GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (12-16) at Pensacola Blue Wahoos (12-16) RHP Wes Parsons (0-2, 2.20) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (0-4, 5.14) Game #29 • May 5, 2018 • 6:05 p.m. (CST) • Pensacola, FL •Blue Wahoos Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves continue a five-game road series with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Blue Wahoos Stadium today at 6:05 p.m. (CST). Pensacola Record Breakdown leads the current series 2-1 and leads the season series against the M-Braves, 5-3, Score First ................................................. 9-5 Opponents Score First .............................2-10 Shutouts ................................................... 3-2 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-4 winning the five-game set at Trustmark Park, April 16-20, 3-2. RHP Wes Parsons (0-2, Score in 2 innings ..................................... 5-3 Score in 3 innings ......................................5-6 2.20) will face off against RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (0-4, 5.14) today as the Braves try to Score in 4 innings ..................................... 1-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 pull even in the series. Leading after 6 innings ........................... 10-3 Leading after 7 innings ............................10-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 LAST TIME OUT: M-Braves starting pitcher Touki Toussaint tossed six shutout innings Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-12 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-13 with ten strikeouts and also went 2-for-3 at the plate with 2 RBI as the Braves beat Pen- sacola 9-2 on Friday night at Blue Wahoos Stadium. The Braves scored all nine of their Leading after 8 innings ............................. 9-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-8 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 runs in two innings, the fourth and the sixth. 2B Luis Valenzuela was 2-for-5 with a run Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-13 Score 4 or More Runs ................................8-7 and RBI and 3B Austin Riley, 2-for-4 with a double and run to join Toussaint with multi- hit contests. LF Travis Demeritte logged his first triple of the season and was 1-for-4 with First Game of Series ................................. 3-3 Last Game of Series ...................................2-3 2 RBI and a run scored. RHP Josh Graham added 1.2 innings of scoreless relief. 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 TOUKI, TOUKI, TOUKI: Toussaint’s double-digit strikeout performance on Friday Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................2-4 was his fourth of his career, one shy of his career high and first by a M-Brave starting Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 5-4 3-Run Games .............................................4-2 pitcher since Mike Soroka struck out 12 on July 19, 2017 vs. Biloxi. He leads the South- With a Homer........................................... 6-5 Allow a Homer ..........................................1-6 ern League with 43 strikouts. His performance at the plate was the best by a starting With No Homers .................................... 6-10 Allow No Homers ..................................10-10 pitcher since Chris Ellis went 3-for-3 with two doubles on May 15, 2016 vs. Pensacola. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 4-3 Vs. Righty Starters .................................10-15 Night (5 pm or later) .............................. 8-13 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................2-1 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint leads the South- Following a Win ....................................... 4-7 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-7 ern League in strikeouts (43) and is 3rd in opponents batting average (.194), OFMichael Following a Loss ....................................... 7-9 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................7-9 Reed is 7th in batting (.347) and 4th in OBP (.453). 3B Austin Riley leads the league in In Decision By Starters ........................... 5-12 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................7-4 extra-base hits (17) and total bases (61), ranks T-2nd in home runs (5) and 3rd in slugging (.635). RHP Jacob Webb is T-2nd in appearances (11) and T-2nd in saves (5). Daily & Monthly Breakdown M-BRAVES VS. BLUE WAHOOS: The Braves and Wahoos will meet 25 times in 2018 Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 1-2 1-1 April 8-7 3-7 with 10 games being played at Blue Wahoos Stadium and 15 games at Trustmark Park. Tuesday 0-1 0-1 May - 1-2 The Braves are 60-58 all-time against the Wahoos and 27-29 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Wednesday 1-0 0-3 June - - Thursday 2-1 0-2 July - - The RHP became the third M-Brave alum to Friday 1-2 1-1 August - - FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: Mike Soroka Saturday 2-0 1-0 September - - make his MLB debut in 2018 on Tuesday in New York. The Calgary, Canada native joins OF Sunday 1-1 1-1 Postseason - - Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In Total 8-7 4-9 Total 8-7 4-9 total, 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 season as RHP Jacob Webb and 3B Austin Riley take home the honors for the Double- at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 2-3 A M-Braves during April. Riley closed out the month of April with a .310 batting aver- at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 1-2 Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 3-5 age (26-for-84) in 23 games played. The Atlanta Braves No. 8 overall prospect also Alltime finished the month of April as the team leader in doubles (8), triples (3), homeruns (4) at Trustmark Park 33-29 and RBI (15). Webb finished the month of April with a team best 0.77 ERA in 10 relief at Pensacola 28-29 appearances. Webb, who has assumed the closer role for the M-Braves, allowed just Total 61-58 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) 18-9 - On the Web CHA (MIN) 16-12 2.5 BIR (CHW) 14-14 4.5 TNS (CHC) 13-14 5.0 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 11-17 7.5 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) 18-10 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live JAX (MIA) 12-15 4.5 audio stream all season long. MOB (LAA) 12-15 4.5 MIS (ATL) 12-16 6.0 Social Media PNS (CIN) 12-15 6.0 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 6 at Pensacola RHP Enderson Franco (1-2, 3.68) vs. RHP Wyatt Strahan (3-2, 5.48) 1:05 PM 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 Page 1 Today’s Starter Parsons’ 2018 Day-by-Day #26 Wes Parsons • RHP • 6’5” • 204 • Clarksville, TN • 25 yrs MISSISSIPPI Date Opp.