GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (3-2, 32-43) vs. Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (2-3, 30-43) RHP Kyle Wright (4-7, 4.11) vs. RHP Robert Dugger (1-2, 5.33) Game #76 • Home #41 • 2nd Half #6 June 26, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves conclude their eighth homestand of 2018 with the final game of a six- game series (3-2) against Jacksonville at Trustmark Park. The M-Braves are 6-4 this season vs. Jackson- Record Breakdown ville this season. The M-Braves are coming off a 2-3 road trip at Biloxi to close the first half and travel Score First ............................................... 25-9 Opponents Score First .............................6-35 to Pensacola, June 28-July 3, for a six-game set after the current series. Shutouts ................................................... 4-9 Score in 1 inning ......................................3-12 Score in 2 innings ................................... 8-12 Score in 3 innings ....................................11-9 LAST TIME OUT: Jacksonville scored 6 runs in the first 5 innings to beat the M-Braves 7-2 on Monday Score in 4 innings ..................................... 6-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................4-0 night at Trustmark Park. In the loss, SS Luis Marte went 4-for-4 with a run scored and PH Luis Valenzuela was 1-for-1 with a double and 2 RBI. C Alex Jackson was 2-for-4 and scored a run. RHP Enderson Franco Leading after 6 innings ........................... 26-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................28-2 yielded 6 runs, 3 earned over 5.0 innings and set a new career high with 10 strikeouts with no walks. Tied after 6 innings .................................. 4-4 Tied after 7 innings ...................................3-6 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-35 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-32 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 1.77 ERA (15 ER/76.2 IP) with 82 strikeouts and just 15 walks over the past 13 games with 9 quality starts dating back to June 10. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 26-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................2-24 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 2-3 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-5 BRAVES VS. JUMBO SHRIMP: The M-Braves and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp meet 21 times this Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-34 Score 4 or More Runs ............................24-11 season. The M Braves will visit Jacksonville from August 8-12 as well as the final series of the year from August 30 to September 3. Mississippi leads the season-series 6-4, outscoring the Jumbo First Game of Series ................................. 7-8 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...7-7/3-5 Shrimp 64-46 (6.4/4.6 avg. game total) First Game of Homestand ........................ 2-5 Last Game of Homestand ..........................3-3 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 3-3 Last Game of Road Trip .............................3-3 MARTE, MARTE, MARTE: Luis Marte has hit in 7 straight games and 15 of 17 games since June Following an Off Day ................................ 2-3 1-Run Games ...........................................6-11 4, batting .400 (T-1st, AA baseball) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 8 RBI, 3 walks and 2 stolen bases. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 3-2 2-Run Games .............................................5-5 He’s batting .556 (T-2nd, MiLB) over the 7-game hitting streak with 3 extra-base hits and 4 runs. I Errorless Games ................................... 12-11 3-Run Games .............................................6-6 With a Homer....................................... 18-15 Allow a Homer ........................................9-19 A-JAX HEATING UP IN JUNE: C Alex Jackson is batting .387 (12-for-31) over his last 8 games With No Homers .................................. 14-28 Allow No Homers ..................................21-26 with 5 doubles, 1 home run, 5 runs, 6 RBI and 3 walks. Jackson has 8 RBI over his last 10 games. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 9-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................29-37 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint leads the Southern League Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 23-36 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-6 in strikeouts (96), is 3rd among SL starters with an 10.94 SO/9IP, T-4th in innings pitched (79.0) and Following a Win ................................... 13-19 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-15 is 7th in ERA (3.19). INF Alay Lago is the 4th-toughest player in the league to strikeout (1 SO/8.81 Following a Loss ................................... 19-21 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................26-28 PA). INF Luis Valenzuela is 9th in the SL with a .288 batting average. In Decision By Starters ......................... 19-31 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................13-11 MISSISSIPPI ON MY MIND: The M-Braves are currently on a stretch of 36 games in which they do not leave the state of Mississippi. The stretch began on May 23 and will go through the current Daily & Monthly Breakdown series ending on June 26. Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total Monday 1-5 1-3 2-8 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 MARLETTE KEEPS MASHING: Since May 4, INF Tyler Marlette is batting .318/.418/.471 with Tuesday 2-3 2-1 4-4 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 30 runs, 9 doubles, 5 home runs, 18 RBI and 26 walks in 46 games. He’s raised his batting average Wednesday 1-3 1-5 2-8 June 5-10 3-4 8-14 from .185 to .279. Thursday 4-3 2-3 6-6 July - - - Top Southern League Batters Since May 4th Friday 2-5 1-3 3-8 August - - - Saturday 5-0 3-4 8-4 September - - - Player Team G AVG XBH OPS Sunday 3-3 4-2 7-4 Postseason - - - Kevin Medrano Jackson 30 .356 15 .928 Total 18-22 14-21 32-43 18-22 14-21 32-43 Eloy Jimenez Birmingham 39 .338 20 .965 Brett Sullivan Montgomery 36 .322 12 .822 Tyler Marlette Mississippi 46 .318 14 .890 M-Braves vs Jumbo Shrimp RECORD-SETTING 17-1 WIN: Sunday’s 17-1 win over Jacksonville on Sunday included the big- 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 gest inning in club history, 11 runs in the bottom of the 5th. That total bested the previous high of 10 on July 16, 2015 vs. Jacksonville. Since 2013, the M-Braves have scored 15 runs, or more, just at Trustmark Park 2-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-3 2-1 2-3 four times. July 16, 2015 (15), May 25, 2014 (15) and May 7, 2013 (19, club record). at Jacksonville 6-3 3-3 2-3 4-1 3-2 2-3 4-6 Total 8-7 5-6 4-6 6-4 4-5 4-4 6-9 TOUKI TOUSSAINT CLIMBING MILB STRIKEOUT LEADERBOARD: RHP Touki Toussaint is 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1st in Double-A baseball and the Southern League with 96 strikeouts on the season in 79.0 innings. at Trustmark Park 3-2 2-3 3-2 4-1 5-5 5-5 6-4 The 21-year-old ranks 8th in Minor League Baseball in strikeouts. at Jacksonville 1-3 2-3 4-1 4-5 6-4 3-7 0-0 Most Strikeouts in Double-A Baseball Total 4-5 4-6 7-3 8-6 11-9 8-12 6-4 Player Team MLB Club G GS IP SO Alltime Touki Toussaint Mississippi Atlanta 15 15 79.0 96 Lewis Thorpe Chattanooga Minnesota 15 14 73.2 94 at Trustmark Park 41-42 Taylor Widener Jackson Arizona 14 14 73.2 94 at Jacksonville 44-44 Zack Brown Biloxi Milwaukee 15 15 92.0 89 Total 85-86 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: OF Dustin Peterson became the fourth M-Brave alum to make his MLB debut in 2018 on Monday, May 28 vs. the New York Mets at Sun Trust Park. He joins RHP Mike M-Braves vs Jumbo Shrimp Day-by-Day Soroka, OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (April 25) and LHP Jesse Biddle (April 21) to have debuted this season. In total, 133 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. Date Result Record W-L-S Att 5/23 L, 8-1 0-1 Mahoney-Wright 1,888 PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked No. 2 in Major League Baseball by MLB. com prior to th season. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP Kyle Wright 5/24 L, 3-0 0-2 P. Lopez-Toussaint-Quijada 2,336 (No. 30). The roster has a total of five of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), RHP Touki Tous- 5/25 W, 8-6 (10) 1-2 Sobotka-Keller 1,994 saint (No. 11), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14) and OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21). 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 NORTH REC GB 6/21 W, 11-2 4-2 Wright-Poteet 2,292 BIR (CHW) 3-2 - On the Web 6/22 L, 10-3 4-3 Duval-Wilson 2,114 JXN (ARI) 2-3 1.0 MTG (TB) 2-3 1.0 6/23 W, 4-3 5-3 Clouse-Keller 2,423 TNS (CHC) 2-3 1.0 For all of your M-Braves information 6/24 W, 17-1 6-3 Toussaint-Gonzalez 1,618 CHA (MIN) 1-4 2.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 6/25 L, 7-2 6-4 Neidert-Franco 1,641 stats and articles detailing every M-Braves SOUTH REC GB 6/26 BLX (MIL) 4-1 - player and the organization overall.