GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (17-16, 46-57) vs. Mobile BayBears (13-20, 50-51) LHP Bruce Zimmermann (2-1, 3.32) vs. RHP Joe Gatto (3-4, 6.38) Game #104 • Home #54 (25-28) • 2nd Half #34 July 27, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS • Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The M-Braves and Mobile BayBears play the rubber match of a five-game series (2- 2) tonight, the 15th meeting between the clubs this season and tenth and final meeting at Trustmark Record Breakdown Park. Mobile leads season series 8-6 and all-time series, 163-132. Mobile took three-of-five against Score First ............................................. 34-12 Opponents Score First ...........................12-45 the M-Braves here earlier this season, May 7-11. Mobile also took three-of-five from the Braves in Shutouts ................................................. 7-11 Score in 1 inning ......................................5-17 a series at Hank Aaron Stadium, April 21-25. The M-Braves will return to “The Hank” one final time, Score in 2 innings ................................. 13-16 Score in 3 innings ..................................16-11 August 19-23. The M-Braves are coming off a 3-2 series win at Montgomery, July 18-22. Score in 4 innings ..................................... 8-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................4-1 LAST TIME OUT: Mobile scored 10 runs on 11 hits in a 10-1 win over Mississippi on Thursday, Leading after 6 innings ........................... 35-7 Leading after 7 innings ............................36-5 forcing the rubber match of the five-game set on Friday night. M-Braves starter LHPRicardo San- Tied after 6 innings .................................. 7-5 Tied after 7 innings ...................................6-8 chez surrendered six runs (five earned) on seven hits, three walks and struck out three over 5.0 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-45 Trailing after 7 innings .............................1-40 innings. RF Tyler Neslony was 1-for-3 with a double and walk, SS Ray-Patrick Didder was 1-for-1 with a SAC bunt, walk and run scored and LF Daniel Lockhart was 1-for-4 with a triple and RBI. Leading after 8 innings ........................... 34-2 Score 2 or Fewer Runs .............................5-31 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 5-5 Score 3 Runs ..............................................8-7 RUBBER MATCH OF THE SERIES: The M-Braves are 3-5 in decisive games of a series, entering Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 1-44 Score 4 or More Runs ............................30-15 Friday night’s rubber match against Mobile. Mississippi hasn’t won a series against the BayBears since a four-game sweep, August 5-8, at Trustmark Park in 2016. The M-Braves are 0-6 in series’ First Game of Series ............................. 10-11 Last Game of Series/Rubber Match . 9-10/3-5 since their affiliation change to the Angels. First Game of Homestand ........................ 4-6 Last Game of Homestand ..........................4-4 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 4-5 Last Game of Road Trip .............................4-5 STARTING PITCHING: M-Braves starters have a 2.64 ERA (67 ER/228.2 IP) with 239 strikeouts and Following an Off Day ................................ 2-5 1-Run Games .........................................10-16 just 80 walks over the past 41 games (20-21 record) with 24 quality starts dating back to June 10. Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 4-4 2-Run Games .............................................9-5 Starters have recorded a 10+ strikeout game in four of those outings with a 9.39/9IP ratio. I Errorless Games ................................... 20-16 3-Run Games .............................................9-8 With a Homer....................................... 28-18 Allow a Homer ......................................14-28 14 WINS AND COUNTING IN JULY: After an 8-18 June, Mississippi is off to a 14-10 start to July, With No Homers .................................. 18-39 Allow No Homers ..................................29-32 which is tied for third-best in the Southern League this month, and have won three of the four series’ in July. The 14 wins is the most in a single month this season and most since going 15-14 in Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 8-7 Vs. Righty Starters .................................38-48 May, 2017. The club record for wins in July is 18 (‘08 & ‘16). The last series loss was at Pensacola, Night (5 pm or later) ............................ 38-50 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................8-9 June 28-July 3. Following a Win ................................... 20-26 Starter Goes <5 Innings ...........................7-21 Following a Loss ................................... 26-29 Starter Goes 5> Innings .........................39-36 THE WRIGHT WAY: RHP Kyle Wright has recorded four-straight quality starts and has six in his last In Decision By Starters ......................... 27-38 In Decision By Bullpen ..........................19-18 seven starts. The 2017 first round selection is 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA (7 ER/27.0 IP), seven walks, 21 strikeouts over four July starts. Wright is 4-2 with a 2.94 ERA over his last 10 starts with 21 walks and 62 strikeouts. Daily & Monthly Breakdown Day Home Road Total Month Home Road Total NEW MLB PIPELINE PROSPECT RANKING FEATURES FIVE M-BRAVES: RHP Kyle Wright Monday 2-5 2-5 4-10 April 8-7 3-7 11-14 is now the No. 25 prospect in all of baseball (previously No. 28) according to the new MLB.com Tuesday 3-4 3-2 6-6 May 5-5 8-10 13-15 prospect ranking on July 26. In the Atlanta Braves organization, Wright ranks No. 2 behind former Wednesday 2-4 2-6 4-10 June 5-11 3-7 8-18 M-Brave Mike Soroka. RHP Bryse Wilson (14), LHP Thomas Burrows (22), OF Travis Demeritte(25) Thursday 5-5 3-4 8-9 July 7-5 7-5 14-10 and LHP Ricardo Sanchez (29) are among Atlanta’s Top 30 prospects. Friday 3-6 2-4 5-10 August - - - Saturday 7-0 4-5 11-5 September - - - THE NEW GUYS, DIDDER AND SALAZAR: INF Ray-Patrick Didder (added on July 9) is batting Sunday 3-3 5-3 8-5 Postseason - - - .333 (15-for-45) with a .423 OBP over his first 15 games. INF Alejandro Salazar (added on July 4) Total 25-28 21-29 46-57 25-28 21-29 46-57 is batting .315 (23-for-73) with seven multi-hit games over his first 21 games with the M-Braves. EARNING YOUR DEMERITTE: OF Travis Demeritte leads the club in home runs (11), extra-base M-Braves vs BayBears hits (33) and RBI (47). The New York, NY native has 12 extra-base hits in July. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 FASTEST GAME IN CLUB HISTORY: The 1:54 game on Wednesday night against Mobile set a at Trustmark Park 6-4 7-8 5-9 6-4 5-5 9-7 4-11 new club record, surpassing the 1:55 game earlier this year on June 15 at Biloxi. Prior to 2018, the at Mobile 1-5 5-4 5-5 6-9 4-1 2-5 3-11 quickest game in M-Braves history was 1:57, set on May 8, 2010 vs. Birmingham. Total 7-9 12-12 10-14 12-13 9-6 11-12 7-22 STELLAR JULY FOR BRYSE WILSON: 20-year-old RHP Bryse Wilson In has four quality starts 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (three shutout performances) so far in July. The Hillsborough, NC native is 1-0 with a 0.66 ERA at Trustmark Park 6-4 3-7 7-8 5-6 6-3 4-6 4-5 (2 ER/27.1 IP), four walks and 34 strikeouts, posting a miniscule 0.70 WHIP and .160 opponents at Mobile 7-6 6-4 8-1 1-7 4-6 1-9 2-3 batting average. Total 13-10 9-11 15-9 6-13 10-9 5-15 6-8 Alltime CONSISTENT CLOUSE: LHP Corbin Clouse hasn’t allowed a run over his last seven games and at Trustmark Park 77-87 9.2 innings. He’s given up just one run over his last 20 innings and 17 relief outings and just at Mobile 55-76 two runs over his last 28 innings and 23 outings. Total 132-163 AMERICAN LEAGUE STYLE BASEBALL: The M-Braves will be using the DH during each game of the ten-game homestand with the Angels (Mobile) and White Sox (Birmingham) affiliates in town. The club played AL-style baseball the previous series at Montgomery (Tampa Bay) and will in the next M-Braves vs. BayBears Day-by-Day 2018 series at Chattanooga (Twins). The DH is used any time an AL affiliate team is involved in a game. Date Result Record W-L-S Att M-BRAVES AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: INF Luis Valenzuela ranks 6th in the SL with 4/21 W, 3-1 1-0 Wright-Rodriguez, J-Webb 1,901 a .280 batting average. RHPKyle Wright is tied for 2nd in starts (20), ranks 6th in innings pitched 4/23 G1 W, 6-3 2-0 Graham-Custred-Webb N/A (109.1) and 11th in ERA (3.70). 4/23 G2 L, 5-2 2-1 Rhoades-Pike-Lillis-White 602 4/24 L, 8-4 2-2 Suarez, J-Parsons 610 Southern League Standings 4/25 L, 2-1 2-3 Castillo-Franco-Lillis-White 1,001 NORTH REC GB BIR (CHW) 20-14 - On the Web 5/7 L, 5-0 2-4 Pena, L-Wright 1,389 MTG (TB) 19-15 1.0 5/8 W, 10-3 3-4 Wilson-Rodriguez-Mader 1,595 JXN (ARI) 17-17 3.0 5/9 L, 4-2 3-5 Rhoades-Webb 3,525 TNS (CHC) 15-19 5.0 For all of your M-Braves information CHA (MIN) 13-21 7.0 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com.