GAME INFORMATION Mississippi Braves Media Relations Department Trustmark Park • 1 Braves Way • Pearl, Ms • 39208 Mississippi Braves (4-7) vs. Pensacola Blue Wahoos (5-6) LHP Luiz Gohara (--, --) vs. RHP Keury Mella (1-0, 0.82) Game #12 • April 17, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Pearl, MS •Trustmark Park TODAY’S GAME: The Mississippi Braves will host their Southern League South Division rival, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in game two of the five game se- Record Breakdown ries at Trustmark Park tonight at 7:00 p.m. (CST). LHP Luiz Gohara will start Score First ................................................. 3-2 Opponents Score First ...............................0-4 Shutouts ................................................... 2-1 Score in 1 inning ........................................1-0 for the M-Braves tonight in place of Touki Toussaint who was originally Score in 2 innings ..................................... 2-2 Score in 3 innings ......................................1-3 scheduled to start tonight’s game for the M-Braves. Gohara who spent time Score in 4 innings ..................................... 0-1 Score in 5 > innings ...................................0-0 with the M-Braves last season, returns to Pearl as part of his MLB rehab. Gohara’s counterpart will be Pensacola RHP Keury Mella (1-0, 0.82). Leading after 6 innings ............................. 4-2 Leading after 7 innings ..............................3-1 Tied after 6 innings .................................. 0-0 Tied after 7 innings ...................................0-1 Trailing after 6 innings ............................. 0-4 Trailing after 7 innings ...............................0-4 LAST TIME OUT: The Mississippi Braves were defeated by the Pensacola Blue Wahoos by a score of 8-3 on Monday night. Pensacola recorded a blister- Leading after 8 innings ............................. 2-0 Score 2 or Fewer Runs ...............................0-2 Tied after 8 innings .................................. 0-0 Score 3 Runs ..............................................2-1 ing 15 hits in Monday night’s contest. Pensacola starter, Daniel Wright (2-1, Trailing after 8 innings ............................. 0-5 Score 4 or More Runs ................................2-4 5.79) was credited with the win while Mississippi starter, Kyle Wright (0-2, 4.15) suffered the loss. Pensacola relief pitcher, Kevin Shackelford earned his First Game of Series ................................. 1-2 Last Game of Series ...................................1-1 first hold of the season. First Game of Homestand ........................ 1-1 Last Game of Homestand ..........................0-1 First Game of Road Trip ........................... 0-1 Last Game of Road Trip .............................1-0 THIS DAY IN BRAVES HISTORY: In 2007, after the second inning of an eventual Following an Off Day ................................ 0-1 1-Run Games .............................................0-3 6-4 loss to the Braves at RFK Stadium, the Nationals took the field wearing Final At-Bat Decisions .............................. 0-0 2-Run Games .............................................2-1 In Errorless Games ................................... 2-2 3-Run Games .............................................2-1 Virginia Tech baseball caps as a tribute to the 32 victims of the shooting With a Homer........................................... 3-3 Allow a Homer ..........................................0-3 rampage which took place on the Blacksburg campus the previous morning. With No Homers ...................................... 1-4 Allow No Homers ......................................4-4 Nearly a dozen of the burgundy caps signed by the players who wore them were sent to the nearby college while the hat worn by the Nationals’ last Day (4 pm or earlier) ................................ 2-2 Vs. Righty Starters .....................................3-7 Night (5 pm or later) ................................ 2-5 Vs. Lefty Starters .......................................1-0 batter of the game, Chris Snelling, resides in the Hall of Fame. Following a Win ....................................... 1-3 Starter Goes <5 Innings .............................4-3 Following a Loss ....................................... 2-4 Starter Goes 5> Innings .............................0-4 HAMMER TIME: Jackson, MS native Chris Maloney enters his first season as In Decision By Starters ............................. 1-4 In Decision By Bullpen ..............................3-2 the M-Braves manager and is the seventh skipper in franchise history. • Maloney attended Jackson’s St. Joseph High School and graduated from Mis- sissippi State University in 1983. Daily & Monthly Breakdown • Maloney spent the previous six years on the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Day Home Road Month Home Road Monday 0-2 0-0 April 3-3 1-4 coaching staff as the team’s third base coach (2016-July 2017) and first base Tuesday 0-0 0-0 May - - coach (2012-15). Wednesday 0-0 0-1 June - - • Prior to joining the Cardinals, Maloney was the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) Thursday 1-0 0-1 July - - Friday 0-1 0-1 August - - manager for five seasons (2007-11), leading the team to winning records in Saturday 1-0 0-0 September - - four of his five seasons. Sunday 1-0 1-1 Postseason - - • Maloney ranks ninth among active minor league managers in wins with Total 3-3 1-4 Total 3-3 1-4 1,350 entering the 2018 season. PROSPECTING: The Atlanta Braves farm system was ranked by MLB Pipeline M-Braves vs Blue Wahoos Yearly as No. 2 in Major League Baseball. The M-Braves roster features two of the 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Top 100 in RHP Kyle Wright (No. 30) and INF Austin Riley (No. 97). The ros- at Trustmark Park 4-5 6-4 9-1 5-3 3-7 4-6 ter has six of the Top 30 Atlanta prospects in Wright (No. 2), Riley (No. 8), at Pensacola 3-2 6-3 3-2 5-5 5-5 5-10 RHP Touki Toussaint (No. 11), C Alex Jackson (No. 14), OF Travis Demeritte Total 7-7 12-7 12-3 10-8 8-12 9-16 (No. 21), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (No. 27). 2018 Alltime VIDEO BOARD: In its second season above the LF wall, at 68 feet wide by at Trustmark Park 0-1 31-27 at Pensacola 0-0 27-27 28 feet high (1,904 square feet), the state-of-theart Panasonic HD video Total 0-1 58-54 board is approximately four-times larger than the previous video display at Trustmark Park (2005-2016). The board is the largest single display in the Southern League and the largest in Central and South Mississippi. M-Braves vs. Blue Wahoos Day-by-Day 2018 Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/16 L, (8-3) 0-1 Wright, Dn-Wright, K 1,179 Southern League Standings NORTH REC GB JXN (ARI) 8-2 - On the Web BIR (CWS) 6-5 2.5 CHA (MIN) 5-5 3.0 TNS (CHC) 4-6 4.0 For all of your M-Braves information MTG (TB) 3-8 5.5 needs, click over to mississippibraves.com. There you’ll find photos, videos, live game SOUTH REC GB stats and articles detailing every M-Braves BLX (MIL) 9-2 - player and the organization overall. Follow PNS (CIN) 5-6 4.0 the links to listen to the M-Braves live JAX (MIA) 4-5 4.0 audio stream all season long. MOB (LAA) 4-6 4.5 Social Media MIS (ATL) 4-7 5.0 facebook.com/mbraves On the Airways 2018 marks the 10th @mbraves season of M-Braves base- ball on the FM dial with instagram.com/mbraves WYAB 103.9 FM. The Voice of the Mississippi Braves, Derrel Palmer enters his second season as youtube.com/mississippibraves the radio voice of the M-Braves. WYAB airs all 140 games plus the postseason! Upcoming Probable Starters & Schedule Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) April 18 PNS Blue Wahoos RHP Touki Toussaint (0-1, 5.87) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (0-2, 6.52) 10:35 AM April 19 PNS Blue Wahoos RHP Wes Parsons (0-0, 1.35) vs. RHP Jesus Reyes (0-2, 9.45) 7:00 PM April 20 PNS Blue Wahoos TBD vs. RHP Wyatt Strahan (1-1, 5.00) 7:00 PM April 21 Mobile BayBears RHP Kyle Wright (0-2, 4.15) vs. TBD 7:05 PM Page 1 Today’s Starter Gohara’s 2018 Day-by-Day #52 Luiz Gohara • LHP • 6’3” • 265 • Tupa, Brazil• 21 yrs --, -- ERA Mississippi vs. Righties: --, -- HR Date Opp. Decision IP/P H R ER BB SO HR vs. Lefties: --, -- HR Gohara has not appeared with any team at any level prior to tonight’s game. TODAY’S GAME • Luiz Gohara will make his first appearance with the Mississippi Braves in 2018 as part of his MLB rehab. Gohara has yet to appear in a game at any level in 2018 as he is in the process of recovering from a strained left groin. LAST TIME OUT • Had a no decision outing at Miami on September 29. Gohara tossed 6.0 innings, 2018 Highs Gohara’s Last allowed six hits, four runs, all earned, walked two and struck out six. The left- hander finished the 2017 season with a 4.91 ERA. IP .........................................................N/A Win .................................... 9/13/17 at WSH K ..........................................................N/A Loss ..................................... 9/24/17 vs. PHI 2017 SEASON BB ........................................................N/A Save .......................................................N/A H ..........................................................N/A CG ..........................................................N/A • Spent time at three different levels of the Braves farm system before making his R ..........................................................N/A HR ....................................... 9/24/17 vs. PHI major league debut in September…Finished the season in Atlanta’s rotation, mak- ER ........................................................N/A WP .........................................................N/A