GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (3-3, 32-44) at Pensacola Blue Wahoos (4-2, 34-40) RHP Bryse Wilson (1-5, 5.83) vs. RHP Daniel Wright (3-5, 4.44) Game #77 • Road #36 • 2nd Half #7 June 28, 2018 • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • Pensacola, FL •Blue Wahoos Stadium TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves and Blue Wahoos open a six-game road series tonight at Blue Wahoos Stadium. This is the 16th of 26 meetings between the clubs this season. The M-Braves are coming Record Breakdown off a 3-3 homestand against Jacksonville and will return to Trustmark Park for a four-game series vs. Score First ............................................... 25-9 Opponents Score First .............................6-36 Biloxi, July 4-7. Shutouts ................................................... 4-9 Score in 1 inning ......................................3-12 Score in 2 innings ................................... 8-12 Score in 3 innings ..................................11-10 LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves dropped the final game of the series against Jacksonville on Tuesday Score in 4 innings ..................................... 6-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................4-0 night at Trustmark Park 6-5. RHP Kyle Wright recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts in just 5.2 innings of work, allowing four hits, four runs, three earned, three walks and a home run...Wright’s previous career Leading after 6 innings ........................... 26-4 Leading after 7 innings ............................28-2 high was 8 strikeouts in a game. C Alex Jackson scored a pair of runs and drew a walk with a 2-for-3 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 4-4 Tied after 7 innings ...................................3-7 effort on the night. SS Luis Marte hit a game-tying two-run home run in the 7th inning, his first with Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 2-36 Trailing after 7 innings .............................0-32 the M-Braves. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 26-1 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................2-24 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 1.97 ERA (18 ER/82.1 IP) with 95 strikeouts and Tied after 8 innings .................................. 2-3 Score 3 Runs ..............................................5-5 just 18 walks over the past 14 games with nine quality starts dating back to June 10. Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-35 Score 4 or More Runs ............................24-12 M-BRAVES VS. BLUE WAHOOS: The M-Braves and Cincinnati Reds affiliate meet 26 times in First Game of Series ................................. 7-8 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...7-8/3-5 First Game of Homestand ........................ 2-5 Last Game of Homestand ..........................3-4 2018 with 15 games being played at Trustmark Park and 11 games at Blue Wahoos Stadium. The First Game of Road Trip ........................... 3-3 Last Game of Road Trip .............................3-3 Blue Wahoos will make one final visit to Trustmark Park, July 12-16. The M-Braves are 6-9 against the Blue Wahoos this season and are 64-62 all-time vs. Pensacola, 29-30 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Following an Off Day ................................ 2-3 1-Run Games ...........................................6-12 Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 3-2 2-Run Games .............................................5-5 MARTE ON EIGHT-GAME HITTING STREAK: Luis Marte has hit in eight straight games and I Errorless Games ................................... 12-12 3-Run Games .............................................6-6 16 of 18 games since June 4, batting .397 (25-for-63) with three doubles, one triple, one home With a Homer....................................... 18-16 Allow a Homer ........................................9-20 run, 10 RBI, three walks and two stolen bases. He’s batting .556 (16-for-30)) over the eight-game With No Homers .................................. 14-28 Allow No Homers ..................................21-26 hitting streak with four extra-base hits and five runs. Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 9-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................29-38 A-JAX HEATING UP IN JUNE: C Alex Jackson is batting .412 (14-for-34) over his last nine games Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 23-37 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................3-6 with five doubles, one home run, seven runs, six RBI and four walks. Jackson has eight RBI over Following a Win ................................... 13-19 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................6-15 Following a Loss ................................... 19-22 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................26-29 his last 11 games. In Decision By Starters ......................... 19-31 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................13-12 M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: RHP Touki Toussaint leads the Southern League in strikeouts (96), is 3rd among SL starters with an 10.94 SO/9IP, 5th in opponents AVG (.216), is 7th in ERA (3.19). RHP Kyle Wright is 3rd in innings pitched (82.1). INF Alay Daily & Monthly Breakdown Lago is the 4th-toughest player in the league to strikeout (1 SO/8.81 PA). INF Luis Valenzu- Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total ela is 6th in the SL with a .292 batting average. INF Tyler Marlette is 10th in batting average Monday 1-5 1-3 2-8 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 (.279). Tuesday 2-4 2-1 4-5 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 Wednesday 1-3 1-5 2-8 June 5-11 3-4 8-15 MARLETTE KEEPS MASHING: Since May 4, INF Tyler Marlette is batting .317/.415/.466 with Thursday 4-3 2-3 6-6 July - - - 30 runs, nine doubles, five home runs, 18 RBI and 26 walks in 47 games. He’s raised his batting Friday 2-5 1-3 3-8 August - - - average from .185 to .279. Saturday 5-0 3-4 8-4 September - - - Sunday 3-3 4-2 7-4 Postseason - - - RECORD-SETTING 17-1 WIN: Sunday’s 17-1 win over Jacksonville on Sunday included Total 18-23 14-21 32-44 18-23 14-21 32-44 the biggest 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 four times. July 16, 2015 (15), May 25, 2014 (15) and May 7, 2013 M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos (19, club record). 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 4-6 TOUKI TOUSSAINT CLIMBING MILB STRIKEOUT LEADERBOARD: RHP Touki Toussaint is at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 2-3 1st in Double-A baseball and the Southern League with 96 strikeouts on the season in 79.0 innings. Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 6-9 The 21-year-old ranks 8th in Minor League Baseball in strikeouts. Alltime Most Strikeouts in Double-A Baseball at Trustmark Park 35-32 Player Team MLB Club G GS IP SO at Pensacola 29-30 Touki Toussaint Mississippi Atlanta 15 15 79.0 96 Total 64-62 Taylor Widener Jackson Arizona 14 14 73.2 94 Lewis Thorpe Chattanooga Minnesota 15 14 75.1 93 Keegan Akin Bowie Baltimore 14 14 73.2 92 FROM PEARL TO ATLANTA: RHP Wes Parsons was promoted to Atlanta on Wednesday. If he makes his debut he would be come the fifth M-Braves alum to make their MLB debut this season. Parsons would join OF Dustin Peterson (May 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, 133 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts after playing in Pearl since 2005. M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos Day-by-Day PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked No. 2 in Major League Baseball by Date Result Record W-L-S Att MLB.com prior to th season. The M-Braves roster currently features one Top 100 prospect in RHP 4/16 L, 8-3 0-1 Wright-Dn-Wright 1,179 Kyle Wright (No. 30). The roster has a total of five of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 4/17 L, 8-4 0-2 Mella, K-Gohara-Powers 1,474 2), RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), RHP Bryse Wilson (No. 13), C Alex Jackson (No. 14) and OF Travis 4/18 W, 9-4 1-2 Clouse-De Paula- 4,644 Demeritte (No. 21). 4/19 W, 3-2 2-2 Watts-Reyes-Webb 1,663 4/20 L, 5-0 2-3 Strahan-Franco, E 2,945 Southern League Standings 5/2 L, 9-5 2-4 Mitchell-Graham 3,789 NORTH REC GB 5/3 L, 7-1 2-5 Leyer-Mader-De Paula 4,187 BIR (CHW) 4-2 - On the Web 5/4 W, 9-2 3-5 Toussaint-Reyes 5,038 TNS (CHC) 3-3 1.0 5/5 W, 7-1 4-5 Parsons-Gutierrez 5,038 CHA (MIN) 2-4 2.0 5/6 L, 9-7 4-6 Navas-McCreery-Powers 5,038 JXN (ARI) 2-4 2.0 For all of your M-Braves information 6/8 L, 6-1 4-7 Varner-Wright 2,595 MTG (TB) 2-4 2.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 6/9 W, 12-5 5-7 Toussaint-Dn Wright 2,735 There you’ll find photos, videos, live game 6/10 L, 3-1 5-8 Mella-Wilson-Reyes 1,529 SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves BLX (MIL) 4-2 - player and the organization overall. 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