GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (21-19, 50-60) at Chattanooga Lookouts (16-23, 52-56) LHP Michael Mader (3-2, 3.38) vs. LHP Dietrich Enns (0-5, 6.00) Game #111 • Road #52 (21-30) • 2nd Half #41 August 3, 2018 • 6:15 pm (CT) • Chattanooga, TN • AT&T Field TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue a ten-game road trip today with the second game of a five-game series against the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field. This is the first series between Record Breakdown the Lookouts (MIN) and M-Braves since a five-game set, August 21-25, 2017 at AT&T Field. The M- Score First ............................................. 37-13 Opponents Score First ...........................12-48 Braves went 2-9 against Chattanooga last season and the Lookouts lead the all-time series 83-72 Shutouts ................................................. 9-11 Score in 1 inning ......................................8-19 and 43-36 at AT&T Field. The Lookouts will make a return trip to Trustmark Park, August 14-18. The Score in 2 innings ................................. 13-17 Score in 3 innings ..................................16-11 M-Braves’ second-leg of the road trip is at Jacksonville, August 8-12. The Braves are coming off a Score in 4 innings ..................................... 8-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................5-1 4-1 series win over Birmingham. Leading after 6 innings ........................... 38-7 Leading after 7 innings ............................38-5 LAST TIME OUT: The Chattanooga Lookouts won the first game between the two clubs in 2018 on Tied after 6 innings .................................. 8-7 Tied after 7 innings ...................................7-9 Thursday night at A&T Field, 12-3. RHP Elian Leyva struck out six and walked just one over 5.0 innings Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-46 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-42 on the mound, yielding four runs on eight hits. 1B Tyler Marlette was 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and CF Cristian Pache was 2-for-5 with a run scored. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 37-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................5-32 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 5-6 Score 3 Runs ..............................................9-8 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 2.66 ERA (78 ER/264.1 IP) with 273 strikeouts and Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 1-46 Score 4 or More Runs ............................32-15 just 89 walks over the past 48 games (24-24 record) with 26 quality starts dating back to June 10. Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.31/9IP ratio. First Game of Series ............................. 11-12 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match 10-11/3-6 First Game of Homestand ........................ 4-6 Last Game of Homestand ..........................5-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 4-6 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-5 REACHING RAY-PATRICK DIDDER: INF Ray-Patrick Didder has reached base safely in 20 of 22 games since being promoted to Double-A on July 9. Didder is batting .313 (21-for-67) with a .403 Following an Off Day ................................ 2-5 1-Run Games .........................................11-18 on-base percentage. Didder had a 15-game on-base streak snapped in game two of Wednesday’s Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 4-4 2-Run Games ...........................................10-5 doubleheader with Birmingham. I Errorless Games ................................... 23-18 3-Run Games ...........................................10-8 With a Homer....................................... 29-19 Allow a Homer ......................................14-29 THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE: 19-year-old OF Cristian Pache, the With No Homers .................................. 21-41 Allow No Homers ..................................33-34 Atlanta Braves No. 5 prospect and No. 58 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline has multi- hit games in each of his first two Mississippi games. He is 4-for-7 with a run scored. Pache will not Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................40-50 turn 20 until November 19. Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 42-53 Vs. Lefty Starters ...................................10-10 Following a Win ................................... 22-28 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................8-22 17 WINS IN JULY: After an 8-18 June, Mississippi finished 17-12 in July. The 17 wins are the most in Following a Loss ................................... 28-30 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................42-38 a single month during the 2018 season and most since finishing 18-11 in July, 2016. The M-Braves In Decision By Starters ......................... 29-39 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................21-20 hit .231 for the month and posted a team 3.10 ERA, outscoring the opposition 107-101. TUESDAY’S TRADE: Two M-Braves were traded on Tuesday just prior to the MLB trading deadline Daily & Monthly Breakdown on Tuesday. LHP Bruce Zimmermann and C Brett Cumberland were sent to Baltimore, along with Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total RHP Evan Phillips, INF Jean Carlos Encarnación and international signing slots for RHP Kevin Gaus- Monday 3-5 2-5 5-10 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 man and RHP Darren O’Day. Tuesday 3-5 3-2 6-7 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 Wednesday 3-4 2-6 5-10 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 MORE MOVES: Wednesday the Atlanta Braves promoted 20-year-old RHP Bryse Wilson to Triple- Thursday 5-5 3-5 8-10 July 10-7 7-5 17-12 A Gwinnett, as well as LHP Phil Pfeifer. OF Cristian Pache and RHP Josh Graham were promoted Friday 3-7 2-4 5-11 August 1-0 0-1 1-1 to the M-Braves from High-A Florida. Saturday 8-0 4-5 12-5 September - - - Sunday 4-3 5-3 9-5 Postseason - - - NEW MLB PIPELINE PROSPECT RANKING FEATURES SIX M-BRAVES: The Mississippi Total 29-30 21-30 50-60 29-30 21-30 50-60 Braves feature five of the Atlanta Braves Top 30 prospects according to MLB Pipeline’s July 26 up- date. OF Cristian Pache (#5 and #58 in all of MLB), LHP Thomas Burrows (21), OF Travis Demeritte (24), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (28) and RHP Josh Graham (29) are among Atlanta’s Top 30 prospects. M-Braves vs Lookouts 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 EARNING YOUR DEMERITTE: OF Travis Demeritte leads the club in home runs (12), extra-base at Trustmark Park 1-2 2-3 2-2 9-5 5-0 1-4 1-4 hits (34) and RBI (49). The New York, NY native had 14 extra-base hits in July. at Chattanooga 4-4 4-1 2-8 2-3 3-7 3-2 2-3 WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND: The M-Braves are 21-10 on the weekend this season, including Total 5-6 6-4 4-10 11-8 8-7 4-6 3-7 8-0 on Saturday’s at home. Overall, the M-Braves are 12-5 on Saturday’s and 9-5 on Sunday’s. Mis- 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 sissippi is 27-48 during the week in 2018. at Trustmark Park 1-8 4-1 3-2 4-1 3-2 0-6 0-0 at Chattanooga 2-3 2-3 3-2 4-1 3-2 2-3 0-1 AMERICAN LEAGUE STYLE BASEBALL: The M-Braves are currently in a stretch of playing 20-straight games with the Designated Hitter. The stretch will end after the five-game set in Chat- Total 3-11 6-4 6-4 8-2 6-4 2-9 0-1 tanooga (MIN). Alltime at Trustmark Park 36-40 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: INF Luis Valenzuela ranks 7th in the SL with at Chattanooga 36-43 a .274 batting average. RHP ranks 9th with a 3.56 ERA. LHP is Enderson Franco Corbin Clouse Total 72-83 T-3rd in appearances (36) and 2nd among SL relievers with an 11.93 SO/9IP ratio. FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: LHP Kolby Allard made his Major League debut for the Braves on July 31, and became the 135th M-Braves player and sixth this season to move on and make M-Braves vs Lookouts Day-by-Day their MLB debut. Allard joins C Willians Astudillo (June 30, Twins) OF Dustin Peterson (May Date Result Record W-L-S Att 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. OF Michael Reed has previously made his MLB debut for 8/2 L, 12-3 0-1 Thorpe-Leyva 1,750 Milwaukee, but made his debut with Atlanta after opening the 2018 season in Mississippi on July 23 at Miami. 8/3 Southern League Standings 8/4 NORTH REC GB 8/5 MTG (TB) 22-18 - On the Web BIR (CHW) 22-19 0.5 JXN (ARI) 20-20 2.0 8/6 TNS (CHC) 17-22 4.5 For all of your M-Braves information CHA (MIN) 16-23 5.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 8/14 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves 8/15 PNS (CIN) 28-12 - player and the organization overall. 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