GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (23-21, 52-62) at Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (17-27, 45-67) RHP Elian Leyva (2-1, 3.07) vs. RHP Merandy Gonzalez (2-6, 4.64) Game #115 • Road #56 (23-32) • 2nd Half #45 August 8, 2018 •6:05 pm (CT) • Jacksonville, FL • The Baseball Grounds TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue their 10-game road trip today with the first game of a five-game series against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp at The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Record Breakdown • The M-Braves are 6-5 against the Jumbo Shrimp this season and 83-85 all-time, 44-44 all-time in Score First ............................................. 39-13 Opponents Score First ...........................12-50 Jacksonville. This is the first series between the clubs at The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville since Shutouts ................................................. 9-11 Score in 1 inning ......................................8-21 a five-game set, August 10-14, 2017. The M-Braves were 8-12 against Jacksonville last season, Score in 2 innings ................................. 14-17 Score in 3 innings ..................................16-11 including 3-7 in Jacksonville. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 8-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................6-1 • This series marks an end to 20-straight games playing AL-style baseball. This is the first NL-style baseball series since facing Pensacola, July 12-15. Leading after 6 innings ........................... 39-7 Leading after 7 innings ............................39-5 • The Braves are coming off a 3-2 series loss at Chattanooga in the first-leg of the 10-game road trip. Tied after 6 innings .................................. 9-7 Tied after 7 innings ...................................8-9 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-48 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-44 LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves won the series finale at Chattanooga on Monday 9-4, earning their second win in the series. LHP Kyle Muller made his Double-A debut and earned the win, striking out Leading after 8 innings ........................... 39-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................5-34 four and walking just one over 5.1 innings of two runs baseball. Muller scattered three hits. Five Tied after 8 innings .................................. 5-6 Score 3 Runs ..............................................9-8 M-Braves had multi-hit games including RF Tyler Neslony, 2-for-4 with a home run, 2B Alejandro Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 1-48 Score 4 or More Runs ............................34-15 Salazar, 3-for-4 with a run scored, SS Luis Valenzuela, 2-for-4, double, two runs and two RBI, 3B Dan- iel Lockhart, 2-for-4, three RBI, a run scored and C Carlos Martinez, 2-for-4, a double, run and RBI. First Game of Series ............................. 11-12 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match 11-11/3-6 First Game of Homestand ........................ 4-6 Last Game of Homestand ..........................5-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 4-6 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-5 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 2.83 ERA (89 ER/283.0 IP) with 293 strikeouts and just 97 walks over the past 52 games (26-26 record) with 27 quality starts dating back to June 10. Following an Off Day ................................ 2-5 1-Run Games .........................................11-18 Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.32/9IP ratio. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 4-4 2-Run Games ...........................................10-5 I Errorless Games ................................... 24-18 3-Run Games ...........................................10-8 ROSTER MOVE: Atlanta Braves No. 3 overall prospect RHP Ian Anderson was added to Mississippi’s ros- With a Homer....................................... 30-19 Allow a Homer ......................................15-30 ter on Wednesday. Anderson was the Braves’ first round pick (3rd overall) in 2016 out of Shenendehowa With No Homers .................................. 22-43 Allow No Homers ..................................34-35 (NY) HS. Anderson is 2-6 with a 2.52 ERA, 40 walks and 118 strikeouts in 20 starts this season for Florida. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-8 Vs. Righty Starters .................................41-51 FRANCO NAMED SL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: The Southern League announced on Monday Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 44-54 Vs. Lefty Starters ...................................11-11 that M-Braves RHP Enderson Franco had been named Pitcher of the Week. The 25-year-old made Following a Win ................................... 22-29 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................8-23 two starts this past week going 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA, surrendering just two earned runs over 14.0 Following a Loss ................................... 30-31 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................44-39 innings. The Anaco, VZ native struck out 13 and walked just one over the two starts, earning a 0.50 In Decision By Starters ......................... 31-40 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................21-21 WHIP and .130 opponents batting average. Franco is the second M-Braves pitcher to receive the honor this season (Bryse Wilson, July 2-8). Daily & Monthly Breakdown REACHING RAY-PATRICK DIDDER: INF Ray-Patrick Didder has reached base safely in 22 of 24 Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total games since being promoted to Double-A on July 9. Didder is batting .329 (24-for-73) with a .424 Monday 3-5 3-5 6-10 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 on-base percentage. Didder had a 15-game on-base streak snapped in game two of Wednesday’s Tuesday 3-5 3-2 6-7 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 doubleheader with Birmingham. Wednesday 3-4 2-6 5-10 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 Thursday 5-5 3-5 8-10 July 10-7 7-5 17-12 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: INF Luis Valenzuela ranks 9th in the SL with Friday 3-7 2-5 5-12 August 1-0 2-3 3-3 a .273 batting average. RHPEnderson Franco ranks 7th with a 3.49 ERA. LHP Corbin Clouse is 3rd Saturday 8-0 5-5 13-5 September - - - in appearances (38) and 2nd among SL relievers with an 11.94 SO/9IP ratio. Sunday 4-3 5-4 9-6 Postseason - - - Total 29-30 23-32 52-62 29-30 23-32 52-62 THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE: 19-year-old OF Cristian Pache, the Atlanta Braves No. 5 prospect and No. 58 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline has had multi-hit games in three of his first six Mississippi games. He is batting .308 (8-for-26) with a triple, M-Braves vs Jumbo Shrimp two RBI and two runs scored. Pache will not turn 20 until November 19. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 HAPPY TRAILS: RHP Touki Toussaint, LHP Bruce Zimmermann, RHP Kyle Wright and RHP Bryse Wil- at Trustmark Park 2-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-3 2-1 2-3 son were all in Mississippi’s rotation to start the second half. All have since been promoted or traded. at Jacksonville 6-3 3-3 2-3 4-1 3-2 2-3 4-6 In 21 starts, they combined for a 2.23 ERA (29 ER/117.2 IP), 41 walks and 129 strikeouts, 9.83 SO/9IP. Total 8-7 5-6 4-6 6-4 4-5 4-4 6-9 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 17 WINS IN JULY: After an 8-18 June, Mississippi finished 17-12 in July. The 17 wins are the most in at Trustmark Park 3-2 2-3 3-2 4-1 5-5 5-5 6-5 a single month during the 2018 season and most since finishing 18-11 in July, 2016. The M-Braves hit .231 for the month and posted a team 3.10 ERA, outscoring the opposition 107-101. at Jacksonville 1-3 2-3 4-1 4-5 6-4 3-7 0-0 Total 4-5 4-6 7-3 8-6 11-9 8-12 6-5 NEW MLB PIPELINE PROSPECT RANKING FEATURES SEVEN M-BRAVES: The Missis- Alltime sippi Braves feature seven of the Atlanta Braves Top 30 prospects and two Top 100 MLB Prospects at Trustmark Park 41-43 according to MLB Pipeline’s July 26 update. RHP Ian Anderson (#3 and #39 in all of MLB), OF at Jacksonville 44-44 Cristian Pache (#5 and #58 in all of MLB), LHP Kyle Muller (#11), LHP Thomas Burrows (#20), Total 85-87 OF Travis Demeritte (#23), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (#27) and RHP Josh Graham (#29) are among Atlanta’s Top 30 prospects. M-Braves vs Jumbo Shrimp Day-by-Day FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: LHP Kolby Allard made his Major League debut for the Braves on July 31, and became the 135th M-Braves player and sixth this season to move on and make Date Result Record W-L-S Att their MLB debut. Allard joins C Willians Astudillo (June 30, Twins) OF Dustin Peterson (May 28), RHP Mike Soroka (May 1), OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have 5/23 L, 8-1 0-1 Mahoney-Wright 1,888 debuted this season. In total, 134 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in 5/24 L, 3-0 0-2 P. Lopez-Toussaint-Quijada 2,336 Pearl since 2005. OF Michael Reed has previously made his MLB debut for Milwaukee, but made his debut with Atlanta after opening the 2018 season in Mississippi on July 23 at Miami. 5/25 W, 8-6 (10) 1-2 Sobotka-Keller 1,994 5/26 W, 8-4 2-2 Santiago-Poteet 2,620 Southern League Standings 5/27 W, 10-2 3-2 McCreery-Graves 1,666 SOUTH REC GB 6/21 W, 11-2 4-2 Wright-Poteet 2,292 MTG (TB) 25-19 - On the Web 6/22 L, 10-3 4-3 Duval-Wilson 2,114 BIR (CHW) 23-22 2.5 JXN (ARI) 21-23 4.0 6/23 W, 4-3 5-3 Clouse-Keller 2,423 TNS (CHC) 20-23 4.5 For all of your M-Braves information 6/24 W, 17-1 6-3 Toussaint-Gonzalez 1,618 CHA (MIN) 18-25 6.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com.