GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (3-2) at Biloxi Shuckers (4-1) RHP Kyle Wright (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Luis Ortiz (0-0, 3.60) Game #6 • April 11, 2018 • 6:35 pm • Biloxi, MS •MGM Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves will travel to Biloxi, MS for a five game homestand against their in-state rival, the Biloxi Shuckers, beginning on Record Breakdown Wednesday, April 11. The trip to Biloxi will be the first road series of the sea- Score First ................................................. 2-0 Opponents Score First ...............................0-1 Shutouts ....................................................... 1-0 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-0 son for the M-Braves. RHP, Kyle Wright (0-0, 0.00) will make his second start Score in 2 innings ..................................... 1-1 Score in 3 innings ......................................1-1 of the season with the M-Braves. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 0-0 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 LAST TIME OUT: After securing their first series victory of the 2018 season on Leading after 6 innings ............................. 3-0 Leading after 7 innings ..............................2-0 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................0-0 Sunday, the Mississippi Braves dropped their series finale against the Ten- Trailing after 6 innings ............................. 0-2 Trailing after 7 innings ...............................0-2 nesse Smokies by a score of 5-4. Leading after 8 innings ............................. 2-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-1 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................1-0 FIRST ROUND PICKS: Today’s starter, RHP Kyle Wright is one of five first round Trailing after 8 innings ............................. 0-2 Score 4 or More Runs ................................2-1 selections on the M-Braves roster. Wright was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round (fifth overall) in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of First Game of Series ................................. 1-0 Last Game of Series ...................................0-1 First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-0 Last Game of Homestand ..........................0-1 Vanderbilt University. The 22-year old made history when he signed with ........................... 0-0 .............................0-0 Atlanta and received a $7 million bonus, the largest signing bonus received First Game of Road Trip Last Game of Road Trip by an amateur player since Kris Bryant received a $6.7 million bonus after Following an Off Day ................................ 0-0 1-Run Games .............................................0-1 signing with the Chicago Cubs in 2013. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................2-0 In Errorless Games ................................... 1-0 3-Run Games .............................................1-0 With a Homer........................................... 2-1 Allow a Homer ..........................................0-1 HURSH NEARING M-BRAVES STRIKEOUT RECORD: Reliever Jason Hursh With No Homers ...................................... 1-1 Allow No Homers ......................................3-1 needs just one strikeout (currently at 201) to become the M-Braves all-time leader in strikeouts. Hursh tied Scott Diamond’s record (201) on Monday -af Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 1-1 Vs. Righty Starters .....................................3-2 Night (5 pm or later) ................................ 2-1 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................0-0 ternoon after recording one strikeout in 1.0 IP. Following a Win ....................................... 1-2 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................3-2 Following a Loss ....................................... 1-0 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................0-0 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: In Decision By Starters ............................. 0-1 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................3-1 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Daily & Monthly Breakdown • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mis- Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 0-1 0-0 April 3-2 - sissippi State University in 1983. Tuesday 0-0 0-0 May - - • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Wednesday 0-0 0-0 June - - coaching staff as the team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base Thursday 1-0 0-0 July - - Friday 0-1 0-0 August - - coach (2012-15). Saturday 1-0 0-0 September - - • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) Sunday 1-0 0-0 Postseason - - manager for five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in Total 3-2 0-0 Total 3-2 0-0 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. Shuckers Yearly 2015 2016 2017 2018 Alltime PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline at Trustmark Park 4-6 5-5 8-5 0-0 17-16 as No. 2 in Major League Baseball. The M-Braves roster features three of at MGM Park 7-6 3-6 6-4 0-0 16-16 the Top 100 in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30), LHP Max Fried (No. 83) and INF Total 11-12 8-11 14-9 0-0 33-32 Austin Riley (No. 97). The roster has seven of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), Fried (No. 7), Riley (No. 8), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). VIDEO BOARD: In its second season above the LF wall, at 68 feet wide by 28 feet high (1,904 square feet), the state-of-theart Panasonic HD video board is approximately four-times larger than the previous video display at Trustmark Park (2005-2016). The board is the largest single display in the Southern League and the largest in Central and South Mississippi. M-Braves vs. Shuckers Day-by-Day 2018 Date Result Record W-L-S Att Southern League Standings NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 4-1 - On the Web BIR (CWS) 3-2 1.0 CHA (MIN) 2-3 2.0 TNS (CHC) 2-3 2.0 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 1-4 3.0 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) 4-1 - player and the organization overall. Follow MIS (ATL) 3-2 1.0 the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 3-2 1.0 audio stream all season long. 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Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) April 12 at Biloxi Shuckers RHP Touki Toussaint (0-1, 16.88) vs. RHP Zack Brown (0-0, 3.60) 6:35 PM April 13 at Biloxi Shuckers LHP Max Fried (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Kodi Medeiros (1-0, 0.00) 6:35 PM April 14 at Biloxi Shuckers LHP Ricardo Sanchez (0-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Thomas Jankins (1-0, 0.00) 6:35 PM April 15 at Biloxi Shuckers TBD vs. RHP Adrian Houser (0-0, 0.00) 2:05 PM Page 1 Today’s Starter Wright’s 2018 Day-by-Day #23 Kyle Wright• RHP • 6’4” • 215 • Huntsville, AL • 22 yrs MISSISSIPPI 0-0, 0.00 ERA Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR vs. Righties: .250, 0 HR 4/05/18 TNS ND 3.2 3 0 0 3 3 0 vs. Lefties: .000, 0 HR TODAY’S GAME Wright’s 2017 Day-by-Day • Wright makes his second start of the 2018 season in what will be the first road contest of the 2018 season for the Mississippi Braves. GCL Braves Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR LAST TIME OUT 7/17 GCL NY ND, L 7-3 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 0 • Wright made his Double-A debut on April 5, 2018 which was Opening Day for the 7/22 GCL TOR ND, W 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 M-Braves. In his first appearance with the M-Braves, Wright pitched 3.2 scoreless 7/27 GCL PIT ND, W 8-6 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 FLORIDA innings allowing three hits, and three walks while striking out three. Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR 8/1 @DUN ND, L 4-1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ACQUIRED 8/6 BRA ND, L 5-1 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 • Braves’ first-round pick (fifth overall) in 2017 8/11 @JUP L1, L 2-1 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 8/17 TAM ND, CANCELED 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 HIGHLIGHTS 8/22 @DUN ND, W 5-2 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 • Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2017 First- 8/27 DAY ND, W 5-4 1.1 3 3 3 2 2 0 Year Player Draft. 9/1 @DAY ND, W 4-3 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 • Ranked as the No. 30 overall prospect in MLB.com’s Top 100 ranking. In the At lanta Braves organization ranked No. 4 according to Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus adn No. 2 by MLB.com. • Named first team All-SEC by the league’s coaches and a Second Team All-America by Baseball America after going 5-6 with a 3.40 ERA (39 ER/103.1 IP) over 16 starts for the Commodores in 2017.