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 Biloxi Shuckers

Shuckers vs. Jackson Generals | 6:35 Pm | MGM Park

April 24, 2017 - Southern League (SL1)
Biloxi Shuckers News Release


iToday's Game Notes:

TODAY'S GAME: The Shuckers will try for their second consecutive win against Jackson on Monday night...Taylor Williams will start on a pitch limit, and is expected to be relieved by Jon Perrin.

HEROIC HOULE HIT BUOYS BILOXI: The Shuckers won 3-2 in walk-off fashion in a 10-inning thriller Sunday afternoon...Jorge Lopez delivered 6.0 one-hit innings in his start...Clint Coulter hit his first home run of the sea - son...Mauricio Dubon extended his hitting streak to seven games with two singles...Dustin Houle hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the tenth, scoring George Iskenderian from third to give the Shuckers the victory...Matt Ramsey collected his first win of the season.

GENERALLY SPEAKING: The Shuckers are 15-12 all-time against Jackson, with a 7-5 record at MGM Park...they were 5-5 last year, and 3-2 at MGM Park...the Shuckers were 25-23 in two seasons against the Mobile BayBears when they were affiliates of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

ON THIS DATE IN SHUCKERS HISTORY: 2015 - Jorge Lopez starts a stretch of seven consecutive winning decisions with five shutout innings in a 1-0 victory vs. Jacksonville...2016 - Jaye Chapman allows a two-out single in the ninth inning of a 4-2 win at Mississippi, snapping a string of 24 consecutive batters retired to start the season.

A LOOK BACK: The Shuckers finished 2016 with a 72-67 record, just missing out on the playoffs a year after making it to the Southern League championship...they finished 1.5 games back of Pensacola in the first half with a 39-30 record, and despite a last-place (33-37) finish in the second half finished just 1.5 games behind Mississippi for second place overall in the South Division...RHP Brandon Woodruff joined the Shuckers on May 16th and led the Southern League in WHIP (1.04), opponent batting average (.211), strikeouts per nine innings (9.82), and fewest base runners per nine innings (9.66)...Woodruff led all of Minor League Baseball in strikeouts with 173, and led the Brewers organization in starts and innings pitched on route to being named Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Year...pitchers Tristan Archer, Josh Hader and Stephen Peterson, outfielders Brett Phillips and Kyle Wren, and Jacob Nottingham were named Southern League All-Stars in 2016.

ROSTER RUNDOWN: 17 of the 25 active players on the Shuckers roster have previously spent time in Biloxi... OF Michael Reed returns to Biloxi after splitting 2016 between Milwaukee and Triple-A Colorado Springs...five nations are represented on the current roster (United States, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, South Africa, Canada)... Jorge Lopez represented Team Puerto Rico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

PROSPECTING: Five members of MLB.com Pipeline Brewers Top 30 are playing in Biloxi...RHP Luis Ortiz (#4), Mauricio Dubon (#9), Jorge Lopez (#13), Jacob Nottingham (#14) and Michael Reed (#27) all made the list.

BROTHERS GUERRERO: Manager Mike Guerrero and hitting coach Sandy Guerrero are the second coaching brother combination in affiliated pro baseball (Stu and Stan Cliburn, Twins org 2001-2008). The Dominican duo's father was Epy Guerrero, the famed Dominican scout who signed more than 50 players including Carlos Delgado, Cesar Cedeño, Tony Fernandez and most recently Alcides Escobar. Brother Fred Guerrero is a Twins scout who signed Miguel Sano, Danny Santana and Jorge Polanco. Mike picked up his 1,000th career victory on Thursday, July 14, 2016 in Biloxi's 3-2 walk-off win over Birmingham at MGM Park.


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