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Wednesday, August 3 vs. Biloxi Shuckers: 5:05 PM Doubleheader: Trustmark Park

August 3, 2022 - Southern League (SL)
Mississippi Braves News Release


Wednesday, August 3, 2022 | 5:05 PM CT | Trustmark Park| Pearl, MS

Mississippi Braves (ATL) (46-50, 17-10, 1st SL South, +2.0) vs.

Biloxi Shuckers (MIL) (46-48, 12-15, 4th SL South, -5.0)

Starting Pitchers:

Game 1: RHP Tanner Gordon (5-4, 6.50) vs. LHP Nick Bennett (5-8, 4.73)

Game 2: RHP Allan Winans (0-0, 2.25) vs. RHP TJ Shook (2-1, 4.75)

Game #97/98 | 2nd Half #28/29 | Home Game #46/47

Radio: 103.9 FM WYAB and (LISTEN LIVE LINK)

TV: MiLB.TV

Today's Roster Moves:

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Today's Promotions:

First Responders Wednesday: First responders receive free field or general admission tickets with valid ID at the Trustmark Park Box Office, presented by AMR!

Join Us 4 A Jackson: For just $20, receive a pack of four Field Level tickets and four soda vouchers! For $40, fans can get the same pack at the diamond level! Tickets must be purchased at the M-Braves box office.

TODAY'S GAME: The M-Braves start a six-game series against the Biloxi Shuckers at Trustmark Park with a doubleheader. This is the fourth of five series between these two clubs, with the final series at MGM Park from September 6-11. The M-Braves just wrapped up a nine-game road trip, finishing 3-6 on their second-longest road stint of the season.

A DIFFICULT GOODBYE: OF Trey Harris was traded to the Washington Nationals in exchange for OF Ehire Adrianza. Harris was batting .238 with two home runs and 16 RBI in 59 games.

- Harris came to the M-Braves on July 18, 2019. He was the 2019 Atlanta braves Minor League Player of the Year and combined to hit .323 with 14 home runs, 73 RBI, and eight stolen bases over three levels of the Braves organization.

- The Austell, GA native, and fan favorite appeared in 196 games for Mississippi since 2019, posting a .252 batting average with 30 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs, 78 RBI, and .681 OPS. Harris was a key contributor and team leader on the 2021 Double-A South Championship club, batting .350 with two doubles and five RBI during the championship series.

ABOUT LAST SERIES: The M-Braves took two of four against the Blue Wahoos in an extremely competitive series. No game was decided by more than three runs. Pensacola overcame 5-0 and 4-1 deficits in the first two games to win 6-5 and 6-4. The M-Braves took the next two games, winning a 3-2 win on Friday that included 19 hits, none of which went for extra bases. The Blue Wahoos took the final two games of the series.

- Justin Dean hit .304 with a homer, two doubles and seven RBI in the series. He also stole two bases and scored two runs. On Saturday, Dean made a tremendous diving catch in right-center to prevent a run from scoring. Vaughn Grissom went 10-for-24 with a home run, two doubles, five RBI and two steals in the series. Grissom went 4-for-5 (all singles) on Friday.

- RHP Tanner Gordon went five innings and allowed just one run on Wednesday. RHP Allan Winans gave up a run in four innings on Thursday. RHP Darius Vines tossed six innings of one-run ball on Friday. RHP Alan Rangel followed with five innings of one-run ball on Saturday.

SECOND-HALF STUDS: Despite the 3-6 road trip, the M-Braves are a league-best 17-10 in the second-half, leading the SL South by 2.0 games over Montgomery, out-scoring the opposition, 135- 105 (+30). The 17 wins are T-3rd in Double-A.

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. In June, the club finished 7-19, tying their club record for the most losses in June. The M-Braves went 16-8 in July. The 16 wins were 2nd in Double-A and T-5th in MiLB. The month included a six-game sweep of Rocket City (first six-game sweep in club history) and a season-long seven-game win streak. The pitching staff was 2nd in Double-A with a 3.59 ERA.

THE NEW GUYS: The M-Braves are 9-6 since the additions of OF Justyn-Henry Malloy, INF Vaughn Grissom, RHP Lisandro Santos, and LHP Dylan Dodd on July 12 from High-A Rome.

- In in his first week in Double-A, INF Vaughn Grissom hit .462 (12-for-26) with a triple, home run, five RBI, three runs, and three stolen bases. The Oviedo, FL native hit in his first nine games, and 13 of his first 15 games with Mississippi, batting .387 with two home runs, and 10 RBI. His 24 hits are T-6th in Double-A since his promotion. Grissom lost an on-base streak of 45-straight games for Rome and Mississippi since May 27 on July 24. Grissom is ranked as Atlanta's No. 4 prospect.

- Justyn-Henry Malloy has two homers, two doubles, and 10 RBI in 15 games. Malloy blasted a three-run walk-off home run on Friday, July 15. Malloy hit .304/10 HR/44 RBI/.888 OPS in 71 games for Rome. He is currently ranked as Atlanta's No. 28 prospect.

- LHP Dylan Dodd went six shutout innings in his Double-A debut with seven strikeouts on July 17, and in three starts has a 4.91 ERA with 18 strikeouts and two walks. Dodd went 9-5 with a 3.44 ERA in 89.0 innings over 15 starts for Rome. He is currently ranked as Atlanta's No. 20 prospect.

- LHP Lisandro Santos is 1-0 with 6.0 scoreless innings in five relief appearances, 10 strikeouts to two walks. Santos posted a 3.40 ERA in 20 appearances, four starts, over 47.2 innings for Rome.

LAST TIME AGAINST THE SHUCKERS: The M-Braves took four of six from the Shuckers from June 28-July 3, winning the series' final four games by a combined 36-14. On Saturday, July 2, the M-Braves posted their biggest win of the season, 18-4, with 18 hits.

- After dropping five of six in their first meeting, the M-Braves have won eight of the last 12 games.

THE COMEBACK KIDS: The M-Braves came from behind for the 7th time in the final inning, or later, Friday, July 22 at Montgomery. The M-Braves had just two comeback wins in the final inning or later last season. Four of those comebacks have come at Riverwalk Stadium. The M-Braves have walked off five times at Trustmark Park, including back-to-back walk offs on July 7-8.

THE SLUGBAUER MAKING MISSISSIPPI HISTORY: 1B Drew Lugbauer set club record with seven RBI on Saturday, July 2, at Biloxi. Lubgauer has hit a club-record 39 career M-Braves home runs over two seasons. He hit 18 home runs in 2021.

- 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 (21, 2nd), RBI (53, 8th), XBH (40, T-1st), walks (52, 4th), doubles (19, T-10th), and total bases (158, 2nd).

VINES SHINES AGAIN: RHP Darius Vines has a 1.51 ERA over his last seven starts (7 ER/41.2 IP), 35 strikeouts, eight walks, matching career highs with 7.0 shutout innings on June 25 at MTG, and July 1 at BLX. He leads the league with 118 strikeouts and 100.0 innings pitched while also ranking among the leaders in starts (19, T-2nd), ERA (4.14, 6th), AVG (.249, 8th), and WHIP (1.25, 5th). Vines' 118 strikeouts are T-2nd in Double-A, and T-8th in MiLB.

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