SL Mississippi Braves

Sunday, May 22 vs. Biloxi Shuckers: 2:05 PM: Trustmark Park

May 22, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
Mississippi Braves News Release


Mississippi Braves (ATL) (17-21, 4th SL South, -4.0) vs.

Biloxi Shuckers (18-20, 2nd SL South, -3.0)

Pitching Matchup: LHP Jared Shuster (2-3, 2.25) vs LHP Nick Bennett (2-3, 5.03)

Game #39 | Home Game #21

Sunday, May 22, 2022, | 2:05 PM CT | Trustmark Park | Pearl, MS

Today's Roster Moves: N/A

Today's Promotions:

Raising Cane's Sunday Family Fun Day: The M-Braves invite you to bring your entire family out for some Sunday baseball at Trustmark Park! For $25 per person, fans get a game ticket, hat, hotdog, and drink voucher!

Kids Run the Bases: After the game, kids get a chance to run the bases like the pros! 2022 M-BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE 2022 GAME PROGRAM TODAY'S GAME: The M-Braves and the Biloxi Shuckers continue a six-game series at Trustmark Park. The Shuckers took the season's first series at MGM Park, 5-1. Biloxi leads the season series, 7-4, and the all-time series 78-71. The two teams will meet a total of 30 times this season, with 18 games at MGM Park in Biloxi and 12 at Trustmark Park.

SERIES NOTES: Michael Harris II hit a leadoff homer, Drew Lugbauer homered to start a four-run second, Justin Maese picked up his league-leading seventh save and the M-Braves held on to win 5-4. Harris II threw out the tying run at the plate in the seventh.

- The M-Braves fell 4-3 in game four. Yariel Gonzalez homered for the second straight game, Jalen Miller made an unbelievable catch against the left-field bullpen wall and Darius Vines tossed six innings of a one-run ball.

- The M-Braves scored five runs in the seventh and four runs in the eighth in a 9-4 win. Yariel Gonzalez homered in his second career four-hit game, CJ Alexander hit the go-ahead three-run double in the seventh and Luke Waddell picked up four RBI.

- The M-Braves won game two 6-4, overcoming a two-run deficit with four runs in the seventh. The M-Braves recorded four straight hits in the seventh, three of them doubles, and an incredible catch by Michael Harris II saved two runs from scoring in the eighth.

- In game one, The M-Braves scored three runs in the ninth, but fell 6-5. Five different M-Braves finished with multi-hit nights in a 13-hit performance.

EVERYBODY LOVES MIKE: The Atlanta Braves' top prospect OF Michael Harris II had his 31-game on-base streak snapped on Saturday night in Chattanooga. In the first 31 games of the season, Harris II reached base safely - the only Double-A player to do so and one of two in minor league baseball, (Esteury Ruiz, SAM). The 21-year-old has reached base safely in 36 of 37 games, playing in every game.

- Harris II had his 15-game hit streak come to an end on Wednesday, which began on April 23. He recorded hits in 10 straight games to start the season - just one of three players in minor league baseball to do so. He's currently hit in 21 of his last 23 games.

- On May 18, Harris II momentarily defied gravity on an unbelievable diving catch in left-center to save two potential runs from scoring. The play made No. 5 on Sportscenter's Top 10.

- He homered twice on Sunday, May 1 at Montgomery. It was the first multi-homer game of his career, including a 432-foot leadoff bomb to start the game.

- He ranks among the Southern League leaders in RBI (27, T-6th), hits (48, 2nd), AVG (.308, 9th), stolen bases (10, T-7th), triples (2, T-4th), doubles (15, 1st), XBH (22, T-2nd) and total bases (82, 3rd).

VINES SHINES: RHP Darius Vines is thriving in his first season in Double-A. Atlanta's No. 14 prospect leads the Southern League in strikeouts (50) and innings pitched (41.1) and is tied for first in games started (8).

THE SLUGBAUER HAS POWER: 1B Drew Lugbauer is tied for fifth in the Southern League with nine home runs, including a 431-foot blast to the top of the Farm Bureau Grill in right field on May 3. His ninth homer came on May 21, which was 18 days after his eighth. He is top ten in XBH (20, 4th), doubles (11, T-5th), and runs scored (26, T-9th).

O' RILEY: Infielder Riley Delgado is riding an eight-game hitting streak and has propelled himself into fourth in the Southern League with a .330 batting average. The streak is the team's third-longest this season, and he is hitting .481 with seven runs in that stretch.

MILLER TIME: INF Jalen Miller recorded his first four-hit game on May 10 at Chattanooga, logging a pair of doubles. In 11 games in May, the Atlanta native is batting .326 with two home runs, six doubles, six walks, 12 RBI, and a .404 OBP. In his third career game in left field, Miller made an incredible running catch on the wall of the left-field bullpen to save multiple runs on Friday, May 20.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT: INF CJ Alexander recorded his third career multi-homer game on Friday, May 13, at Chattanooga, matching an M-Braves record with six RBI. It was the first six-RBI game for a Mississippi hitter since Jaime Pedroza had six RBI at Huntsville on August 2, 2013. The Cape Coral, FL native, has all four of his home runs and 11 RBI in May.

MAESE SAVES THE DAY: RHP Justin Maese leads the Southern League and is 7-for-7 in save chances this season. He posts 27 strikeouts to just four walks in 17.1 innings.

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