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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 (28-35, 61-71) at Biloxi Shuckers (38-24, 79-53) By The Numbers Streak ............................................................................... L2 Game 1: RHP Nolan Kingham (1-2, 4.15) vs. RHP Drew Rasmussen (1-3, 3.74) All-Time Record (since 2005) ........................... 1,000-1,062 Game 2: RHP Claudio Custodio (5-4, 2.14) vs. RHP Alex Bettinger (5-7, 3.59) 2019 at Trustmark Park .............................................. 31-34 2019 on the Road ....................................................... 30-37 Game #133/134 • 2nd Half #64/65 • Road Game #68/69 Day Games ................................................................. 12-15 Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 • 5:35 pm (CT) • Biloxi, MS • MGM Park Night Games .............................................................. 49-55 TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves conclude their final road trip of the 2019 season on Tuesday night with a doubleheader, games four and five of a five-game series at Biloxi (1-2). The Braves are coming off a 4-7 homestand against Birming- ham (2-3) and Pensacola (2-4). The club will close out the season with a five-game homestand against Chattanooga, M-Braves vs Shuckers Aug. 29-Sept. 2. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Alltime All-time the M-Braves are 51-57 vs. Biloxi since 2015, 7-12 in games played this season and 25-30 in games at Trustmark Park 4-6 5-5 8-5 6-3 3-8 26-27 played at MGM Park. Tonight is the 20th of 21 meetings this season between the Magnolia State rivals. at Biloxi 7-6 3-6 6-4 5-10 4-4 25-30 THE SHUTOUT KING: Today’s starter RHP Nolan Kingham leads Minor League Baseball with three complete Total 11-12 8-11 14-9 11-13 7-12 51-57 game shutouts this season and is T-3rd in Minor League Baseball in innings pitched, logging 151.1 between Low-A Rome, High-A Florida and Mississippi. LAST TIME OUT: After scheduled starter Phil Pfeifer was promoted to Triple-A on Sunday morning, RHP Jona- than Aro and relievers RHP Kurt Hoekstra and LHP Jordan Harrison combined to allow just one run over 8.0 innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. The M-Braves couldn’t get the offense rolling though in a 1-0 loss to the Shuckers on a ninth-inning walk-off wild pitch by Harrison. ARO WAS 10TH DIFFERENT M-BRAVES STARTING PITCHER IN AUGUST: RHP Jonathan Aro made his first start since 2017 on Sunday and became the 10th different starting pitcher this month, over 24 games. The M-Braves have used 18 different starting pitchers this season. CASTEEL JOINS 20 HOME RUN CLUB: 28-year-old 1B Ryan Casteel leads the club and ranks 3rd in the league with 20 home runs and has three multi-homer games this season. His three-homer game on July 3 was the first in M-Braves history. Casteel has already moved into 7th place on the M-Braves all-time home 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 Record Breakdown runs and 20 doubles. Score First ............................................. 41-23 Opponents Score First ...........................18-48 Casteel ranks among the league leaders in HR (20, 3rd), RBI (68, 3rd), slugging (.481, 4th), OPS (.821, 6th), Leading after 6 innings ........................... 44-9 Leading after 7 innings ............................43-6 XBH (42, T-6th) and TB (187, 6th). Tied after 6 innings ................................ 12-8 Tied after 7 innings .................................10-8 THE GOOD AND BAD OF IT: Despite a total overhaul of the pitching staff and 8-16 record this month, M-Braves Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 4-54 Trailing after 7 innings .............................2-43 hurlers lead the Southern League in August with a 3.04 ERA. The M-Braves at the plate are last in the league this month with a .204 batting average and averaging just 2.3 runs per game. Overall this season, M-Braves Leading after 8 innings ........................... 44-4 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...........................12-41 pitchers lead the league with a 3.20 ERA. Tied after 8 innings .................................. 9-6 Score 3 Runs ............................................8-18 BULLPEN BEASTS: The M-Braves bullpen has covered 96.2 innings over 24 games in August and posted a 2.89 Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-53 Score 4 or More Runs ............................40-12 ERA (31 ER), with 83 strikeouts compared to 44 walks. M-Braves starters have logged 110.1 innings this month and posted a 3.18 ERA, including seven quality starts. First Game of Series ............................. 11-16 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...13-13/2-3 1,000 MISSISSIPPI BRAVES WINNERS: Friday’s 3-2 win over Biloxi was the 1,000th all-time win for the Missis- First Game of Homestand ........................ 5-6 Last Game of Homestand ..........................5-6 sippi Braves since 2005. All-time, the M-Braves are 1,000-1,060. First Game of Road Trip ........................... 6-6 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-6 ROSTER TURNOVER: Only 12 of the 24 players currently on the active roster were active on Aug. 4. OFCristian Pache, OF Drew Waters, RHP Ian Anderson, LHP Tucker Davidson, RHP Ben Rowen, LHP Tyler Matzek, Following an Off Day ................................ 7-2 1-Run Games .........................................18-26 LHP Phil Pfeifer and C Jonathan Morales have been promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett. LHP Kyle Muller, INF C.J. Alexander and INF Daniel Lockhart have been placed on the Injured List and INF Luis Valenzuela was Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 6-6 2-Run Games .........................................17-23 released and RHP Brandon White was transferred to High-A Florida. Also, LHP Joey Wentz was traded to Errorless Games ................................... 37-28 3-Run Games .............................................5-8 Detroit on July 31. With a Homer....................................... 34-23 Allow a Homer ......................................15-38 THE FIRST 2019 DRAFT PICK IN DOUBLE-A: On Aug. 16, SS Braden Shewmake was promoted to Mississippi from With No Homers .................................. 26-48 Allow No Homers ..................................44-33 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. Atlanta’s firs White Jersey ......................................... 10-10 Vs. Righty Starters .................................47-54 selection was Baylor catcher Shea Langeliers at ninth overall. He is currently playing for Low-A Rome. Red Jersey .............................................. 9-20 Vs. Lefty Starters ...................................12-17 Navy Blue Jersey .................................. 26-24 Starter Goes <5 Innings .........................13-38 ANOTHER 25 SB SEASON FOR DIDDER: Aruba native INF/OF Ray-Patrick Didder has stolen 25 bases for a fourth-straight season and is 18-for-19 in SB opportunities in 53 games during the second-half of the season Gray Jersey .......................................... 14-16 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................46-32 with a .370 OBP, seven doubles, home run, eight RBI and 23 walks. He now ranks 5th in the league with 25 sto- Special Jersey ........................................... 1-1 In Decision By Starters ..........................33-42 len bases and 2nd in HBP (15). He has been HBP 114 times in his career and 102 times since the 2015 season. Series Breakdown ............................. 9-15-1 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................26-29 THREE MILLION FANS: The M-Braves celebrated the 3 millionth fan for Braves baseball at Trustmark Park on Aug. 14. Clinton, MS native Matt Baker (and son Wyatt attending his first game) was the 3 millionth fan and Vs. South Division ................................ 35-44 NL Style Baseball ...................................37-34 was given a prize pack that included 2020 M-Braves Season Tickets and 2020 Atlanta Braves tickets. Vs. North Division ................................ 26-27 AL Style Baseball ...................................24-37 HISTORY MADE ON JUNE 28: Ian Anderson and Jeremy Walker’s combined nine-inning no-hitter on Friday, June 28 vs. Jackson was the third no-hitter in team history. The last was a combined no-hitter from Julio Teheran and Tyrelle Harris on Aug. 2, 2010 vs. Mobile. The first, and only individual no-hitter came from the late Tommy Hanson on June 25, 2008, vs. Birmingham. Anderson’s 14 strikeouts over 7.0 innings in the game On the Web matched Hanson’s single-game team record set in the same game. Social Media MADE IN MISSISSIPPI: OF Travis Demeritte made his MLB debut for the Detroit Tigers on August 2 at Texas be- coming with 146th M-Braves alum to move to make their Major League debut.