Sports stats

SL Mississippi Braves

M-Braves Top Shuckers 8-5 for Fourth Straight Win

July 3, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
Mississippi Braves News Release


BILOXI, MS - The Mississippi Braves (33-42) won their fourth straight game with an 8-5 win over the Biloxi Shuckers (36-37) in front of a crowd of 6,098 on Sunday night at MGM Park.

The M-Braves won their first series since the last week in May, taking four of six against the Shuckers.

Cade Bunnell had his best performance for the M-Braves, going 3-for-5 with a home run, a triple and a double to finish a single shy of the cycle from the leadoff spot.

The M-Braves scored a run in each of the first three innings.

After setting a club-record with seven RBI last night, Drew Lugbauer laced a double into the right-field corner to score Justin Dean and make it 1-0 in the first. Dean singled and stole a base in the inning.

Lugbauer went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI for his 16th multi-hit game this season. Lugbauer is tied for second in the Southern League with 16 home runs and leads the team with 40 RBI.

After a Jakson Reetz two-run homer for Biloxi in the bottom of the first, Hendrik Clementina lofted a 392-foot solo home run out to left center in the second to tie the game 2-2.

Bunnell blasted a solo shot in the third to put the M-Braves back in front 3-2. The homer was Bunnell's first in Double-A in his seventh game for the M-Braves. The infielder was promoted from High-A Rome to Mississippi on May 12 for two games and then again on June 28.

In the fifth, Riley Delgado led off with a double to left field. Bunnell then lasered an RBI triple to the wall in center field that scored Delgado. CJ Alexander brought in Bunnell with a sacrifice fly for his 39th RBI of the season. The M-Braves extended the lead to 5-2.

RHP Alan Rangel bounced back from a tough start on Wednesday, allowing two runs over five innings in his third win. The right-hander is currently ranked as Atlanta's No. 22 prospect.

Jakson Reetz homered again, his fourth of the series, on a solo shot to left field to cut the score to 5-3.

In the ninth, the M-Braves added three insurance runs off four hits. Delgado led off the inning with a single. Bunnell doubled to straightaway center field to put two runners in scoring position. Dean sent a two-run single down the right-field line, and Andrew Moritz scored Alexander with a base hit to make it 8-3 M-Braves.

Dean followed up a three-hit game by going 2-for-5 with two RBI and a stolen base. Alexander and Delgado each finished with two hits, making it six multi-hit performances for the M-Braves.

Those runs proved critical as the M-Braves held off two Biloxi runs in the final frame to win the game and the series 8-5.

The M-Braves return home on Monday for a six-game home series against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Double-A Affiliate, Miami Marlins), the start of a 12-game homestand from July 4-17.

Come celebrate Independence Day with the Braves and the city of Pearl with a postgame fireworks extravaganza presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi!

Check out the Mississippi Braves Statistics



Southern League Stories from July 3, 2022


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Mississippi Braves Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central