GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Contact: Chris Harris - [email protected] Mississippi Braves (0-0) at Tennessee Smokies (0-0) By The Numbers All-Time Record (since 2005) ................................. 939-991 RHP Ian Anderson (0-0, --) vs. RHP Thomas Hatch (0-0, --) 2019 at Trustmark Park .................................................. 0-0 2019 on the Road ........................................................... 0-0 Game #1 • Road Game #1 Last 10 ............................................................................ 0-0 Day Games ..................................................................... 0-0 April 4, 2019 • 6:00 pm (CT) • Kodak, TN • Smokies Stadium Night Games .................................................................. 0-0 TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves and Tennessee Smokies open the 2019 regular season with five-game series at Smokies Stadium. Atlanta Braves No. 3 overall prospect RHP Ian Anderson faces off against M-Braves vs Smokies Chicago Cubs’ No. 17 prospect RHP Thomas Hatch. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 This marks the second-straight season that the M-Braves and Smokies have faced each other to open at Trustmark Park 2-1 2-3 2-3 4-1 3-2 2-8 4-2 the year. The M-Braves won last year’s series opener 3-0 at Trustmark Park. The M-Braves are 1-2 at Tennessee 3-1 3-2 1-3 3-2 4-1 2-3 2-3 against the Smokies in series openers. Total 5-2 5-5 3-6 7-3 7-3 4-11 6-5 This is the first road series to begin a season since 2008. The M-Braves dropped the Opening Day con- 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 test against the Huntsville Stars at Joe Davis Stadium, 8-2, on 4/3/08. This is just the fourth time in 15 at Trustmark Park 2-3 4-1 4-1 2-3 3-2 2-3 3-2 seasons that Mississippi has opened away from Trustmark Park. at Tennessee 1-4 3-2 4-6 1-4 7-3 3-2 2-3 Total 3-7 7-3 8-7 3-7 10-5 5-5 5-5 All-time, the M-Braves are 5-9 in season openers dating back to 2005 and 0-3 on the road. 2019 Alltime LAST TIME OUT: The M-Braves closed the second-half of the 2018 season playing its best baseball, at Trustmark Park 0-0 39-35 narrowly missing out on the playoffs by one game with a 38-30 record. The club finished the year 34- at Tennessee 0-0 39-39 24 from July 1 to the end of the season following a 17-12 July and 16-11 August. Those 34 wins were third-most in the Southern League over that period of time. Montgomery had 38 wins and Biloxi had Total 0-0 78-74 36 wins. OPENING DAY ROSTER: The M-Braves Opening Day roster has 25 active players and three on the Record Breakdown injured list to begin the season. Score First ................................................. 0-0 Opponents Score First ...............................0-0 Overall the initial roster has 14 players returning to Mississippi from 2018, 13 that were drafted by the Shutouts ................................................... 0-0 Score in 1 inning ........................................0-0 Braves, four minor league free agents, four non-drafted free agents, three acquired via trade and one Score in 2 innings ..................................... 0-0 Score in 3 innings ......................................0-0 selected in the Rule 5 draft. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 0-0 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 The roster contains three with MLB experience (Jason Hursh, Ben Rowen, Andy Wilkins), seven coun- Leading after 6 innings ............................. 0-0 Leading after 7 innings ..............................0-0 tries represented (United States, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Aruba, Columbia, Mexico and the Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................0-0 U.S. territory of Puerto Rico) Trailing after 6 innings ............................. 0-0 Trailing after 7 innings ...............................0-0 Nine top 30 prospects according to MLB.com (Ian Anderson (3), Cristian Pache (4), Drew Waters (8), Joey Wentz (12), Kyle Muller (13), Patrick Weigel (19), Tucker Davidson (22), C.J Alexander (23) and Leading after 8 innings ............................. 0-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-0 Ray-Patrick Didder (30)...three top 100 prospects in baseball according to MLB.com (Anderson (32), Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................0-0 Pache (36) and Waters (84)). Trailing after 8 innings ............................. 0-0 Score 4 or More Runs ................................0-0 The roster contains five players that are 21-years-old, or younger to begin the season. OFDrew Waters First Game of Series ................................. 0-0 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match .......0-0/0-0 is the youngest (20, 12/30/98), followed by OF Cristian Pache (20, 11/19/98), RHP Ian Anderson (20, First Game of Homestand ........................ 0-0 Last Game of Homestand ..........................0-0 5/2/98), LHP Joey Wentz (21, 10/6/97) and LHP Kyle Muller (21, 10/7/97). First Game of Road Trip ........................... 0-0 Last Game of Road Trip .............................0-0 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney “Hammer” returns for his second season as M-Braves manager. Maloney, 57, the seventh skipper in franchise history attended Jackson’s St. Joseph Following an Off Day ................................ 0-0 1-Run Games .............................................0-0 High School and went on to play collegiate baseball at Mississippi State University, graduating in 1983. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................0-0 Errorless Games ....................................... 0-0 3-Run Games .............................................0-0 During his first season in 2018, Maloney guided the M-Braves to a 67-71 record, boasting a 38-30 With a Homer........................................... 0-0 Allow a Homer ..........................................0-0 mark in the second half of the season, missing out on the playoffs by just one game in the standings. With No Homers ...................................... 0-0 Allow No Homers ......................................0-0 Maloney enters 2019 ranked eighth among active minor league managers with 1,417 wins (1,417- 1,321 overall record, .518 winning percentage) and has guided his clubs to winning records in 11 of 21 seasons and league championships in 1993 (Savannah Cardinals, South Atlantic League) and 2009 Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 0-0 Vs. Righty Starters .....................................0-0 (Memphis Redbirds, Pacific Coast League). Night (5 pm or later) ................................ 0-0 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................0-0 Following a Win ....................................... 0-0 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................0-0 11 M-BRAVES ALUMS MADE MLB DEBUTS IN 2018: RHP Bryse Wilson became the 140th Following a Loss ....................................... 0-0 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................0-0 M-Braves alum and 11th in 2018 to move on and make their MLB debut on August 21. Wilson joined In Decision By Starters ............................. 0-0 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................0-0 RHP Touki Toussaint (August 13) RHP Chad Sobotka (August 11), RHP Wes Parsons (August 9), LHP Adam McCreery (August 9), LHP Kolby Allard (July 31) C Willians Astudillo (June 30, Twins) 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, 139 players, have gone on to make their MLB debuts On the Web after playing in Pearl since 2005. OFMichael Reed had previously made his MLB debut for Milwaukee, Social Media but made his debut with Atlanta after opening the 2018 season in Mississippi on July 23. The current Atlanta Braves current 25-man roster features 16 M-Braves Alums: LHP Jesse Biddle, LHP facebook.com/mbraves Max Fried, LHP A.J. Minter, LHP Sean Newcomb, RHP Wes Parsons, RHP Chad Sobotka, RHP Julio Te- For all of your M-Braves information heran, LHP Johnny Venters, RHP Arodys Vizcaino, RHP Kyle Wright, C Brian McCann, INF Ozzie Albies, needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. 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BIRMINGHAM 0-0 -- BILOXI 0-0 -- CHATTANOOGA 0-0 -- JACKSONVILLE 0-0 -- JACKSON (TN) 0-0 -- MISSISSIPPI 0-0 -- MONTGOMERY 0-0 -- MOBILE 0-0 -- TENNESSEE 0-0 -- PENSACOLA 0-0 -- Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule - All Times CT Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) Fri., April 5 at Tennessee LHP Kyle Muller (0-0, --) vs. RHP Cory Abbott (0-0, --) 6:00 PM Sat, April 6 at Tennessee LHP Joey Wentz (0-0, --) vs. RHP Keegan Thompson (0-0, --) 6:00 PM Sun., April 7 at Tennessee RHP Patrick Weigel (0-0, --) vs. LHP Justin Steele (0-0, --) 1:00 PM Mon., April 8 at Tennessee LHP Tucker Davidson (0-0, --) vs. RHP Tyson Miller (0-0, --) 6:00 PM Today’s Starter Anderson’s 2019 Day-by-Day MISSISSIPPI #4 Ian Anderson (0-0, 0.00) Date Opp. Decision IP/P