GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (10-14) vs. Jackson Generals (17-6) RHP Enderson Franco (0-2, 4.76) vs. RHP Ryan Atkinson (1-1, 4.26) Game #25 • April 30, 2018 • 10:35 a.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves will square off with the Jackson Generals in the series finale at Trustmark Park today at 10:35 a.m. (CST). With the series tied 2-2, Record Breakdown today’s game will be a rubber match. RHP Enderson Franco (0-2, 4.76) is set to be the Score First ................................................. 7-3 Opponents Score First .............................2-10 Shutouts ................................................... 2-2 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-3 starting pitcher for the M-Braves in today’s contest. RHP Ryan Atkinson (1-1, 4.26) is Score in 2 innings ..................................... 4-3 Score in 3 innings ......................................4-5 listed as the starting pitcher for the Generals. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 1-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 LAST TIME OUT: The Mississippi Braves were defeated by the Jackson Generals by a Leading after 6 innings ............................. 8-2 Leading after 7 innings ..............................8-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................1-1 final score of 8-1 on Sunday afternoon. The Generals manufactured their 8 runs on 11 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-11 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-11 hits. Jackson relief pitcher, Kirby Bellow (2-0, 1.17) was credited with the win for the Generals. Mississippi starter, Wes Parsons (0-2, 2.20) suffered the loss. Leading after 8 innings ............................. 7-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-7 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................4-1 Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-11 Score 4 or More Runs ................................6-6 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: On this day in 1997, The Braves win their 19th game of the month with a 12-3 rout of the Reds at Cinergy Field. Atlanta’s victory establishes First Game of Series ................................. 2-3 Last Game of Series ...................................1-3 a new major league mark for the most victories in April. First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-2 Last Game of Homestand ..........................0-2 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 1-1 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-1 M-BRAVES VS. GENERALS: The M-Braves and Generals will meet ten times in 2018 Following an Off Day ................................ 0-1 1-Run Games .............................................2-4 after the Generals went 6-3 against the Braves last season. The Generals (formerly Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................3-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 5-4 3-Run Games .............................................4-2 West Tenn Diamond Jaxx) and Braves met in the 2016 SL Championship Series with With a Homer........................................... 5-4 Allow a Homer ..........................................1-4 the Generals (then a Seattle Mariners affiliate) sweeping the best-of-five series, 3-0. With No Homers .................................... 5-10 Allow No Homers ....................................9-10 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as the M- Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 3-3 Vs. Righty Starters ...................................8-13 Night (5 pm or later) .............................. 7-11 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................2-1 Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. Following a Win ....................................... 4-6 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................5-7 • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mississippi Following a Loss ....................................... 5-8 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................5-7 State University in 1983. In Decision By Starters ........................... 3-11 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................6-3 • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League coaching staff as the team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base coach (2012-15). • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) manager for Daily & Monthly Breakdown five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in four of his five seasons. Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 0-2 1-1 April 7-7 3-7 • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with 1,350 entering Tuesday 0-1 0-1 May - - the 2018 season. Wednesday 1-0 0-2 June - - Thursday 2-1 0-1 July - - The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline as No. Friday 1-2 0-1 August - - PROSPECTING: Saturday 2-0 1-0 September - - 2 in Major League Baseball. The M-Braves roster features two of the Top 100 in RHP Sunday 1-1 1-1 Postseason - - Kyle Wright (No. 30) and INF Austin Riley (No. 97). The roster has six of the Top 30 Total 7-7 3-7 Total 7-7 3-7 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), Riley (No. 8), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). M-Braves vs. Generals VIDEO BOARD: In its second season above the LF wall, at 68 feet wide by 28 feet 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 high (1,904 square feet), the state-of-theart Panasonic HD video board is approxi- at Trustmark Park 7-6 1-4 7-3 6-3 11-5 5-3 8-6 mately four-times larger than the previous video display at Trustmark Park (2005- at Jackson 3-6 3-7 6-5 2-3 3-7 6-7 5-5 Total 10-12 4-11 13-8 8-6 14-12 11-10 13-11 2016). The board is the largest single display in the Southern League and the largest in Central and South Mississippi. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 at Trustmark Park 1-2 8-4 3-2 6-5 7-3 0-4 at Jackson 4-9 1-2 2-3 5-1 2-3 3-2 Total 5-11 9-6 5-5 11-6 9-6 3-6 2018 Alltime at Trustmark Park 2-2 72-52 at Jackson 0-0 45-60 Total 2-2 117-112 M-Braves vs. Generals Day-by-Day 2018 Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/26 L, 6-1 0-1 Duplantier-Wright 1,857 4/27 W, 6-3 1-1 Vasquez, K-Donatella-Webb 2,391 4/28 W, 4-3 2-1 Toussaint-Young-Webb 3,088 4/29 L, 8-1 2-2 Bellow-Parsons-N/A 2,200 Southern League Standings NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 17-6 - On the Web TNS (CHC) 12-11 5.0 CHA (MIN) 12-12 5.5 BIR (CHW) 11-13 6.5 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 8-16 9.5 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) 15-9 - player and the organization overall. Follow the links to listen to the M-Braves live MOB (LAA) 12-11 2.5 audio stream all season long. JAX (MIA) 11-12 3.5 MIS (ATL) 10-14 5.0 Social Media PNS (CIN) 10-14 5.0 facebook.com/mbraves On the Airways 2018 marks the 10th @mbraves season of M-Braves base- ball on the FM dial with instagram.com/mbraves WYAB 103.9 FM. The Voice of the Mississippi Braves, Derrel Palmer enters his second season as youtube.com/mississippibraves the radio voice of the M-Braves. WYAB airs all 140 games plus the postseason! Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) May 2 Pensacola Blue Wahoos RHP Kyle Wright (1-3, 4.66) vs. RHP Daniel Wright (2-1, 6.46) 6:35 PM May 3 Pensacola Blue Wahoos LHP Michael Mader (1-0, 2.81) vs. RHP Keury Mella (3-0, 0.00) 6:35 PM May 4 Pensacola Blue Wahoos RHP Touki Toussaint (1-1, 4.44) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (0-4, 5.14) 6:35 PM May 5 Pensacola Blue Wahoos RHP Wes Parsons (0-2, 2.20) vs. RHP Jesus Reyes (0-4, 5.06) 6:05 PM Page 1 Today’s Starter Franco’s 2018 Day-by-Day #14 Enderson Franco• RHP • 6’2” • 180 • Anaco, VE • 25 yrs MISSISSIPPI Date Opp. Decision IP H R ER BB SO HR 0-2, 4.76 ERA 4/25 MOB L, (L, 2-1) 5.0 5 1 1 3 3 1 vs. Righties: .341, 1 HR 4/20 PNS L, (L, 5-0) 3.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 vs. Lefties: .269, 0 HR 4/16 PNS ND 2.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 4/13 BLX ND 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 TODAY’S GAME 4/11 BLX ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4/6 TNS ND 2.1 3 0 0 2 6 0 • Enderson Franco who has spent the majority of the season as a relief pitcher out of the M-Braves bullpen, will make his third start of the 2018 season in the series finale against the Jackson Generals. LAST TIME OUT • Franco’s last appearnce with the M-Braves came on April 25 against the Mobile BayBears. In his outing against the BayBears, Franco pitched 5.0 innings, and allowed five hits, one run, which was earned, one homerun, walked three and struckout three. ACQUIRED • Selected by the Braves from the Miami Marlins in the minor league phase of the 2015 Rule 5 Draft on December 10, 2015. 2017 SEASON • Appeared between three levels of the Braves system, combining to go 6-6 with a 3.86 ERA (52 ER/121.1 IP) between Rome (A), Gwinnett (AAA) and Florida (A+).