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-4 winning the five-game set at Trustmark Park, April 16-20, 3-2. RHP Enderson Franco Score in 2 innings ..................................... 5-3 Score in 3 innings ......................................6-6 (1-2, 3.68) starts for the Braves against RHP Wyatt Strahan (3-2, 5.48) for the Wahoos. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 1-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 LAST TIME OUT: Five Mississippi batters collected multi-hit games as the Braves Leading after 6 innings ........................... 11-3 Leading after 7 innings ............................11-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 matched a season-high with 13 hits in a 7-1 rout of Pensacola on Saturday night. Five Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-12 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-13 of the seven runs were scored in the 4th inning. Starting pitcher Wes Parsons logged a quality start, going 6.0 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with three walks and five Leading after 8 innings ........................... 10-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-8 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 strikeouts. Parsons was also 2-for-3 at the plate with a two-run double in the 4th inning. Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-13 Score 4 or More Runs ................................9-7 3B Austin Riley was 2-for-3 with a double, home run, two RBI and two runs. 1B Tyler Marlette was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI. First Game of Series ................................. 3-3 Last Game of Series ...................................2-3 First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-2 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-2 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 1-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-1 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint leads the South- ern League in strikeouts (43), is 3rd in opponents batting average (.194) and 5th in WHIP Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................2-4 (1.15). OF Michael Reed is 6th in batting (.347) and 4th in OBP (.453). 3B Austin Riley Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 5-4 3-Run Games .............................................4-2 leads the league in extra-base hits (19), total bases (67) and slugging (.677), ranks T-1st With a Homer........................................... 7-5 Allow a Homer ..........................................1-6 in home runs (6), 2nd in RBI (20), T-2nd in doubles (10), 5th in hits (33) and 9th in batting With No Homers .................................... 6-10 Allow No Homers ..................................12-10 (.333). RHP Jacob Webb is T-3rd in appearances (11) and T-2nd in saves (5). Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 4-3 Vs. Righty Starters .................................11-15 Night (5 pm or later) .............................. 9-13 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................2-1 M-BRAVES VS. BLUE WAHOOS: The Braves and Wahoos will meet 25 times in 2018 Following a Win ....................................... 6-7 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-7 with 10 games being played at Blue Wahoos Stadium and 15 games at Trustmark Park. Following a Loss ....................................... 7-9 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................8-9 The Braves are 60-58 all-time against the Wahoos and 27-29 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. In Decision By Starters ........................... 6-12 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................7-4 TOUKI, TOUKI, TOUKI: Toussaint’s double-digit strikeout performance on Friday was his fourth of his career, one shy of his career high and first by a M-Brave starting Daily & Monthly Breakdown pitcher since Mike Soroka struck out 12 on July 19, 2017 vs. Biloxi. He leads the South- Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 1-2 1-1 April 8-7 3-7 ern League with 43 strikouts. His performance at the plate was the best by a starting Tuesday 0-1 0-1 May - 2-2 pitcher since Chris Ellis went 3-for-3 with two doubles on May 15, 2016 vs. Pensacola. Wednesday 1-0 0-3 June - - Thursday 2-1 0-2 July - - RHP became the third M-Brave alum to make Friday 1-2 1-1 August - - FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: Mike Soroka Saturday 2-0 1-1 September - - his MLB debut in 2018 on Tuesday in New York. The Calgary, Canada native joins OF Ronald Sunday 1-1 1-1 Postseason - - Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, Total 8-7 5-9 Total 8-7 5-9 132 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. RILEY AND WEBB EARN ORGANIZATIONAL HONORS: The Atlanta Braves an- M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos nounced the first minor league pitchers and players of the month during the 2018 sea- 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 son as RHP Jacob Webb and 3B Austin Riley take home the honors for the Double-A at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 2-3 M-Braves during April. Riley closed out the month of April with a .310 batting average at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 2-2 Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 4-5 (26-for-84) in 23 games played. The Atlanta Braves No. 8 overall prospect also finished Alltime the month of April as the team leader in doubles (8), triples (3), home runs (4) and at Trustmark Park 33-29 RBI (15). Webb finished the month of April with a team best 0.77 ERA in 10 relief ap- at Pensacola 29-29 pearances. Webb, who has assumed the closer role for the M-Braves, allowed just Total 62-58 six hits, two runs, one earned run, one home run, issued four walks, and recorded 19 strikeouts in 11.2 innings pitched during the month of April. HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M- Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1983. M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos Day-by-Day • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). Date Result Record W-L-S Att • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) manager for 4/16 L, 8-3 0-1 D. Wright-K.Wright 1,179 five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in four of his five seasons. 4/17 L, 8-4 0-2 Mella-Gohara-Powers 1,474 • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with 1,350 entering 4/18 W, 9-4 1-2 Clouse-De Paula 4,644 the 2018 season. 4/19 W, 3-2 2-2 Watts-Reyes-Webb 1,663 4/20 L, 5-0 2-3 Strahan-Franco 2,945 Southern League Standings 5/2 L, 9-5 2-4 Mitchell-Graham 3,789 5/3 L, 7-1 2-5 Leyer-Mader-De Paula 4,187 NORTH REC GB 5/4 W, 9-2 3-5 Toussaint-Reyes 5,038 JXN (ARI) 19-9 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 17-12 2.5 5/5 W, 7-1 4-5 Parsons-Gutierrez 5,038 TNS (CHC) 14-14 5.0 BIR (CHW) 14-15 5.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 11-18 8.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves BLX (MIL) 19-10 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live MIS (ATL) 13-16 6.0 audio stream all season long. JAX (MIA) 12-16 6.5 MOB (LAA) 12-16 6.5 Social Media PNS (CIN) 12-17 7.0 facebook.com/mbraves On the Airways 2018 marks the 10th @mbraves season of M-Braves baseball on the FM dial instagram.com/mbraves with WYAB 103.9 FM. Chris Harris enters his first season as the radio broadcaster for the youtube.com/mississippibraves Mississippi Braves. WYAB airs all 140 games plus the postseason! Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) May 7 vs. Mobile RHP Kyle Wright (1-3, 4.26) vs. RHP Luis Pena (0-3, 7.29) 7:00 PM May 8 vs. Mobile LHP Michael Mader (1-1, 3.43) vs. RHP Jose Rodriguez (1-3, 3.00) 7:00 PM May 9 vs. Mobile RHP Touki Toussaint (2-1, 3.56) vs. RHP Griffin Canning (1-0, 2.41) 10:35 AM May 10 vs. Mobile RHP Wes Parsons (1-2, 1.61) vs.