August 31, 2019, Vs. Chattanooga
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MISSISSIPPI 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] Mississippi Braves (29-38, 62-74) vs. Chattanooga Lookouts (24-40, 60-73) By The Numbers Streak ............................................................................... L2 RHP Jonathan Aro (3-2, 3.05) vs. RHP Johendí Jiminian (4-5, 4.53) All-Time Record (since 2005) ........................... 1,001-1,065 2019 at Trustmark Park .............................................. 31-36 Game #137 • 2nd Half #68 • Home Game #68 2019 on the Road ....................................................... 31-38 Day Games ................................................................. 12-15 Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 • 6:05 pm (CT) • Pearl, MS • Trustmark Park Night Games .............................................................. 50-58 TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue the final homestand of the 2019 regular season on Saturday night at Trust- mark Park with game three of a five-game series against the Chattanooga Lookouts (CIN). The M-Braves are coming off a 2-3 road trip to Biloxi. M-Braves vs Lookouts All-time the M-Braves are 82-89 vs. Chattanooga, 4-3 this season, and 40-43 in games played at Trustmark 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Park. Tonight is the 8th of 10 meetings between the cross-division foes. The M-Braves went 4-1 against the at Trustmark Park 1-2 2-3 2-2 9-5 5-0 1-4 1-4 Lookouts, April 15-19, at AT&T Field. at Chattanooga 4-4 4-1 2-8 2-3 3-7 3-2 2-3 LAST TIME OUT: The Lookouts scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the M-Braves 4-1 to take Total 5-6 6-4 4-10 11-8 8-7 4-6 3-7 a 2-0 series advantage. RHP Jasseel De La Cruz gave up a run in the first, but retired 13 straight batters to go 5.0 innings of one-run baseball, striking out two and walking one. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 at Trustmark Park 1-8 4-1 3-2 4-1 3-2 0-6 4-1 ANOTHER 25 SB SEASON FOR DIDDER: Aruba native INF/OF Ray-Patrick Didder has stolen 28 bases this sea- son and is 21-for-23 in SB opportunities in 57 games during the second-half, ranking 2nd in the league, of the at Chattanooga 2-3 2-3 3-2 4-1 3-2 2-3 2-3 season with a .377 OBP, seven doubles, a home run, eight RBI and 26 walks. He now ranks 4th in the league Total 3-11 6-4 6-4 8-2 6-4 2-9 6-4 with 28 stolen bases and 2nd in HBP (15). He has been HBP 114 times in his career and 102 times since the 2015 season. 2019 Alltime CASTEEL JOINS 20 HOME RUN CLUB: 28-year-old 1B Ryan Casteel leads the club and ranks T-2nd in the at Trustmark Park 0-2 40-43 league with 21 home runs and has three multi-homer games this season. His three-homer game on July 3 at Chattanooga 4-1 42-46 was the first in M-Braves history. Casteel has already moved into 7th place on the M-Braves all-time home Total 4-3 82-89 run list and with his home run on Aug. 24 at Biloxi, became just the second M-Brave to record 20 homers in a season, joining Ernesto Mejia (26) who did it in 2011. Casteel is also the only Southern League player with 20 home runs and 20 doubles. Casteel ranks among the league leaders in HR (21, T-2nd), RBI (71, 2nd), slugging (.480, 4th), OPS (.817, 7th), Record Breakdown XBH (43, 7th) and TB (193, 4th). Score First ............................................. 45-24 Opponents Score First ...........................19-50 MULTI-HOMER GAMES: Connor Lien’s two-homer game on Thursday was his second on the season and club Leading after 6 innings ......................... 45-10 Leading after 7 innings ............................43-7 record ninth multi-homer game by the M-Braves this season. Lien (4/19 at CHA, 8/29 vs. CHA),Luis Valenzu- Tied after 6 innings ................................ 12-8 Tied after 7 innings .................................10-8 ela (4/15 at CHA), Ray-Patrick Didder (4/28 at MOB), Andy Wilkins (5/10 vs. PNS), Ryan Casteel (6/23 at BLX, 7/3 at PNS (3-homer game) 8/7 at JAX), C.J. Alexander (8/7 at JAX) all have multi-homer games this season. Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 5-55 Trailing after 7 innings .............................2-44 The previous season-high was five in 2007 and 2008. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 44-5 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...........................12-43 LIEN TIES DEMERITTE ON ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST: Connor Lien has nine M-Braves home runs this season and 32 over his career, tying him with former M-Brave Travis Demeritte on the club’s all-time home run list. Tied after 8 innings .................................. 9-7 Score 3 Runs ............................................8-18 Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-53 Score 4 or More Runs ............................41-13 POSTSEASON AWARDS: The M-Braves placed a club record three players on the Southern League Postseason All-Star team with Drew Waters and Cristian Pache being named to the outfield and LHP Tucker Davidson being the top left-handed pitcher. Waters was named the league’s Most Valuable Player after leading in sev- First Game of Series ............................. 11-17 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...14-13/2-3 eral offensive categories including batting average (.319), hits (134), extra-base hits (49), total bases (202), First Game of Homestand ........................ 5-7 Last Game of Homestand ..........................5-6 and OPS (.847). Waters is the first M-Brave to claim the award and first for the franchise since Ryan Klesko and Javy Lopez won league MVP in 1991-92 for the Greenville Braves. Waters was the youngest, at 20, to First Game of Road Trip ........................... 6-6 Last Game of Road Trip .............................5-6 win MVP since Montgomery’s Delmon Young claimed the honor in 2006. All three players were promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett on Aug. 5 Following an Off Day ................................ 7-3 1-Run Games .........................................18-27 THE GOOD AND BAD OF IT: Despite a total overhaul of the pitching staff and 9-18 record this month, M-Braves Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 6-6 2-Run Games .........................................16-18 hurlers rank 2nd in the Southern League in August with a 3.28 ERA. The M-Braves at the plate are last in Errorless Games ................................... 38-30 3-Run Games ...........................................6-10 the league this month with a .208 batting average and averaging just 2.5 runs per game. Overall this season, M-Braves pitchers lead the league with a 3.24 ERA. With a Homer....................................... 35-25 Allow a Homer ......................................15-39 With No Homers .................................. 26-49 Allow No Homers ..................................45-35 1,000 MISSISSIPPI BRAVES WINNERS: Last Friday’s 3-2 win over Biloxi was the 1,000th all-time win for the Mississippi Braves since 2005. All-time, the M-Braves are 1,000-1,060. White Jersey ......................................... 10-12 Vs. Righty Starters .................................47-54 ROSTER TURNOVER: Only 12 of the 24 players currently on the active roster were active on Aug. 4. OF Cristian Red Jersey ............................................ 10-20 Vs. Lefty Starters ...................................12-18 Pache, OF Drew Waters, RHP Ian Anderson, LHP Tucker Davidson, RHP Ben Rowen, LHP Tyler Matzek, LHP Navy Blue Jersey .................................. 26-25 Starter Goes <5 Innings .........................13-38 Phil Pfeifer and C Jonathan Morales have been promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett. LHPKyle Muller, INF C.J. Alex- ander and INF Daniel Lockhart have been placed on the Injured List and INF Luis Valenzuela was released and Gray Jersey .......................................... 14-16 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................46-34 RHP Brandon White was transferred to High-A Florida. Also, LHP Joey Wentz was traded to Detroit on July 31. Special Jersey ........................................... 1-1 In Decision By Starters ..........................33-42 THE SHUTOUT KING: RHP Nolan Kingham leads Minor League Baseball with three complete game shutouts Series Breakdown ............................. 9-16-1 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................26-32 this season and is T-5th in Minor League Baseball in innings pitched, logging 156.1 between Low-A Rome, High-A Florida and Mississippi. Vs. South Division ................................ 36-45 NL Style Baseball ...................................38-37 THE FIRST 2019 DRAFT PICK IN DOUBLE-A: On Aug. 16, SS Braden Shewmake was promoted to Mississippi from Vs. North Division ................................ 26-29 AL Style Baseball ...................................24-37 Low-A Rome, Atlanta’s second first-round pick (21st overall) in this past June’s MLB draft. Shewmake is the first 2019 draft pick to reach Double-A for any club. In 51 games, the Texas A&M product was batting .318 (64-for-201) with 18 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 39 RBI, 11 stolen bases and .389 OBP over 51 games.