2021 Game Notes Pensacola Blue Wahoos Double-A Affiliate Miami Marlins www.BlueWahoos.com/Media Double-A South Game #29, Home Game #15 (9-7), Pensacola Blue Wahoos (17-11) vs. Mississippi Braves (14-14), 6:05 PM CT Probable Pitching Matchup RHP Jose Rodriguez (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Max Meyer (2-1, 1.96) Saturday, June 5, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Mississippi Braves, 6:05 PM CT Sunday, June 6, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Mississippi Braves, 1:05 PM, LHP Jake Eder (1-1, 0.73) vs. RHP Nolan Kingham (2-1, 4.33) Monday, June 7, OFF DAY Tuesday, June 8, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Chattanooga Lookouts, 6:15 PM CT, TBA vs. TBA Wednesday, June 9, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Chattanooga Lookouts, 6:15 CT, TBA vs. TBA Thursday, June 10, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Chattanoogs Lookouts, 6:15, TBA vs. TBA 2021 At A Glance Blue Wahoos vs. M-Braves Record 17-11, 1st, -- GB 2021 Overall: 6-4 Home: 2-2 Away: 4-2 Home Attendance (Total/Average) 65,445/4,090 2019 Overall: 14-10 Home: 6-3 Away: 8-7 Come From Behind Wins 5 Last Shutout By Blue Wahoos (0 in 2021) 9/2/19 at MTG (8-0) -The Blue Wahoos and M-Braves will play each other 30 times in 2021. Last Shutout By Opponent 8/19/19 at MIS (0-1; F/7) -As an affiliate with the Twins, the Wahoos won 14 of 24 against the Vs. RHS/LHS 11-8/6-3 M-Braves in 2019. The Jumbo Shrimp (Marlins AA affiliate in 2019) had a Blue Wahoos/Opponents scoring first 14-2/3-9 record of 11-10 (3-7 on the road) against Mississippi. Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off 2-0/0-0 2021 Matchups: 1-Run Games 9-2 May 5-9 in Pearl (Wahoos won series 4-2) Home/Road 9-7/8-4 June 1-6 in Pensacola (2-2) Series Openers/Finales 4-1/2-2 July 6-11 in Pearl (6) After 7.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 13-2/2-1/2-7 July 27-Aug 1 in Pensacola (6) After 8.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 14-1/1-1/2-8 August 24-29 in Pearl (6) Extra Inning Games/Home/Road 1-1/1-1/0-0 Burdick Slams Last Night’s Recap: -Entering play today, OF Peyton Burdick leads the AA-South in extra base hits (14), is 2nd in -Will Stewart turned in arguably his best start of the season as the Wahoos evened their homers (6), is T-3rd in doubles (7). series against Mississippi with a 4-1 win against the M-Braves on Friday. -On 5/28, Burdick hit a go-ahead grand slam off Braden Webb in the top of the 9th to propel -Pensacola hit the ground running against RHP AJ Puckett as Peyton Burdick, Jerar Encarna- the Wahoos to a 5-4 win in Biloxi. He became the 1st Wahoo to hit a grand slam in the 9th cion, and JJ Bleday all reached base safely to begin the game. Pensacola led 1-0 on an RBI inning or later since Alex Kirilloff hit a game-tying grand slam off Nate Griep on 9/5/19 in base hit by Bleday to setup runners at 1st and 2nd with nobody out. However, Puckett struck Game 1 of the Southern League South Division Championship series. out the side to end the threat and keep the deficit at one run. -With the game tied at 1-1, Jerar Encarnacion belted a 2-run home run off LHP Chris Nunn in Walk This Way the bottom of the 5th to put the Wahoos up by two. They would add an insurance run in the -The Blue Wahoos lead the league in walks (125). 6th on an RBI single from Tristan Pompey to put the game of reach for Mississippi. -Tyler Stevens pitched 2 perfect innings while striking out 4, and Colton Hock pitched a perfect -Lazaro Alonso is T-1st in the Double-A South in walks (21) while JJ Bleday ranks third (19). 9th inning to secure his league-leading 7th save of the year. -Alonso trails only Adley Rutschman (Bowie - 24) and Nick Pratto (Travelers - 24) for the Double-A lead in walks. -Pensacola pitchers have allowed the second-fewest walks (76) in Double-A. 2021 Offensive Leaders Guen Show Games: Bleday, Burdick 28 -Since May 10, Sean Guenther has thrown 13.2 innings without allowing an earned run out Runs: Peyton Burdick 17 of the Pensacola pen, striking out 18 and holding a 0.59 WHIP. Hits: Jerar Encarnacion 24 Doubles: Peyton Burdick 7 League L-EDER-board -Jake Eder leads Minor League baseball in ERA (0.73). Triples: Several 1 -Eder ranks first in AA-S in average against (.135), 3rd in strikeouts (42) and is 5th in the Home Runs: Peyton Burdick 6 league in WHIP (0.97) Runs Batted In: Peyton Burdick 14 Total Bases: Peyton Burdick 46 Pitching Prowess Stolen Bases: Encarnacion, Fortes 4 -Pensacola leads the Double-A South in ERA (3.39) and has allowed the 2nd-fewest runs Average Nick Fortes .271 (109) in the league. Blue Wahoos pitchers also lead the league in WHIP (1.14) and are On-Base: Lazaro Alonso .368 second in average against (.223). Slugging: Peyton Burdick .447 M-Braves/Wahoos Match-Up: -The M-Braves enter play with the lowest team batting average in the Double-A South (.204) 2021 Pitching Leaders and fewest runs scored (99) while Pensacola ranks second-lowest in both categories (.215, Games: Colton Hock 12 106). Wins: McKenna, Stevens 3 -Pensacola pitchers hold the best team ERA (3.39) while Mississippi ranks third (3.58). Starts: Several 5 Mississippi pitchers have allowed the fewest hits (191) while Pensacola pitchers have the Saves: Colton Hock 7 lowest WHIP in the league (1.14). Innings Pitched: Jake Eder 26.2 -M-Braves relievers have the 2nd-best ERA (3.53) in the league while the Pensacola bullpen Strikeouts: Jake Eder 42 ranks #1 in the Double-A South (3.43). Despite having the 2nd-best bullpen ERA, Mississippi ERA Jake Eder 0.73 relievers have walked the most (77) batters in the league, while Pensacola’s have walked WHIP: Jake Eder 0.97 the fewest (31). Hairston Sparks Offense Around The Farm: -Since arriving in Pensacola from A+ Beloit on May 20, Devin Hairston ranks 5th in the AAA-Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (17-11): The Jumbo Shrimp batted around Double-A South in batting average (.300), is T-2nd in hits (15), ranks 7th in total bases (23) in the second inning, and Braxton Garrett fired five scoreless innings, on their way to and is 4th slugging (.460). a 5-0 shutout of the Gwinnett Stripers, Friday at Coolray Field. Jacksonville has now Triple Crown won four games this season in shutout fashion, and they’ve seen their starting pitchers -In 2020, the Blue Wahoos became the first team in MiLB history to win the ‘triple crown’ combined to allow just eight runs over 26.2 innings to help them go 4-1 in their last five of major Minor League awards, taking home the MiLB Best Overall Golden Bobblehead, games. Ballpark Digest’s Best Double-A Ballpark, and the Baseball America Bob Freitas Award as the Best Double-A Organization. High A-Beloit Snappers (15-13): Kameron Misner hit his second home run of the series, but the Beloit Snappers fell to the Quad Cities River Bandits (17-10) by a Top Prospects final score of 8-5. -According to MLB Pipeline, the Marlins possess the 4th best farm system in baseball. -Pensacola’s roster features five of the Marlins top 30 prospects: OF JJ Bleday (2), RHP Max A-Jupiter Hammerheads (13-14): The Hammerheads used three different Meyer (3), OF Jerar Encarnacion (18), LHP Jake Eder (29) and OF Victor Victor Mesa (30). pitchers to stifle the Palm Beach Cardinals, 3-1 on Friday night at Roger Dean Chevro- let Stadium. George Soriano was brilliant in his 4th start of the season twirling 5 shutout innings in which the right hander yielded two hits and 2 walks while striking out 5 as he improved his record to 2-0. Starting Pitcher Max Meyer, RHP, #11 Hometown: Woodbury, MN Age: 22 Year Team W-L ERA G GS IP H ER BB K AVG WHIP 2018 U MINN Big 10 2-3 2.06 26 0 43.2 25 10 13 54 .162 0.87 2019 U MINN Big 10 5-3 2.11 16 11 76.2 58 18 20 87 .199 1.02 2020 U MINN Big 10 3-1 1.95 4 4 27.2 15 6 8 46 .153 0.83 NCAA Career 10-7 2.07 46 15 148.0 98 34 41 187 .180 0.94 B/T: R/R HT: 6’0” WT: 196 Born: March 12, 1999 Acquired: Selected in the 1st Round (3rd) of the 2020 MLB Draft out of the University of Minnesota Notes: -Selected by the Miami Marlins with the 3rd overall pick in the MLB Draft. Became highest drafted 2021 Highs Gopher since Paul Molitor was taken 3rd overall by the Brewers in 1977. Innings: 5.2, last 5/18 vs. RCT -Enters the 2021 as the #3 prospect in the Marlins system by both MLB Pipeline and Baseball Hits: 8, last 5/11 vs. BIR America. Ranks second among Marlins pitching prospects behind RHP Sixto Sanchez.