MISSISSIPPI Date Opp. Decision/Result IP (PC/K) H R ER BB SO HR 4/7 at TNS ND/L, 4-3 0.2 (28/12) 0 0 0 3 0 0 4/14 MOB, G2 ND/L, 2-0 2.0 (38/23) 2 0 0 1 1 0 4/20 MTG L,1/L, 5-0 2.0 (40/22) 0 1 0 1 3 0 4/26 at MOB ND/L, 5-3 1.2 (37/18) 2 2 2 3 2 0 April: 4 GS, 0-1, 2.84 ERA, 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 8 BB, 6 SO 5/1 JAX ND/W, 2-0 3.0 (36/25) 0 0 0 0 4 0 5/6 PNS ND/L, 6-3 3.0 (29/20) 3 1 1 0 2 0 GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Contact: Chris Harris - [email protected] Mississippi Braves (18-20) at Birmingham Barons (15-24) By The Numbers Streak ............................................................................. W1 RHP Jeremy Walker (1-4, 2.86) vs. RHP Jimmy Lambert (3-2, 3.49) All-Time Record (since 2005) .............................. 957-1,011 2019 at Trustmark Park ................................................ 11-8 Game #39 • Away Game #20 2019 on the Road ......................................................... 7-12 Day Games ..................................................................... 5-7 Thursday, May 16, 2019 • 7:05 pm (CT) • Birmingham, AL • Regions Field Night Games .............................................................. 13-13 TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue their 10-game road trip in Alabama and begin a five-game series against the Birmingham Barons on Thursday night at Regions Field. RHP Jeremy Walker starts M-Braves vs Barons for the M-Braves against Birmingham RHP Jimmy Lambert. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 The M-Braves went 1-4 on the first leg of the road trip at Montgomery. Mississippi went 7-2 against at Trustmark Park 1-5 4-6 7-3 6-5 3-8 7-2 2-3 the Barons in 2018, including a 3-1 mark at Regions Field. The Barons will visit Trustmark Park for a at Birmingham 4-3 3-2 6-4 4-6 3-6 7-8 0-5 five-game series, August 13-17. Total 5-8 7-8 13-7 10-11 6-14 14-10 2-8 DON’T LET THE NAME FOOL YA: RHP Jeremy Walker has gone 3+ innings in all seven of his relief ap- 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 pearances behind Patrick Weigel and has allowed just 11 earned runs in 34.2 IP with just two walks at Trustmark Park 6-2 3-2 5-0 3-2 4-1 4-1 4-1 and 28 strikeouts. He ranks 8th in the Southern League with a 1.10 WHIP. at Birmingham 5-5 3-7 5-5 2-3 3-2 4-1 3-1 Total 11-7 6-9 10-5 5-5 7-3 8-2 7-2 LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves avoided a sweep on Wednesday night with a 4-3 victory, in 10 innings, over the Montgomery Biscuits at Riverwalk Stadium. The game was tied, 1-1, heading to extras and 2019 Alltime Mississippi took advantage of two bases loaded walks and an error to score three runs in the top at Trustmark Park 0-0 59-41 of the 10th. Montgomery answered with two in the bottom half. LHP Kyle Muller notched his third- straight quality start and went 6.2 innings, allowing just one run on five hits with two walks and six at Birmingham 0-0 52-58 strikeouts. LF Drew Waters and RF Tyler Neslony were each 2-for-5 in the victory. Total 0-0 111-99 EXTRA, EXTRA: The M-Braves played their league-leading sixth extra-inning game on Wednesday at Mont- gomery and improved to a league-best 5-1 record after the 4-3 win in 10 innings. No other Southern Record Breakdown League team has more than two extra-inning wins. Score First ............................................... 11-7 Opponents Score First .............................6-13 THE MULLER REPORT: LHP Kyle Muller has allowed just two runs over 20.2 innings pitched and three Shutouts ................................................... 5-5 Score in 1 inning ........................................3-1 starts during the month of May, a 0.89 ERA with seven walks and 15 strikeouts. Muller ranks 6th in the Score in 2 innings ................................... 8-11 Score in 3 innings ......................................5-3 league with a 2.27 ERA and .192 opponent’s batting average and 10th with 40 strikeouts. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 1-0 Score in 5 > innings ...................................1-0 M-BRAVES ALUM, RILEY, GETS THE CALL TO ATLANTA: 22-year-old INF/OF Austin Riley, a native of Hernando, MS was promoted to Atlanta on Wednesday. Riley hit a solo home run in the bottom of the Leading after 6 innings ........................... 11-5 Leading after 7 innings ............................11-3 fourth and finished 1-for-3 on the nigh. Riley is just the eighth Brave in Atlanta franchise history to homer Tied after 6 innings .................................. 7-2 Tied after 7 innings ...................................7-1 in his major league debut and the first to do so since Evan Gattis on April 3, 2013 vs. Philadelphia. Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 0-13 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-16 Riley became the 143rd M-Braves alum since 2005 to make his debut. Riley joins C Alex Jackson (4/7/19) Leading after 8 innings ........................... 12-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................5-6 and RHP Jacob Webb (4/16/19) as MLB debuts this season for alums. Over 75 games with the M-Braves in 2017 and 2018, Riley hit .321 with 19 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs, 47 RBI and a .391 OPS. Tied after 8 innings .................................. 6-2 Score 3 Runs ............................................2-10 Trailing after 8 innings ............................. 0-1 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................11-4 WATERS SETTING THE TABLE: OF Drew Waters is batting .385 (25-for-65) over his last 16 games since April 29, with a home run, six doubles, three RBI and nine runs scored. Waters has recorded seven First Game of Series ................................. 3-5 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match .......3-5/0-1 three-hit games this season and logged his 16th multi-hit game on Wednesday night. First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-1 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-2 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 1-3 Last Game of Road Trip .............................0-3 Waters leads all of Double-A baseball and is T-4th in MiLB with 15 doubles. He leads the Southern League in hits (52), XBH (20), total bases (80) and at-bats (155), is 2nd in batting (.335) and OPS (.888), 3rd in slugging (.516), T-2nd in runs (23) and 6th in OBP (.372). Following an Off Day ................................ 2-0 1-Run Games .............................................8-5 1 Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 5-4 2-Run Games .............................................8-3 PACHE BY THE NUMBERS: OF Cristian Pache leads the Southern League in triples (4), is T-3rd in XBH Errorless Games ....................................... 9-6 3-Run Games .............................................1-1 (16), 4th in total bases (63) and doubles (9), 7th in hits (37), 8th in slugging (.477) and 8th in OPS (.815). With a Homer........................................... 9-6 Allow a Homer ........................................4-11 With No Homers .................................... 9-14 Allow No Homers ....................................14-9 PACHE IS NEW #1 PROSPECT FOR BRAVES: In the May 14 MLB Pipeline ranking update, OF Cristian Pache is the new No. 1 prospect for the Braves and No. 17 prospect in their top 100. There are eight total top 30 prospects on the M-Braves roster: RHP Ian Anderson (3, #31 overall), OF Drew Waters White Jersey ............................................. 1-2 Vs. Righty Starters .................................15-14 (6, #66 overall), LHP Joey Wentz (11), LHP Kyle Muller (12), LHP Tucker Davidson (20), INF C.J. Alex- Red Jersey ................................................ 3-8 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-6 ander (IL - 21) and INF Ray-Patrick Didder (29). Navy Blue Jersey ...................................... 9-5 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................8-15 Gray Jersey .............................................. 5-5 Starter Goes 5> Innings ...........................10-5 NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, JUST 21 YEARS OLD: RHP Ian Anderson is T-1st in the Southern In Decision By Starters ............................. 4-9 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................14-11 League in strikeouts with 47 strikeouts over eight starts and ranks 9th in opponents batting AVG, .200. HE’S DEFINITELY A PITCHER NOW: RHP Claudio Custodio, a converted infielder to pitcher, has yet to On the Web allow a run since joining the Braves. Over five games and 11.1 innings with the M-Braves and 15.1 Social Media innings and seven games combined between Rome and Mississippi, he’s given up just seven hits with two walks and 13 strikeouts, holding the opposition to a .135 AVG and posting a 0.59 WHIP. The Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO Yankees converted Custodio from a middle infielder to a pitcher in 2015. facebook.com/mbraves 2015 Danville 0-3 4.53 14 14 0 0 0 51.2 53 35 26 2 4 26 49 For all of your M-Braves information 2016 Rome 10-4 2.51 22 21 1 1 0 129.0 92 44 36 7 13 47 135 YOUNG GUNS: The roster contains five players that are 21-years-old, or younger. OF Drew Waters is needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. Mississippi 1-2 2.18 3 3 0 0 0 20.2 9 6 5 2 4 8 17 the youngest (20, 12/30/98), followed by OF Cristian Pache (20, 11/19/98), RHP Ian Anderson (21, @mbraves There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 2017 Mississippi 3-0 2.89 7 7 0 0 0 37.1 32 13 12 2 2 11 38 5/2/98), LHP Joey Wentz (21, 10/6/97) and LHP Kyle Muller (21, 10/7/97).