SL1 Biloxi Shuckers

Shuckers vs. Mobile BayBears | 6:35 PM | MGM Park

Published on May 31, 2017 under Southern League (SL1)
Biloxi Shuckers News Release


Today's Game Notes:

TODAY'S GAME: The Biloxi Shuckers look to even up their series against the Mobile BayBears on Wednesday night... Angel Ventura gets the start for the Shuckers.

ORTEGA HOMERS IN SHUCKERS LOSS: The Shuckers lost 7-3 to the BayBears on Tuesday night...Jorge Lopez was jumped for three runs in the first, but delivered zeroes after that through the fifth inning...Bubba Derby was rudely greeted as well in a four-run sixth that extended Mobile's lead to 7-3...Angel Ortega's two-run home run in the seventh brought the score to 7-3...the final six Shuckers batters struck out...Art Charles had two hits and an RBI...Mauricio Dubon stole his 24th base.

FEEL THE BURNES: On Monday, the Brewers promoted RHP Taylor Jungmann to Triple-A Colorado Springs and brought up RHP Corbin Burnes to take his place on the Biloxi roster...after starting the season in Milwaukee, Jungmann had gone 1-2 with a 4.36 ERA for the Shuckers...Burnes, a 2016 fourth-round draft pick out of St. Mary's, was 5-0 with a 1.05 ERA this season with the Advanced-A Carolina Mudcats.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS: On Sunday morning, the Shuckers activated outfielder Michael Choice from the disabled list and optioned infielder Wendell Rijo to Rookie-Helena...Choice batted .240 with two doubles and three runs batted in through six games after signing with the Brewers on May 5.

THE COWBOY: Shuckers closer Matt Ramsey is tied for first in the Southern League with 13 saves in 13 opportunities... the reliever previously played for Montgomery and Jacksonville in the Southern League before being acquired by the Brewers organization in the 2016 Rule V Draft.

S-O-S: The Shuckers have played 38 of their first 50 games against teams at or above the .500 mark...they are 18-20 in those games...their final 20 games in the first half come against Mobile, Mississippi and Jacksonville, all of whom have losing records.

AGAINST THE BAYBEARS: The Shuckers were 25-23 all-time against the Arizona-affiliated BayBears, with a 13-9 record at MGM Park...before Tuesday's game, the Brewers and Angels Double-A affiliates last met in 1998 in the Texas League...the El Paso Diablos (MIL) took on the Midland Angels (LAA).

GRAND THEFT: Infielder Mauricio Dubon leads the Southern League with 24 stolen bases this season, including four in his April 15 game against Pensacola...he is one steal away from the Shuckers single-season record of 25 set by Orlando Arcia and Michael Reed in 2015...outfielder Johnny Davis ranks second in the league with 13 swipes in 13 attempts...the team's 57 stolen bases rank third in the Southern League.

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 en 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 catcher Jacob Nottingham were named Southern League All-Stars in 2016.

PROSPECTING: With the addition of RHP Corbin Burnes (#20) on May 29, six members of the MLB.com Pipeline Brew - ers Top 30 are playing in Biloxi...RHP Luis Ortiz (#4), Mauricio Dubon (#9), Jorge Lopez (#14), Jacob Nottingham (#15) 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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