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Thursday, May 5 vs. Pensacola Blue Wahoos: 6:35 PM: Trustmark Park

May 5, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
Mississippi Braves News Release


Thursday May 5, 2022 | 6:35 PM CT | Trustmark Park | Pearl, MS

Mississippi Braves (ATL) (9-14, 4th SL South, -3.0) vs.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos (PNS) (10-13, 3rd SL South, -2.0)

LHP Jared Shuster (2-2, 1.88) vs. LHP Will Stewart (0-1, 4.08)

Game #24 | Home Game #12

Radio: 103.9 FM WYAB and (LISTEN LIVE LINK)

TV: MiLB.TV

Today's Roster Moves N/A

Today's Promotions:

Truckworx Thirsty Thursday™: 16 oz 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!

Free Live Trivia: The Farm Bureau Grill and outdoor patio hosts free live trivia with corn hole on the plaza. Join us for Thirsty Thursday and live trivia!. 2022 M-BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE 2022 GAME PROGRAM EL JUEGO DE HOY: The M-Braves and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos meet for the third game of a six-game series at Trustmark Park. They will meet a total of 30 times this season,

with 18 games at Trustmark Park and 12 games at Blue Wahoos Stadium.

NOTAS DE LA SERIE: The M-Braves took game one of the series with solid pitching and homers from CJ Alexander and Drew Lugbauer. Darius Vines picked up the win, tossing 5.0 innings of two-run ball. LHP Jake Higginbotham, RHP Justin Maese and RHP Victor Vodnik combined to toss four scoreless innings to secure the win. Vodnik picked up his first save and has three scoreless innings over three appearances.

- Pensacola won game two by scoring eight runs in the first two innings off RHP Tanner Gordon. The M-Braves received solid relief over the final 7.1 innings. RHP Troy Bacon completed his longest appearance of the season, going 3.1 scoreless innings with three strikeouts. RHP Odalvi Javier threw two scoreless innings, and RHP Tyler Ferguson and RHP Indigo Diaz each added a shutout inning and two strikeouts.

LOS REFLEJOS DE LA SERIE CARRATERA: The M-Braves took four of six games at Montgomery, winning their first series of the season. The teams split the first four games before the M-Braves came from behind to win the final two games of the series.

- The M-Braves bats produced 13 home runs from these players: Michael Harris II (3), Drew Lugbauer (3), Yariel Gonzalez (2), Jalen Miller (2), Hendrik Clementina (1), Riley Delgado (1), Luke Waddell (1).

LOS NIÑOS DE VUELVE: The M-Braves came from behind in the ninth inning in back-to back games to close out the series at Montgomery. Those wins marked just the third and fourth times in the last 51 games the M-Braves won when trailing after eight innings. The M-Braves went 2-38 when trailing after eight innings last season.

SEÑOR MICHAEL HARRIS II: The Atlanta Braves' top prospect OF Michael Harris II is currently on a 23-game on-base streak, hitting .326 with four home runs, 19 RBI, two triples, six doubles and ten stolen bases, plus seven multi-hit games. He is the only Double-A player to reach base safely in all 23 games, and one of just four in minor league baseball to do so. (David Hensley, SUG/ Stone Garrett, RNO/ Esteury Ruiz, SAM).

- Harris II recorded hits in 10 straight games to start the season - just one of three players in minor league baseball to do so. He is currently on another 10-game hit streak.

- Harris II 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 leadoff the game.

- He ranks among the Southern League leaders in AVG (.326, 5th), RBI (19, 4th), hits (31, 1st), stolen bases (10, 3rd), triples (2, T-3rd), XBH (12, T-8th) and total bases (53, 4th).

LUUUUUUUUUUUKE: INF Luke Waddell smashed his first career Double-A home run on Sunday, a three-run homer to tie the game at 5-5 in the ninth. Over the Montgomery series, Waddell went 11-for-26 with a home run and nine RBI, including a 5-for-5 performance on Saturday. Alejandro Salazar recorded the last five-hit game on July 15, 2018 vs. Pensacola. Waddell picked up 11 RBI in the last 11 games.

ESTALLIDO DE OFENSA: The M-Braves are averaging 6.7 runs per game, which ranks fifth in Double-A over the last ten games, batting .279 with 18 home runs, two triples, 17 doubles, and 67 runs scored.

EL SLUGBAUER TIENE ENERGÍA: 1B Drew Lugbauer is tied for second in the Southern League with eight home runs, including a 431-foot blast to the top of the Farm Bureau Grill in right field on Tuesday, May 3. He is top ten in RBI (16, T-6th), SLG (.607, 6th), OPS (.981, 7th), XBH (13, T-6th), BB (14, 5th) and TB (51, 5th). The New York native has hits in nine of the last 10 games.

QUE COMIENZO PARA SHUSTER: LHP Jared Shuster has tossed back-to-back 7.0 inning outings, setting a new career high. Shuster holds a 2-2 record with a 1.88 ERA and five walks to 28 strikeouts in 24.0 innings. He ranks top five in the Southern League in ERA (1.88, 3rd), strikeouts (28, 5th), innings pitched (24.0, T-3rd), opponent batting average (.179, 3rd) and WHIP (0.83, 1st).

- Shuster struck out a career-high 12 over 5.0 shutout innings on Saturday, April 16 at Biloxi. He matched a Southern League record by striking out the final eight batters of the outing. The only other four Southern League pitchers to accomplish eight-straight strikeouts: Jim Jefferson (1988, Chattanooga), Dan Miceli (1996, Carolina), Anthony Reyes (2004, Tennessee), Nik Turley (2017, Chattanooga).

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