MISSISSIPPI Date Opp. Decision/Result IP (PC/K) H R ER BB SO HR 4/7 at TNS ND/L, 4-3 0.2 (28/12) 0 0 0 3 0 0 4/14 MOB, G2 ND/L, 2-0 2.0 (38/23) 2 0 0 1 1 0 4/20 MTG L,1/L, 5-0 2.0 (40/22) 0 1 0 1 3 0 4/26 at MOB ND/L, 5-3 1.2 (37/18) 2 2 2 3 2 0 April: 4 GS, 0-1, 2.84 ERA, 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 8 BB, 6 SO 5/1 JAX ND/W, 2-0 3.0 (36/25) 0 0 0 0 4 0 5/6 PNS ND/L, 6-3 3.0 (29/20) 3 1 1 0 2 0 GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Contact: Chris Harris - [email protected] Mississippi Braves (23-23, 56-59) at Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (26-20, 55-61) By The Numbers Streak ............................................................. L1, W 7 of 11 LHP Phil Pfeifer (1-1, 4.15) vs. RHP Jorge Guzman (5-10, 3.89) All-Time Record (since 2005) .............................. 995-1,050 2019 at Trustmark Park .............................................. 27-27 Game #116 • 2nd Half #47 • Road Game #62 2019 on the Road ....................................................... 29-32 Day Games ................................................................. 11-12 Friday, Aug. 9, 2019 • 6:05 pm (CT) • Jacksonville, FL • The Baseball Grounds Night Games .............................................................. 44-47 TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves continue a five-game road series (1-1) in Jacksonville against the Jumbo Shrimp on Friday night at The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Tonight marks the 200th all-time meeting M-Braves vs Jumbo Shrimp between the clubs with Mississippi leading the all-time series, 100-99. This is the final series between the south division foes this season and the 19th of 21 overall meetings. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All-time the M-Braves are 100-99 against Jacksonville since 2005, and 52-53 in games played at The Baseball at Trustmark Park 2-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-3 2-1 2-3 Grounds. The M-Braves are 10-8 against the Jumbo Shrimp this season, including a 2-4 series loss, July 11-16. 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 LAST TIME OUT: CF Connor Lien hit a solo home run in the second inning and RF Trey Harris finished a homer shy of the cycle in Thursday night’s 5-1 loss to Jacksonville. Jacksonville starter Daniel Castano struck out 13 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 over a 9.0 inning complete game. Lien finished 2-for-3 with his sixth home run and Harris was 3-for-4 with a double, triple and extended his hitting streak to eight games. at Trustmark Park 3-2 2-3 3-2 4-1 5-5 5-5 6-5 at Jacksonville 1-3 2-3 4-1 4-5 6-4 3-7 5-4 HARRIS ON AN 8-GAME HITTING STREAK: OF Trey Harris is currently on an eight-game hitting streak, bat- Total 4-5 4-6 7-3 8-6 11-9 8-12 11-9 ting .355 (11-for-31) with three doubles, two triples, two RBI, four runs and .394 OBP. 2019 All-Time DIDDER SETTING THE TABLE: INF/OF Ray-Patrick Didder has a .396 OBP and is 13-for-14 in SB opportunities at Trustmark Park 7-3 48-46 so far in the second-half of the season, batting .262 with six doubles, a home run, eight RBI and 17 walks. He now ranks 8th in the league with 20 stolen bases and 2nd in HBP (15). He has been HBP 114 times in his at Jacksonville 3-5 51-53 career and 102 times since the 2015 season. Total 10-8 100-99 CASTEEL CLEANING UP: 28-year-old 1B Ryan Casteel has found a home in the cleanup spot and leads the club and ranks 3rd in the league with 19 home runs and three multi-homer games. His three-homer game on July 3 was the first in M-Braves history. He ranks among the league leaders in slugging (.501, 3rd), OPS Record Breakdown (.845, 4th), HR (19, 3rd), RBI (63, 3rd), XBH (36, 6th) and TB (168, 4th). Casteel has already moved into 7th place on the M-Braves all-time home run list. Score First ............................................. 36-19 Opponents Score First ...........................18-40 Leading after 6 innings ........................... 40-8 Leading after 7 innings ............................40-5 MULLER TIME: LHP Kyle Muller became the second Southern League pitcher and third in Double-A baseball Tied after 6 innings ................................ 11-5 Tied after 7 innings ...................................9-4 to reach 100 strikeouts on July 4. Muller ranks 6th in the league with 120 strikeouts on the season, is 7th and leads the club in innings pitched (111.2), 3rd in opponents’ batting average (.208) and 7th in ERA (3.14). Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 4-46 Trailing after 7 innings .............................2-37 MULTI-HOMER GAMES: Wednesday’s multi-homer games fromRyan Casteel and C.J. Alexander marked the Leading after 8 innings ........................... 41-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...........................10-32 first time in team history that two M-Braves recorded multi-homers in the same game. Casteel leads the M-Braves with three multi-homer games this season. Overall this season, Mississippi has notched a club Tied after 8 innings .................................. 8-4 Score 3 Runs ............................................6-16 record eight multi-homer games this season. Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 0-46 Score 4 or More Runs ............................39-11 APPROACHING THREE MILLION FANS: The M-Braves drew 15,407 fans over the five-game homestand with Tennessee and are 1,676 away from bringing in the 3 millionth fan for Mississippi Braves baseball at Trust- First Game of Series ............................. 10-14 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match ...12-11/2-2 mark Park. The 3 millionth fan will receive great prizes from the Mississippi Braves and Atlanta Braves. First Game of Homestand ........................ 5-5 Last Game of Homestand ..........................4-6 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 5-6 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-4 MONDAY’S ROSTER MOVES: The Atlanta Braves promoted OF Cristian Pache, OF Drew Waters, RHP Ian An- derson and LHP Tucker Davidson were promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett. LHP Thomas Burrows, OF Connor Lien, C Jonathan Morales and INF Riley Unroe were transferred to Mississippi from Triple-A Gwinnett. Following an Off Day ................................ 7-1 1-Run Games .........................................16-20 RHP Nolan Kingham was promoted to Mississippi from High-A Florida and INF Luis Valenzuela has been Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 6-5 2-Run Games .........................................15-21 released from the organization. Errorless Games ................................... 35-21 3-Run Games .............................................5-6 SUNDAY’S ROSTER MOVES: LHP Kyle Muller was placed on the 7-day Injured list with a right calf strain...RHP With a Homer....................................... 30-20 Allow a Homer ......................................14-30 Josh Rowen was transferred to Mississippi from Triple-A Gwinnett...RHP Jonathan Aro was transferred back to With No Homers .................................. 25-40 Allow No Homers ..................................42-29 Mississippi from High-A Florida and RHP Brandon White was transferred back to High-A Florida from Mississippi. JULY TURNAROUND: The M-Braves finished July 11-3 over their last 14 games after a 3-11 beginning to the White Jersey ............................................. 8-8 Vs. Righty Starters .................................46-47 month. The Braves ended July, 14-14, batting .244 and posting a 3.44 ERA. Starters had a 2.99 ERA. Red Jersey .............................................. 8-18 Vs. Lefty Starters ...................................10-12 Navy Blue Jersey .................................. 25-19 Starter Goes <5 Innings .........................13-32 JULY PLAYERS OF THE MONTH: M-Braves OF Greyson Jenista and LHP Tucker Davidson were named the Mississippi Braves Players of the Month for July. Jenista hit .333 (27-for-81) over his first full month at Gray Jersey .......................................... 13-14 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................43-27 the Double-A level with three doubles, three home runs, 12 RBI, 10 runs, nine walks, two stolen bases Special Jersey ........................................... 1-0 In Decision By Starters ..........................32-37 and a .402 OBP. Davidson was 3-1 with a 2.57 ERA (8 ER/28.0 IP), seven walks, 33 strikeouts and a .232 Series Breakdown ............................. 9-11-1 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................24-22 opponents’ batting average. HISTORY MADE ON JUNE 28: Ian Anderson and Jeremy Walker’s combined nine-inning no-hitter on Friday, Vs. South Division ................................ 32-37 NL Style Baseball ...................................36-29 June 28 vs. Jackson was the third no-hitter in team history. The last was a combined no-hitter from Julio Vs. North Division ................................ 24-24 AL Style Baseball ...................................20-30 Teheran and Tyrelle Harris on Aug. 2, 2010 vs. Mobile. The first, and only individual no-hitter came from the late Tommy Hanson on June 25, 2008, vs. Birmingham. Anderson’s 14 strikeouts over 7.0 innings in the game matched Hanson’s single-game team record set in the same game. On the Web MADE IN MISSISSIPPI: OF Travis Demeritte made his MLB debut for the Detroit Tigers on August 2 at Texas Social Media becoming with 146th M-Braves alum to move to make their Major League debut. LHP Jeremy Walker 7/26/19, RHP Huascar Ynoa (6/16/19), OF Austin Riley (5/15/19), C Alex Jackson (4/7/19) and RHP Jacob Webb (4/16/19) have all made MLB debuts this season.