GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (14-19) vs. Mobile BayBears (15-17) RHP Wes Parsons (1-2, 1.61) vs. LHP Jose Suarez (1-1, 4.80) Game #34 • May 10, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves will host the Mobile BayBears in game four of the five- game series at Trustmark Park today at 7:00 pm. The BayBears hold a 5-3 record against the M- Record Breakdown Braves in 2018. RHP Wes Parsons (1-2, 1.61) will take the mound for the Braves against LHP Jose Score First ............................................... 11-6 Opponents Score First .............................3-13 Shutouts ................................................... 3-3 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-4 Suarez (1-1, 4.80) for Mobile. Score in 2 innings ..................................... 5-5 Score in 3 innings ......................................6-6 Score in 4 innings ..................................... 2-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 LAST TIME OUT: Mobile’s Jose Rojas hit a three-run 9th inning home run to give the BayBears a 4-2 win over the M-Braves on Wednesday morning at Trustmark Park. The loss spoiled the third Leading after 6 innings ........................... 12-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................12-2 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 straight quality start from RHP Touki Toussaint. The 21-year-old tossed 6.1 innings of one-run Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-14 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-15 baseball, giving up just four hits while walking four and striking out five. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 11-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................0-10 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint is tied for the Southern Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-15 Score 4 or More Runs ..............................10-8 League lead in strikeouts (48), and is 4th in opponents batting average (.192). OF Michael Reed is 1st in OBP (.486), 6th in batting (.372), 3rd in runs (22) and. RHP Jacob Webb is T-2nd in appear- First Game of Series ................................. 3-4 Last Game of Series ...................................2-4 ances (13) and 4th in saves (5). First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-3 Last Game of Homestand ..........................1-2 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 1-2 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-2 M-BRAVES VS. BAYBEARS: The Braves and the BayBears will meet 20 times in 2018 with 10 Following an Off Day ................................ 0-2 1-Run Games .............................................2-4 games being played at Hank Aaron Stadium and 10 games being played at Trustmark Park. The Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-2 In Errorless Games ................................... 6-5 3-Run Games .............................................4-2 Braves are 130-159 all-time against the BayBears and 74-84 at Trustmark Park. With a Homer........................................... 8-6 Allow a Homer ..........................................2-8 With No Homers .................................... 6-11 Allow No Homers ..................................12-11 BUILDING OFF THE BIG INNING: The M-Braves have scored 35 runs over the last six games (6.6 runs per game) including three five-run innings and a four-run inning. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 4-5 Vs. Righty Starters .................................12-18 Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 10-14 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................2-1 Following a Win ....................................... 6-9 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-7 REED RIDING A SIX-GAME HITTING STREAK: OF Michael Reed is currently on a six-game Following a Loss ..................................... 8-10 Starter Goes 5> Innings ...........................9-11 hitting streak batting .500 (9-for-18) with a 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 5 BB and 7 runs. He is T-1st in the In Decision By Starters ........................... 7-13 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................7-6 Southern League in batting during the month of May. Reed has already logged a 12-game hitting streak (4/6-4/23) and 18-game on base streak (4/5-4/27) this season. Daily & Monthly Breakdown FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Mike Soroka became the third M-Brave alum to make his MLB Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 1-3 1-1 April 8-7 3-7 debut in 2018 on May 1 in New York. The Calgary, Canada native joins OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April Tuesday 1-1 0-1 May 1-2 2-3 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 132 players, have gone Wednesday 1-1 0-3 June - - on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. Thursday 2-1 0-2 July - - Friday 1-2 1-1 August - - Saturday 2-0 1-1 September - - RILEY PROMOTED TO TRIPLE-A: Atlanta Braves No. 8 prospect and Mississippi native Aus- Sunday 1-1 1-2 Postseason - - tin Riley was promoted to Gwinnett on May 7 after playing 75 games for the M-Braves Total 9-9 5-10 Total 9-9 5-10 over the 2017 and 2018 seasons, batting .321 with 19 doubles, 14 home runs, 47 RBI and 45 runs scored. His .333 batting average currently ranks seventh in the Southern League while he led the league in extra-base hits (19), slugging percentage (.677) and M-Braves vs BayBears total bases (67). Riley was tied for first in home runs with six and second with 20 RBI. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 at Trustmark Park 6-4 7-8 5-9 6-4 5-5 9-7 4-11 ON THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On this day in 1967, Braves’ outfielder Hank Aaron hits an at Mobile 1-5 5-4 5-5 6-9 4-1 2-5 3-11 inside-the-park homer off Phillie hurler Jim Bunning. It will be ‘Hammerin’ Hank’s’ only home run Total 7-9 12-12 10-14 12-13 9-6 11-12 7-22 which doesn’t clear the fence out of his record-setting 755 round-trippers. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 at Trustmark Park 6-4 3-7 7-8 5-6 6-3 4-6 1-2 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M-Braves man- at Mobile 7-6 6-4 8-1 1-7 4-6 1-9 2-3 ager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Total 13-10 9-11 15-9 6-13 10-9 5-15 3-5 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi State University Alltime in 1983. at Trustmark Park 74-84 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the at Mobile 55-76 team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). Total 129-160 • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) manager for five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in four of his five seasons. M-Braves vs. BayBears Day-by-Day 2018 • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with 1,350 entering the 2018 season. Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/21 W, 3-1 1-0 Wright-Rodriguez, J-Webb 1,901 PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline as No. 2 in Major League 4/23 (G1: DH) W, 6-3 2-0 Graham-Custred-Webb N/A Baseball. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30). 4/23 (G2: DH) L, 5-2 2-1 Rhoades-Pike-Lillis-White 602 The roster has six of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), RHP Bryse 4/24 L, 8-4 2-2 Suarez, J-Parsons-N/A 610 Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). 4/25 L, 2-1 2-3 Castillo-Franco-Lillis-White 1,001 5/7 L, 5-0 2-4 Pena, L-Wright-N/A 1,389 Southern League Standings 5/8 W, 10-3 3-4 Wilson-Rodriguez-Mader 1,595 NORTH REC GB On the Web 5/9 L, 4-2 3-5 Rhoades-Webb 3,525 CHA (MIN) 20-13 - JXN (ARI) 19-13 0.5 TNS (CHC) 17-15 2.5 BIR (CHW) 17-16 3.0 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 14-19 6.0 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) 21-12 - player and the organization overall. 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