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 (20-24) at Tennessee Smokies (22-21) RHP Enderson Franco (1-3, 4.75) vs. RHP Michael Rucker (3-2, 4.89) Game #45 • May 21, 2018 • 11:00 a.m. (CST) • Kodak, TN •Smokies Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves conclude a 10-game road trip with the rubber match of the five-game series at Tennessee (CHC) beginning at 11:00 am (CT). The M-Braves are coming off series win at Record Breakdown Jackson, 3-2, May 12-16 in the first-leg of the road trip and are 5-4 on the trip. This is the final series Score First ............................................... 15-7 Opponents Score First .............................6-16 between the M-Braves and Smokies this season (5-4). The M-Braves beat the Smokies 3-2 in a five- Shutouts ................................................... 4-5 Score in 1 inning ........................................2-4 game series at Trustmark Park, April 5-9 to open the season. The M-Braves return home after this Score in 2 innings ..................................... 6-6 Score in 3 innings ......................................7-8 series for a five-game homestand with Jacksonville (MIA), May 23-27. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 2-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................3-0 Leading after 6 innings ........................... 16-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................18-2 LAST TIME OUT: RHP Andres Santiago earned his second-straight win on the mound and went 2-for- Tied after 6 innings .................................. 2-2 Tied after 7 innings ...................................2-3 3 at the plate with three RBI in the 7-4 win over the Tennessee Smokies on Sunday. Santiago yielded Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-18 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-18 3 runs on 6 hits over 6.0 innings in the quality start, striking out 2 and walking none. LF Travis Demer- itte was 2-for-4 with a home run, walk and 2 runs scored. CF Michael Reed was 1-for-3 with a double, Leading after 8 innings ........................... 17-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................1-11 walk and 2 RBI. LHP Michael Mader and LHP Adam McCreery tossed a scoreless inning each behind Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-1 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-3 Santiago and RHPJosh Graham allowed a run in the 9th. Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-19 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................14-8 First Game of Series ................................. 5-4 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...3-5/2-3 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint is 2nd in the Southern League First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-3 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-3 in strikeouts (56). OF Michael Reed is 2nd in the SL with a .454 OBP, is 7th in batting average (.328) First Game of Road Trip ........................... 2-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-2 and T-4th in runs scored (28). RHP Jacob Webb is T-3rd in appearances (16) and T-2nd in saves (7). INF Alay Lago is the 4th-toughest player in the league strikeout at 8.47 TPA/SO ratio. RHP Josh Graham Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................3-6 is T-2nd in appearances with 17. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-2 In Errorless Games ................................... 7-5 3-Run Games .............................................6-2 With a Homer......................................... 11-6 Allow a Homer ........................................6-11 M-BRAVES VS. SMOKIES: The Braves and the Smokies meet 10 times in 2018 with five games be- With No Homers .................................... 9-18 Allow No Homers ..................................14-13 ing played at each venue. The Braves are 78-73 all-time against the Smokies and 39-38 at Smokies Stadium. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 7-6 Vs. Righty Starters .................................17-22 Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 13-18 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-2 RUBBER GAMES: The M-Braves are playing their 6th rubber match of a series on Monday and are Following a Win ..................................... 8-12 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................5-10 2-3 on the year. This is the 5th-consecutive series that has ended with a rubber game. Following a Loss ................................... 12-12 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................15-14 In Decision By Starters ......................... 10-16 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................9-8 EARNING YOUR DEMERITTE: OF Travis Demeritte hit his 4th home run of the season on Sunday and is 6-for-12 with a double, 2 home runs and 3 RBI over the last 4 games. He’s batting .323 over his last 10 games with 2 home runs, 5 RBI and 6 runs. Daily & Monthly Breakdown Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total VIVA LA VALENZUELA: M-Braves INF Luis Valenzuela had his 10-game hittings streak come to an Monday 1-3 1-2 2-5 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 end in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader. Over the streak he batted .356 (16-45) with 2 doubles, Tuesday 1-1 1-1 2-2 May 2-3 7-7 9-10 a triple and 5 RBI. He’s recorded a multi-hit game in 5 of the last 7 contests. The streak was the 2nd- Wednesday 1-1 1-3 2-4 June - - - longest this season by an M-Brave. Thursday 3-1 1-2 4-3 July - - - Friday 1-3 1-1 2-4 August - - - Saturday 2-0 2-3 4-3 September - - - REED SETTING THE TABLE FOR M-BRAVES: OF Michael Reed has a .465 OBP during the month Sunday 1-1 3-2 4-3 Postseason - - - of May with 6 doubles, 3 home runs, 10 RBI, 14 walks and 13 runs in 16 games. Reed has already Total 10-10 10-14 20-24 10-10 10-14 20-24 logged a 12-game hitting streak (4/6-4/23) and 18-game on-base streak (4/5-4/27) this season. THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On this day in 1986, Rafael Ramirez strokes four doubles in seven trips to the plate. The infielder’s quartet of two-baggers helps the Braves to edge the Cubs in 13 in- M-Braves vs Smokies nings at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 9-8. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 at Trustmark Park 2-1 2-3 2-3 4-1 3-2 2-8 4-2 at Tennessee 3-1 3-2 1-3 3-2 4-1 2-3 2-3 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum to make his MLB Total 5-2 5-5 3-6 7-3 7-3 4-11 6-5 debut in 2018 on May 1 in New York. The Calgary, Canada native joins OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 132 players, have gone on to 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. at Trustmark Park 2-3 4-1 4-1 2-3 3-2 2-3 3-2 at Tennessee 1-4 3-2 4-6 1-4 7-3 3-2 2-2 Total 3-7 7-3 8-7 3-7 10-5 5-5 5-4 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS nativeChris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Alltime • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University at Trustmark Park 39-35 in 1983. at Tennessee 38-38 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the Total 78-73 team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) manager for five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in four of his five seasons. • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with 1,350 entering the 2018 season. M-Braves vs Smokies Day-by-Day Date Result Record W-L-S Att PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked No. 2 in Major League Baseball by MLB. com. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30). The 4/5 W, 3-0 1-0 Mader-Clifton-Graham 3,717 roster has a total of seven of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 4/6 L, 7-2 1-1 Hedges-Toussaint 1,565 11), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27) and RHP Josh Graham (No. 29). 4/7 W, 7-5 2-1 Graham-Pugliese-Hursh 2,048 Southern League Standings 4/8 W, 5-3 3-1 Leyva-De La Cruz-Mader 1,645 NORTH REC GB 4/9 L, 5-4 3-2 Rucker-Sanchez-Brooks 4.520 CHA (MIN) 28-16 - On the Web 5/17 W, 9-5 4-2 Leyva-Effress 7,546 JXN (ARI) 25-18 2.5 TNS (CHC) 22-21 5.5 5/19 G1 L, 4-3 (9) 4-3 Mekkes-Webb -- BIR (CHW) 19-24 8.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 19-25 9.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 5/19 G2 L, 4-0 4-4 Hatch-Toussaint 6,460 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 5/20 W, 7-4 5-4 Santiago-De La Cruz 3,981 SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves BLX (MIL) 27-17 - player and the organization overall.