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Sunday, August 8 at Birmingham Barons: 4:00 PM CT: Regions Field

August 8, 2021 - Southern League (SL)
Mississippi Braves News Release


Mississippi Braves (ATL) (47-36, 1st, AA-S South, +0.5) vs.

Birmingham Barons (CHW) (44-37, 1st, AA-S North, +2

Pitching Matchup: RHP Bryce Elder (5-1, 3.68) vs. RHP Davis Martin (AA Debut)

Game #84 | Road Game #42

Radio: 103.9 FM WYAB and (LISTEN LIVE LINK)

TV: MiLB.TV

Today's Roster Moves:

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NEWS & NOTES:

The M-Braves are back home on Tuesday night at 6:35 pm to begin a six-game homestand with Biloxi at Trustmark Park.

TODAY'S GAME: The M-Braves conclude a 12-game road trip on Sunday with the finale of a six-game series against the Birmingham Barons at Regions Field. The M-Braves lead the series 3-2. This is the second series and final meeting between the clubs in 2021. The M-Braves are 8-3 overall against the Barons this season.

- The M-Braves lead the all-time series, 123-108, while Birmingham holds the edge in games played in Birmingham, 63-57. The M-Braves are 24-25 in games played at Regions Field since 2013.

- The M-Braves are 7-4 on the current 12-game road trip to Pensacola, and Birmingham. The M-Braves went 4-2 during the first leg of the road trip in Pensacola.

M-BRAVES DEAL SECOND-STRAIGHT SHUTOUT TO BARONS, 1-0: Victor Vodnik, Hayden Deal, Brandon White, and Brooks Wilson combined for the second-straight shutout of the Barons on Saturday night, 1-0. The foursome combined to allow just three hits. Vodnik worked 4+ innings scoreless, Deal pitched 2.2 hitless innings in his first relief outing since 2019, and White tossed 1.1 hitless frames. Wilson pitched the final inning to get the save. The lone run was scored in the second inning when Shea Langeliers doubled, then scored on a Jalen Miller RBI single.

20-INNING SCORELESS STREAK: The M-Braves haven't given up a run since the seventh inning on Thursday, going a season-high 20-straight scoreless inning. The Barons only has two extra-base hits over that stretch.

BACK IN FIRST PLACE: After back-to-back wins, the M-Braves are back in first place, a half-game ahead of Montgomery in the standings. The M-Braves held at least a share of first place from June 24 to August 5.

NINE-GAME HITTING STREAK FOR LANGELIERS: Shea Langeliers is on a season-high nine-game hitting streak, batting .361 with three home runs, four doubles, six RBI, and seven runs scored.

- Langeliers is 25-for-55 in catching opposing base stealers, 45%. His 25 caught stealings are T-1st in MiLB, while nine double plays and 59 assists are tops among catchers in MiLB.

PITCHING AND DEFENSE: The M-Braves lead the league, and are 3rd in Double-A baseball, and 9th in MiLB, with a 3.73 ERA. M-Braves hurlers have served up 55 home run balls, which is the fewest in Double-A baseball, and T-8th fewest in all of minor league baseball. The starting rotation holds a 3.65 ERA, 5th in Double-A baseball. The M-Braves still lead the Double-A South and are 3rd in Double-A with a .982 fielding percentage, 51 errors in 83 games.

ANOTHER PITCHER OF THE MONTH AWARD: RHP Bryce Elder was named the Double-A South Pitcher of the Month for July, after going 4-1 with a 2.73 ERA over five starts. Another former Longhorn, Nolan Kingham took home the award in June, also wearing the #58 on his back. The Decatur, TX native has logged five straight starts of 7.0 innings. In 16 starts between Rome and Mississippi, Elder is 7-2 with a 3.13 ERA, 36 walks, 99 strikeouts, and 1.13 WHIP. He ranks 2nd in all of MiLB with 89.0 IP.

TOP HOME RUN HITTING TEAM IN CLUB HISTORY: The M-Braves have hit 24 home runs over the first 11 games of the road trip, by 10 different players, and surpassed the M-Braves record for home runs in a single season. The 104 home runs this season in 82 games, ranks 2nd in the Double-A South, and T-6th in all of Double-A.

- The M-Braves have hit 69 home runs on the road, and 35 at Trustmark Park, which statistically ranked 30th in Double-A for homers per game in 2019, at 0.9 combined. The all-time franchise record for homers is 147, set by the 1997 Greenville Braves. The 2021 team is on pace for 150 home runs in 120 games this season.

- The M-Braves have four players with double-digit home runs for the first time since 2008, Shea Langeliers leads the way with 17, while Drew Lugbauer and Greyson Jenista have 12, and Wendell Rijo has 10. In 2008, Kala Ka'aihue (14), Jason Perry (13), Reid Gorecki (10), and Jordan Schafer (10) reached double-digit homers. Langeliers' 17 homers is T-4th-most in a single season by an M-Braves player.

FRANCHISE RECORD SEVEN HOMERS ON JULY 27: The M-Braves set an M-Braves, and franchise record for homers in a game on July 27, at Pensacola with seven in a game, and four during the 7th inning. The previous franchise record was five in a game (3x: 8/14/99 vs Orlando, 7/1/92 vs Knoxville, 9/3/04 vs West Tenn). The four home runs in an inning matched the franchise record, tying the four-hit on 7/7/86 vs. Memphis.

ANOTHER WINNING MONTH: The M-Braves went 14-13 in July, and have not had a losing month this season. The M-Braves had the best June in club history, going 18-8, and were 12-12 in May. The 44 home runs in July were the most in any month in club history.

TURNAROUND FOR SHEWMAKE: Since June 17, Braden Shewmake is batting .357 with eight doubles, two triples, five home runs, 21 RBI, and 19 runs scored in his last 30 games. Prior to June 17, in his first 31 games, Shewmake was batting .133.

43 WINS SINCE MAY 19: Despite a 9-game losing streak, July 17-25, since May 19 (starting 4-8), the Braves are 43-28. The 43 wins are T-1st in Double-A over that time.

TOPS IN STRIKEOUT PERCENTAGE: Reliever Indigo Diaz over 36.2 innings this season between Rome and Mississippi has allowed, 15 hits, 3 ER, 11 walks, 72 strikeouts, 0 HR, 17.13 K/9, 5-1, 0.76 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, .121 BAA.

151 MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUTS: LHP Kyle Muller made his major league debut for the Atlanta Braves on June 16 vs. Boston. Muller became the first M-Braves alum to debut in 2021 and 151st all-time.

FIRST ROUND PICKS AND PROSPECTS: The squad features both of Atlanta's first-round selections from the 2019 draft in catcher Shea Langeliers (#9) and shortstop Braden Shewmake (#21). They represent the third and fourth-ranked prospects in the organization, according to MLB.com and Langeliers is #56 on the MLB.com Top 100 and sixth-ranked catching prospect in baseball.

- Overall, the M-Braves feature 11 of the Braves' Top 30 prospects by MLB Pipeline. After Langeliers and Shewmake, RHP Freddy Tarnok (10), RHP Bryce Elder (#11), OF Trey Harris (#12), RHP Victor Vodnik (#13), RHP Daysbel Hernandez (15), INF Greyson Jenista (#17), C.J. Alexander (#18), RHP Spencer Strider (19), INF and OF Justin Dean (#24) are among the Top 30.

AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS:

Shea Langeliers -HR (T-2nd, 17), Slugging (3rd, .516), OPS (4th, .851), XBH (7th, 29), Total Bases (5th, 126)

Justin Dean - SB (1st, 22), Runs (T-6th, 42), 3B (T-5th, 3), Walks (T-9th, 34), OBP (9th, .356).

Braden Shewmake - 3B (T-5th, 3).

Drew Lugbauer - OBP (10th, .355), OPS (10th, .826), HR (T-10th, 12), Slugging (10th, .470)

Trey Harris - Hits (T-9th, 66)

Greyson Jenista - Walks (5th, 42), HR (T-7th, 13)

Brandon White - Saves (T-4th, 7)

Hayden Deal - IP (5th, 75.2), BAA (8th, .246), T-4th in starts (15), WHIP (7th, 1.30), ERA (4th, 3.69)

Bryce Elder - Wins (T-5th, 5)

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