GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (15-13, 44-54) at Montgomery Biscuits (15-14, 52-47) LHP Bruce Zimmermann (2-0, 1.69) vs. LHP Brock Burke (0-0, 3.60) Game #99 • Road #50 (21-28) • 2nd Half #29 July 22, 2018 • 5:05 p.m. (CST) • Montgomery, AL • Riverwalk Stadium TODAY’S GAME: Having clinched the series and won three straight, the M-Braves conclude a five- game series against the Montgomery Biscuits (TB) (3-1) at Riverwalk Stadium today with the tenth Record Breakdown and final meeting between the clubs this season. Montgomery swept Mississippi in a five-game se- Score First ............................................. 32-12 Opponents Score First ...........................11-43 ries at Trustmark Park, June 3-7. The Biscuits lead the all-time series 136-99 and at Riverwalk Sta- Shutouts ................................................. 7-10 Score in 1 inning ......................................5-15 dium, 71-47. The M-Braves are coming off a 2-2 series split against Pensacola in which the final game Score in 2 innings ................................. 13-16 Score in 3 innings ..................................16-11 was cancelled by rain. Prior to the series split, Mississippi won back-to-back series vs. Biloxi and at Score in 4 innings ..................................... 6-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................4-1 Birmingham, 3-1. Leading after 6 innings ........................... 33-7 Leading after 7 innings ............................34-5 LAST TIME OUT: Montgomery held the lead three different times but a three-run ninth inning Tied after 6 innings .................................. 7-5 Tied after 7 innings ...................................6-8 rally would seal the 7-5 come-from-behind win for Mississippi. SS Ray-Patrick Didder scored Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-42 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-37 twice, plated a pair of runs and was 3-for-4 with a double on the night. 3B Daniel Lockhart, 2B Alejandro Salazar, RF Tyler Neslony and C Sal Giardina all recorded two hits in the win. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 32-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................5-28 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 5-5 Score 3 Runs ..............................................8-7 HEATING UP IN JULY: The Braves have the second-best record in the Southern League this month Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 1-41 Score 4 or More Runs ............................28-15 at 12-7 (Biloxi 13-6) and have won three of four series in July. The Braves have the third-best ERA this month at 2.97. First Game of Series ............................... 9-11 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...9-9/3-5 First Game of Homestand ........................ 3-6 Last Game of Homestand ..........................4-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 4-5 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-4 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 2.40 ERA (55 ER/206.0 IP) with 218 strikeouts and just 68 walks over the past 36 games (18-18 record) with 22 quality starts dating back to June 10. Following an Off Day ................................ 2-5 1-Run Games .........................................10-15 Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.52/9IP ratio. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 4-4 2-Run Games .............................................9-5 I Errorless Games ................................... 20-15 3-Run Games .............................................9-8 R-P-DIDDY: Aruba native (one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands)Ray- With a Homer....................................... 26-18 Allow a Homer ......................................14-27 Patrick Didder has recorded back-to-back multi-hit games and is batting .400 (8-for-20) over his With No Homers .................................. 18-36 Allow No Homers ..................................28-29 last five games with two doubles, a triple, three runs, three walks and a stolen base. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 9-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................36-46 ALE...ALEJANDRO: INF Alejandro Salazar has recorded multi-hits in his last five games, going 13- Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 36-47 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................8-8 for-21 (.619) with five runs, two doubles, five RBI and a stolen base. His 5-for-5 game on Sunday Following a Win ................................... 19-24 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-20 was the first five-hit game by a Mississippi player this season. Following a Loss ................................... 25-28 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................38-34 In Decision By Starters ......................... 26-35 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................18-18 EARNING YOUR DEMERITTE: OF Travis Demeritte has homered twice in the series and has four extra-base hits and six RBI over his last five games. Demeritte leads the club with 11 home runs and 30 extra-base hits this season. Daily & Monthly Breakdown Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total STELLAR JULY FOR BRYSE WILSON: 20-year-old RHP Bryse Wilson leads all of Minor League Monday 1-5 2-5 3-10 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 Baseball with 34 strikeouts over four starts in the month of July. In his four quality starts (three Tuesday 2-4 3-2 5-6 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 shutout performances), the Hillsborough, NC native is 1-0 with a 0.66 ERA (2 ER/27.1 IP), four Wednesday 2-3 2-6 4-9 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 walks and 34 strikeouts, posting a miniscule 0.70 WHIP and .160 opponents batting average. Thursday 5-4 3-4 8-8 July 5-3 7-4 12-7 Friday 3-6 2-4 5-10 August - - - CONSISTENT CLOUSE: LHP Corbin Clouse has given up just one run over his last 19 innings Saturday 7-0 4-5 11-5 September - - - and 16 relief outings (0.47 ERA) and just two runs over his last 27 innings and 22 outings Sunday 3-3 5-2 8-4 Postseason - - - (0.67 ERA). Total 23-26 21-28 44-54 23-26 21-28 44-54 THE K MAN, BRUCE ZIMMERMANN: LHP Bruce Zimmermann ranks T-6th in MiLB with 123 strikeouts in 18 starts and is 9-3 with a 2.55 ERA in 106.0 innings pitched this season for Rome and M-Braves vs Biscuits Mississippi. The Most23-year-old Strikeouts was promoted in to Minor Mississippi League from Low-A Baseball Rome on June 28. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 at Trustmark Park 6-6 3-6 5-6 3-2 3-7 4-6 2-3 Player Team MLB Club G GS IP SO at Montgomery 2-9 4-11 4-6 7-3 4-5 1-4 6-4 Emilio Vargas Visalia Arizona 19 18 102.0 136 Michael Kopech Charlotte White Sox 19 19 94.1 131 Total 8-15 7-17 9-12 10-5 7-12 5-10 8-7 Dean Kremer Tulsa LA Dodgers 18 18 92.0 131 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Josh James Fresno San Francisco 17 15 80.2 128 at Trustmark Park 4-6 5-5 6-4 6-4 3-2 2-3 0-5 Sean Reid-Foley Bufalo Toronto 20 20 108.0 127 at Montgomery 2-3 5-5 5-10 1-4 1-4 2-3 3-1 Eli Morgan Lynchburg Cleveland 19 19 104.2 124 Total 6-9 10-10 11-14 7-8 4-6 4-6 3-6 Bruce Zimmermann Mississippi Atlanta 18 18 106.0 123 Alltime at Trustmark Park 52-65 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: INF Luis Valenzuela ranks 6th in the SL with at Montgomery 47-71 a .280 batting average. RHPKyle Wright is tied for 2nd in starts (19). Total 99-136 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: 2016 M-Braves catcher Willians Astudillo made his MLB debut for 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. M-Braves vs Biscuits Day-by-Day (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 134 players, have Date Result Record W-L-S Att gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. 6/3 L, 5-0 0-1 Martin-Wright 1,566 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 6/4 L, 3-0 0-2 G. Cabrera-Toussaint-Hall 1,334 (No. 28). The roster has a total of three of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP 6/5 L, 8-2 0-3 McWilliams-Wilson 1,514 Southern League Standings 6/6 L, 6-4 0-4 Lawson-Santiago-Hall 1,970 NORTH REC GB 6/7 L, 5-2 0-5 Lopez-Mader-Hall 2,776 BIR (CHW) 16-13 - On the Web MTG (TB) 15-14 1.0 7/18 L, 6-2 0-6 McWilliams-Franco 3,060 JXN (ARI) 14-15 2.0 7/19 W, 2-0 1-6 Clouse-Ott-Sobotka 3,497 TNS (CHC) 14-15 2.0 For all of your M-Braves information CHA (MIN) 11-18 5.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 7/20 W, 4-1 2-6 Wright-Moss-Sobotka 4,438 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 7/21 W, 7-5 3-6 Brothers-Taylor-Clouse 4,222 PNS (CIN) 20-8 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live 7/22 BLX (MIL) 17-11 3.0 audio stream all season long.