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Sunday, July 10 vs. Pensacola Blue Wahoos: 2:05 PM: Trustmark Park

July 10, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
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Sunday, July 10, 2022 | 2:05 PM CT | Trustmark Park | Pearl, MS

Mississippi Braves (ATL) (37-43, 8-3, 1st SL South, +1.5) vs.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos (MIA) (38-37, 3-8, 4th SL South, -5.0)

Probable Starters: RHP Alan Rangel (3-2, 5.23) vs. RHP Cody Mincey (3-3, 5.03)

Game #81 | 2nd Half #12 | Home Game #39

Radio: 103.9 FM WYAB and (LISTEN LIVE LINK)

TV: MiLB.TV

Today's Roster Moves:

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Today's Promotions:

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TODAY'S GAME: The M-Braves wrap up a six-game series against Pensacola at Trustmark Park. They meet 30 times, with 18 games at Trustmark Park and 12 at Blue Wahoos Stadium.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The M-Braves pulled off a comeback for the third game in a row, scoring three runs in the eighth inning to win 7-6. Drew Lugbauer smashed a two-run homer, Jalen Miller hit a solo home run, and CJ Alexander delivered the winning two-run double in the eighth. RHP Tanner Gordon went four innings and gave up two runs. RHP Indigo Diaz picked up the win with a scoreless eighth, and RHP Tyler Ferguson went 1-2-3 in the ninth for his third save.

FEELS GOOD TO BE ON TOP: For the first time this season, the M-Braves are in sole possession of first place in the South Division. The club has won eight of its last nine games.

THE COMEBACK KIDS RETURN: The M-Braves came from behind in the final inning or later for the fifth time this season on Thursday, July 8, vs. Pensacola. The M-Braves had just two comeback wins in the final inning or later last season. The M-Braves have walked off four times at Trustmark Park, including back-to-back walk-offs on July 7-8.

LAST TIME AGAINST THE WAHOOS: The M-Braves took five of six from May 24-29 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. The offense put up 55 runs, smashing nine homers and 17 doubles, slugging .486 in the series. The M-Braves won the final four games, outscoring Pensacola 48-18 in those games. Atlanta selected the contract of Michael Harris II on May 28 while the team was in Pensacola.

TRENDING TARNOK TO AAA: RHP Freddy Tarnok earned a promotion to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday, July 8. In his last four starts, he has a 1.71 ERA (4 R/21 IP) with 31 strikeouts. Tarnok matched a career-high with 12 strikeouts on Thursday, June 30, at Biloxi.

- In a corresponding move, Atlanta promoted RHP Andrew Hoffman from High-A Rome. Hoffman is 7-2 with a 2.36 ERA in 15 starts for Rome.

THE SLUGBAUER MAKING MISSISSIPPI HISTORY: 1B Drew Lugbauer set a club record with seven RBI on Saturday, July 2 at Biloxi, including his team-leading 16th home run. Lubgauer has hit a club-record 35 career M-Braves home runs over two seasons. He hit 18 home runs in 2021. He homered twice on May 27 at Pensacola, matching the previous club record with six RBI.

- Lugbauer hit a walk-off three-run homer on Friday, July 8 vs. PNS and a walk-off single on Friday, June 3 vs. MTG. He is in the league's top 10 in...home runs (18, 2nd), RBI (45, T-6th), XBH (36, 3rd), SLG (.491, 8th), walks (46, 5th), doubles (18, T-4th), and total bases (136, 4th).

DANGEROUS DEAN: OF Justin Dean tied an M-Braves record by scoring five runs on July 2 at Biloxi. In June, Dean hit .298 with six extra-base hits, six RBI, 13 walks, and nine steals.

VINES SHINES AGAIN: Darius Vines has a 2.28 ERA over his last four starts (6 ER/23.2 IP), 16 strikeouts, and five walks, including matching career highs with 7.0 shutout innings on June 25 at MTG and July 1 at BLX. He leads the Southern League with 99 strikeouts, and 82.0 innings pitched while also ranking among the leaders in starts (16, T-1st) and WHIP (1.38, 10th).

- With his seven shutout innings at Biloxi on July 1, Vines was the first M-Brave to earn Southern League Pitcher of the Week for June 28-July 3.

GIVE ME MO MORITZ: OF Andrew Moritz lost his 16-game on-base streak on Thursday, July 8, batting .404 with seven multi-hit games and 11 RBI over the streak that started on June 16. Moritz has already logged an 11-game and 10-game hitting streak this season.

RELIEVERS TO THE RESCUE: The relief core for the M-Braves leads the Southern League and ranks 3rd in Double-A with a 3.88 ERA this season.

SHUSTER TO THE FUTURE: Starter Jared Shuster has a 3.13 ERA through 15 starts, which ranks 5th in the Southern League. The 2020 Atlanta first-rounder ranks among the league leaders in OBA (.209, 3rd), WHIP (1.04, 3rd), innings pitched (77.2, 4th), and strikeouts (86, 3rd).

- Shuster received an invite to the MLB Futures Game at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 16, before the MLB All-Star break, featuring baseball's top prospects from around the league.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT: INF CJ Alexander hit his career-best 15th home run on Wednesday, July 6, ranking T-3rd in the league. He has two multi-homer games, May 13 at Chattanooga and May 27 at Pensacola, his third and fourth since 2019. From May 27-June 1, Alexander homered five times in five games. He has homered in back-to-back games three times.

- Alexander is 2nd in the Southern League and ranks T-4th in Double-A baseball with 15 homers since May 1.

APRIL SHOWERS, MAY FLOWERS, JUNE THUNDERSTORMS, JULY SUNSHINE?: After going 7-13 in April, the M-Braves turned it around with a 16-10 record in May, the most wins of any Southern League team in May. The momentum did not carry into June, when the M-Braves finished 7-19, tying their club record for the most losses in June. The club is off to a 7-1 start in July.

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