SL Mississippi Braves

Thursday, June 16 vs. Birmingham Barons: 6:35 PM: Trustmark Park

June 16, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
Mississippi Braves News Release


Thursday, June 16, 2022, | 6:35 PM CT | Trustmark Park | Pearl, MS

Mississippi Braves (ATL) (26-33, 4th SL South, -6.5) vs

Birmingham Barons (CHW) (24-35, 4th SL North, -12.0)

Probable Pitchers: LHP Jared Shuster (4-5, 3.02) vs. RHP Scott Blewett (3-2, 4.56) Game #60 | Home Game #30

Radio: 103.9 FM WYAB and (LISTEN LIVE LINK)

TV: MiLB.TV

Today's Roster Move: INF Tyler Krieger begins rehab assignment with FCL Braves

Today's Promotions:

Truckworx Thirsty Thursday™: 16-ounce beers and fountain drinks are just $2!

Free Military Tickets: All active or retired military members will receive free field-level or general admission tickets with valid IDs. We appreciate our military and would love all those that have served to join us at Trustmark Park!

Nurse's Night: All nurses will receive free field-level or general admission tickets with valid IDs. We love our nurses and would love nurses to join us at the ballpark!'

Free Live Trivia: The Farm Bureau Grill and outdoor patio host free live trivia with corn hole on the plaza. Join us for Thirsty Thursday and live trivia!

Southern Miss Night: Wear your Golden Eagle gear and celebrate Southern Miss night at the ballpark, thanks to Farm Bureau! 2022 M-BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE 2022 GAME PROGRAM TODAY'S GAME: The M-Braves continue a six-game series against the Birmingham Barons at Trustmark Park. The two teams will meet a total of 12 times this season, with six games at Trustmark Park and six games at Regions Field from August 23-28.

SERIES NOTES: The Barons were powered by a 10-run second inning where they tied a Southern League record with 10 consecutive hits. The M-Braves fell 11-2. RHP AJ Puckett struck out six batters and RHP Odalvi Javier tossed two scoreless innings in relief. - The M-Braves dropped their first 2022 meeting against Birmingham 9-4. RHP Troy Bacon de- livered three scoreless innings of relief, Dean tripled and scored twice and Alexander added two RBI in the loss. After the game was tied 1-1 through the first, Birmingham scored six unanswered runs and never relinquished the lead.

SCORE FIRST, GO FIVE INNINGS: The M-Braves are 20-10 when scoring first in a game and 21-8 when the starting pitcher makes it at least five innings into the outing. In contrast, the club is 6-23 when opponents score first and 5-25 when the starter goes less than five innings.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: After starting the season 0-4 in one-run games, the M-Braves are 9-5 since and have won four of their last five one-run affairs.

RELIEVERS TO THE RESCUE: The relief core for the M-Braves leads the Southern League and is T-4th in Double-A with a 4.03 ERA this season.

THE M-BRAVES WENT TO JARED: Starter Jared Shuster has a 3.02 ERA through 11 starts, which ranks 5th in the Southern League. The 2020 Atlanta first-rounder leads the league with a .191 opponent battting average and ranks among the league leaders in WHIP (0.94, 2nd), innings pitched (56.2, 4th), strikeouts (61, T-6th) and wins (4, T-6th).

THE SLUGBAUER TIES ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADERS: 1B Drew Lugbauer has 14 home runs this season, and 32 overall with the M-Braves. His two-run homer on Thursday, June 9 tied him with Travis Demerritte and Connor Lien for the M-Braves record. He leads the Southern League in home runs ranking T-6th in Double-A, including a two-homer game on May 27 at Pensacola where he matched a club-record with six RBI. - Lugbauer hit a walk-off single on Friday, June 3 vs MTG, the M-Braves first walkoff since Wen- dell Rijo's single on 7/9/21. He is in league's top 10 in...XBH (28, 3rd), SLG (.512, 8th), walks (29, T-8th), doubles (14, T-6th) total bases (107, 4th), and runs scored (36, T-8th).

ALEXANDER THE GREAT: INF CJ Alexander hit his 11th home run on Friday, June 10, ranking 7th in the league. He has two multi-homer games, May 13, at Chattanooga, and May 27 at Pen- sacola, his third and fourth since 2019. From May 27-June 1, Alexander homered five times in five games. - Alexander leads the league, and ranks T-3rd in Double-A baseball with 11 homers since May 1.

BABA O' RILEY: INF Riey Delgado lost an 18-game on-base streak on Thursday, but still sits among the league leaders at 8th with a .289 batting average. He lost an 11-game hit streak on Saturday, May 28, the team's third longest this season (Waddell, 12/M. Harris, 15), and hit .462 with six RBI and eight runs in that stretch.

MAESE SAVES THE DAY: After logging a save in Pensacola on Tuesday, May 24, RHP Justin Maese leads the Southern League, and is T-2nd in Double-A, going 9-for-9 in save chances this season. He posts 40 strikeouts to just six walks in 24.0 innings. He's also 2nd in appearances with 22.

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUTS: OF Michael Harris (5/28), LHP Joey Wentz (5/11), RHP William Woods (4/27) and Bryce Elder (4/12) have all made their big league debuts this season, making 156 total MLB debuts for the M-Braves since 2005.

- Harris II hit his first major league home run on Monday, June 13 to left center field at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. He followed with another homer the next night. The outfielder is riding an eight-game hitting streak with a .433 average, two homers, three doubles, a triple and eight RBI over the streak.

- Harris II is the 22nd M-Braves player promoted directly to Atlanta, and first since Max Fried made the jump on August 5, 2017...the first position player since Dansby Swanson on August 17, 2016. The first to jump from Mississippi to Atlanta was Brian McCann on June 10, 2005.

- At 21 years and 82 days old, Harris II was the youngest Braves player to make his MLB debut since RHP Huascar Ynoa on June 16, 2019 (21 years, 19 days)...Harris II was also the youngest Braves hitter to debut since Ronald Acuña Jr., who debuted at 20 years and 128 days old.

APRIL SHOWERS, MAY FLOWERS, JUNE THUNDERSTORMS: 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 has not carried to June, where the M-Braves are 3-10 so far.

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