GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (9-10, 38-51) at Birmingham Barons (10-9, 42-45) RHP Enderson Franco (2-6, 3.75) vs. RHP Dylan Cease (1-0, 3.24) Game #90 • Road #44 (17-27) • 2nd Half #20 July 11, 2018 • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • Birmingham, AL •Regions Field TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves and Birmingham Barons (CHW) conclude a four-game series today at Regions Field with the fourth meeting between the clubs this season (2-1). Birmingham will Record Breakdown visit Trustmark Park July 28 through Aug. 1 for a five-game series. The Braves went 8-2 against the Score First ............................................. 28-12 Opponents Score First .............................9-40 White Sox Double-A affiliate in 2017 and hold a 105-97 all-time advantage. The M-Braves are com- Shutouts ................................................. 5-10 Score in 1 inning ......................................4-14 ing off a 3-1 series win at home against Biloxi and will return to Trustmark Park on Thursday for a Score in 2 innings ................................. 11-15 Score in 3 innings ..................................13-11 five-game series against Pensacola, July 12-16. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 6-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................4-0 LAST TIME OUT: Birmingham hit a home run on the first pitch in the bottom of the 1st in- Leading after 6 innings ........................... 30-7 Leading after 7 innings ............................31-5 ning, but Mississippi held the Barons off the scoreboard for rest of Tuesday night. LHP Bruce Tied after 6 innings .................................. 4-4 Tied after 7 innings ...................................3-7 Zimmerman struck out six hitters in 6.1 innings of work with three walks issued, one run al- Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-40 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-35 lowed, and five hits scattered during his start the M-Braves last night. 1B Tyler Marlette and OF Travis Demeritte both went 1-for-4 with a solo home run. 2B Alay Lago was 2-for-4 with Leading after 8 innings ........................... 30-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................3-26 two doubles. Tied after 8 innings .................................. 2-4 Score 3 Runs ..............................................7-7 Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-39 Score 4 or More Runs ............................25-14 SAVING SOBOTKA: Chad Sobotka saved his third-straight game on Tuesday night with a perfect 9th inning and two strikeouts. The 25-year-old has a 2.25 ERA with four saves and 32 strikeouts First Game of Series ................................. 9-9 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...8-9/3-5 in 24.0 innings. First Game of Homestand ........................ 3-5 Last Game of Homestand ..........................4-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 4-4 Last Game of Road Trip .............................3-4 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 2.39 ERA (41 ER/154.1 IP) with 170 strikeouts Following an Off Day ................................ 2-4 1-Run Games ...........................................8-15 and just 51 walks over the past 27 games (12-15 record) with 18 quality starts dating back to June Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 3-4 2-Run Games .............................................7-5 10. Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.86 SO/9IP ratio. I Errorless Games ................................... 15-15 3-Run Games .............................................8-7 With a Homer....................................... 22-18 Allow a Homer ......................................12-24 THE K MAN, BRUCE ZIMMERMANN: Today’s starter, LHP Bruce Zimmermann ranks 3rd in With No Homers .................................. 16-33 Allow No Homers ..................................24-29 MiLB with 119 strikeouts in 17 starts and is 9-3 with a 2.53 ERA in 103.1 innings pitched this season for Rome and Mississippi. Zimmerman’s last five outings have been quality starts, four of which he Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 9-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................32-43 held opponents to just one run. The 23-year-old was promoted to Mississippi from Low-A Rome Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 30-44 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................6-8 on June 28. Following a Win ................................... 15-22 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-18 Most Strikeouts in Minor League Baseball Following a Loss ................................... 23-27 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................32-33 Player Team MLB Club G GS IP SO In Decision By Starters ......................... 24-34 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................14-16 Emiliio Vargas Visalia Arizona 17 16 92.1 126 Dean Kremer Tulsa LA Dodgers 17 17 86.0 125 Bruce Zimmermann Mississippi Atlanta 17 17 103.1 119 Daily & Monthly Breakdown Rico Garcia Hartford Colorado 18 17 112.0 116 Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total Josh James Fresno San Francisco 16 14 74.2 116 Monday 1-5 2-5 3-10 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 Eli Morgan Lynchburg Cleveland 17 17 96.2 114 Tuesday 2-4 3-2 5-6 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 Taylor Widener Jackson Arizona 16 16 86.2 114 Wednesday 2-3 1-5 3-8 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 Thursday 5-3 2-4 7-7 July 3-1 3-3 6-4 BRYSE WILSON NAMED SL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: RHP Bryse Wilson became the first Friday 2-6 1-4 3-10 August - - - M-Braves player to win a weekly Southern League award on Monday with Pitcher of the Week Saturday 6-0 3-5 9-5 September - - - honors. The 20-year-old tossed 13.1 scoreless innings on nine hits with 16 strikeouts and just Sunday 3-3 5-2 8-4 Postseason - - - one walk over starts on July 3 at Pensacola and July 8 at Birmingham. LHP Max Fried, LHP Kolby Total 21-24 17-27 38-51 21-24 17-27 38-51 Allard, RHP Mike Soroka and RHP Touki Toussaint all won the award in 2017. 39 GAMES IN 40 DAYS: Mississippi is currently in a stretch of playing 39 games in 40 days from M-Braves vs Barons June 28 through August 6 (6-7). The only day off between those two dates is July 17. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 KYLE WRIGHT TO THE FUTURES GAME: RHP Kyle Wright was selected to pitch for the U.S. at Trustmark Park 1-5 4-6 7-3 6-5 3-8 7-2 2-3 squad in the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. The game will be played at 3 pm CT on July at Birmingham 4-3 3-2 6-4 4-6 3-6 7-8 0-5 15 at Nationals Park in Washington. MLB Network will televise the game. In 2017, M-Braves OF Total 5-8 7-8 13-7 10-11 6-14 14-10 2-8 Ronald Acuna and RHP Mike Soroka played for the World team in the Futures Game. Wright is 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2-0 with a 2.87 ERA over his last five starts with 39 strikeouts and 10 walks in 31.1 IP. at Trustmark Park 6-2 3-2 5-0 3-2 4-1 4-1 0-0 at Birmingham 5-5 3-7 5-5 2-3 3-2 4-1 2-1 RHP is tied for the league lead in M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: Kyle Wright Total 11-7 6-9 10-5 5-5 7-3 8-2 2-1 games started (18), T-2nd in innings pitched (94.1), 6th in strikeouts (96), and 4th in walks (40). INF Alay Lago is the 2nd-toughest player in the league to strikeout (1 SO/9.34 PA). INF Luis Valenzuela Alltime is 7th in the SL with a .285 batting average. LHPCorbin Clouse is T-4th in games pitched (29). at Trustmark Park 55-40 at Birmingham 51-58 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: 2016 M-Braves catcher Willians Astudillo made his MLB debut for Total 106-98 the Twins on June 30, becoming the fifth M-Braves alum to make their MLB debut this season. Astudillo joined OF Dustin Peterson (May 28), RHP Mike Soroka (May 1), OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 134 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. M-Braves vs Barons Day-by-Day Date Result Record W-L-S Att PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked 2nd in Major League Baseball by MLB.com prior to th season. The M-Braves roster has one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright 7/8 W, 1-0 1-0 Wilson-Hansen-Sobotka 4,517 (No. 28). The roster has a total of four of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21) and LHP Ricardo 7/9 L, 8-1 1-1 Lambert-Sanchez 3,454 Sanchez (No. 25). 7/10 W, 3-1 2-1 Zimmermann-Flores-Sobotka 7,104 Southern League Standings 7/11 NORTH REC GB 7/28 TNS (CHC) 12-7 - On the Web MTG (TB) 11-8 1.0 7/29 BIR (CHW) 10-9 2.0 7/30 JXN (ARI) 7-12 5.0 For all of your M-Braves information CHA (MIN) 5-14 7.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 7/31 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 8/1 PNS (CIN) 14-5 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 10-8 3.5 audio stream all season long.