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Mississippi Braves (35-36, 1-1) vs Jacksonville Suns (31-41, 1-1)RHP Rob Whalen (5-4, 2.16) vs RHP Asher Wojciechowski (0-0, 1.93)

Overall (35-36) 1st Half (34-35) 2nd Half (1-1)Game #72 June 25, 2016 Pearl, MS Trustmark Park

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TODAYS GAME: The M-Braves take on the Jacksonville Suns in the third of a five game series at Trustmark Park on Saturday night, sending right-hander Rob Whalen to the hill against right-hander Asher Wojciechowski.

LAST TIME OUT: Victor Mateo pitched a solid 5 1/3 innings to pick up the win as Mis-sissippi evened the series with a 4-2 win over Jacksonville. Mateo allowed just two runs, one earned, on five hits, working around four walks. Jacksonville scored a run in the first on a JT Riddle single, but Mississippi came right back with two in the second on an RBI single from Camargo and a sacrifice fly by Mateo for a 2-1 lead. The Braves added two more in the fourth with RBI knocks from Willians Astudillo and Camargo. Jacksonville threatened a comeback in the fifth, loading the bases with nobody out and bringing home a run on a double play, but Mateo got out of it to maintain the lead. Madison Younginer nailed down his fifth save, stranding the tying run on base in the ninth. Patrick Johnson took his fourth loss, allowing all four runs, two earned, on eight hits over four innings.

AFTER THE INTERMISSION: The M-Braves have been a second-half team dating back to the earliest days of the teams history, finishing with a better second-half record in eight consecutive seasons. All time, the club is 377-377 (.500) after the All-Star Break, as opposed to 399-434 (.479) in the first half.

A NIGHT WITH THE STARS: The Mississippi Braves are coming off hosting the Southern League All-Star Game for the first time since 2007, with the South Division earning a 5-1 win over the North Division Tuesday night at Trustmark Park thanks to a couple of Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Outfielder and MVP Phillip Ervin slugged a grand slam off Smokies pitcher Brad Markey in the fifth to put the game away 5-0, while RHP Barrett Astin picked up the win for the South. For the Braves, Dansby Swanson finished the game 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Dustin Peterson went 0-for-4.

A WHALE OF A TALE: Rob Whalen has posted a string of fine starts to carry the M-Braves rotation into late-June. The right-hander is 4-1 with a 1.17 ERA in his last nine starts (7 ER in 54 IP), dragging his ERA down to 2.16, good for fifth-best in the Southern League.

HIS NAME IS DUSTIN PETERSON: Dustin Petersons 18-game on-base streak came to an end on Thursday night with an 0-4 showing. The M-Braves outfielder had his 13-game hit streak ended on Saturday night with an 0-for-2 day. Over the hit streak, Peterson batted .423 (22-52) with a .466 on-base percentage (5 BB, 0 HBP, 1 SF) and slugging .638 (4 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR). Petersons RBI streak ended at 6 games on Thursday night, falling three short of Seth Lomans 2014 record of 9 games, set June 21-29, 2014.

SMORGASBORD OF SWATS: Dansby Swansons solo home run on Thursday night was the 38th team home run of the season, matching the 2015 full-season total of 38. The club is on pace for 75 home runs, which would be 13 shy of the teams all-time record set at 88 in the championship season of 2008. Dustin Peterson and Jacob Schrader led the team in the first half with seven each.

SOLO BOMBS: The M-Braves have 38 home runs this year, but 29 have been solo shots, with seven two-run homers and two three-run home runs. Levi Hyams hit the first home run with multiple people on base on May 23 at Mobile, a three-run homer to give the M-Braves a 3-0 lead. In comparison, opponents have 29 home runs against the Braves, with 13 solo, 11 two-run, 4 three-run, and 1 grand slam.

Upcoming Promotions at Trustmark ParkJune 24 Friday Night Fireworks Central MS Steel Magnolias Pink the Park NightJune 25 Super Sensational Saturday Entergy Power to Care Night European Autos of the Renaissance Euro FestJune 26 FamilyFest Sunday Kids Run the BasesJune 27 SportClips Military MondayJuly 4 Independence Day Celebration Super-sized Fireworks

Us vs Them Braves Stats Suns 35-36 Record 31-41 .242 Batting Average .245 .346 Slugging Percentage .341 .305 On-Base Percentage .329 256 Runs Scored 285 583 Hits 577 232 Runs Batted In 264 100 Doubles 93 19 Triples 16 38 Home Runs 34 29 Stolen Bases 66 25 Sacrifice Bunts 32 23 Sacrifice Flies 21 48 GIDP 54

3.17 Earned Run Average 4.27 .223 Average Against .259 584 Strikeouts 484 294 Walks 209 255 Runs Allowed 325 229 Earned Runs Allowed 299 29 Home Runs Allowed 52

.979 Fielding Percentage .977 76 Double Plays 59 59 Errors 64

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The Braves return home for a five-game series against the Montgomery Biscuits (AA Rays) starting July 4 and stretching through

July 8. The Braves and Biscuits havent battled since early April, with Montgomery

taking four of five.

After an off-day on June 28, the M-Braves open a five-game series on the road at the Jackson Generals from June 29 to July 3rd.

The Braves and Generals (AA Mariners) met once in the first half at Trustmark Park, with the Braves handing the first-half North divi-

sion champs a 3-2 series loss.

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 at Trustmark Park 2-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-3 2-1 at Jacksonville 6-3 3-3 2-3 4-1 3-2 2-3 Total 8-7 5-6 4-6 6-4 4-5 4-4

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Alltime at Trustmark Park 2-3 3-2 2-3 3-2 4-1 3-4 28-32 at Jacksonville 4-6 1-3 2-3 4-1 4-5 3-2 38-35 Total 6-9 4-5 4-6 7-3 8-6 6-6 66-67

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Date Opponent Probable Starters Time (CT) This Series Saturday, June 25 vs Jacksonville Suns RHP Rob Whalen (5-4, 2.16) vs RHP Asher Wojciechowski (0-0, 1.93) 6:00 PM Sunday, June 26 vs Jacksonville Suns RHP Lucas Sims (0-2, 1.84) vs TBA 5:00 PM Monday, June 27 vs Jacksonville Suns LHP Sean Newcomb (3-4, 3.96) vs TBA 7:00 PMNext Series Tuesday, June 28 OFF DAY Wednesday, June 29 at Jackson Generals RHP Andrew Thurman (1-6, 6.05) vs TBA 7:05 PM Thursday, June 30 at Jackson Generals RHP Victor Mateo (1-2, 3.89) vs TBA 7:05 PM Friday, July 1 at Jackson Generals RHP Rob Whalen vs TBA 7:05 PM

M-Braves vs Suns Day-by-Day Date Result Record W-L-S Att 4/28 L, 9-4 0-1 Esch-Thurman 3,226 4/29 W, 5-4 1-1 Ellis-Garcia-Roney 5,955 4/30 W, 3-2 2-1 Janas-Johnson-Cabrera 5,270 5/1 L, 3-1 2-2 Higgins-Whalen-Kinley 3,622 5/2 W, 8-2 3-2 Barker-Pineyro 1,759 5/25 L, 4-3 (10) 3-3 Higgins-Younginer 2,099 5/26 L, 5-3 3-4 Esch-Ellis-Donatello 3,193 5/27 W, 3-1 4-4 Newcomb-Brice 2,854 5/28 W, 6-2 5-4 Whalen-Garcia 4,364 5/29 L, 2-0 5-5 Johnson-Mateo-Lazo 2,003 6/23 L, 8-3 5-6 Adkins-Thurman 2,557 6/24 W, 4-2 6-6 Mateo-Johnson-Younginer 3,119 6/25 6/26 6/27 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15

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M-Braves Last Ten Quality Starts (At Least 6.0 IP & 3 ER or Less) Pitcher Date Opp. H/R Dec. IP H R ER BB SO HR BK WP GO/AO AVG Rob Whalen 6/19 BIR R W, 5 (8-3) 7.0 2 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 7/5 .213 Sean Newcomb 6/18 BIR R ND (L, 3-2, 10) 7.0 3 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 9/5 .238 Victor Mateo 6/16 BIR R L, 2 (5-2) 6.1 6 3 3 3 4 0 0 0 7/3 .304 Rob Whalen 6/14 JXN H ND (W, 5-1) 6.0 5 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 5/2 .224 Chris Ellis 6/13 JXN H W, 8 (4-1) 6.0 5 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 3/2 .201 Victor Mateo 6/11 JXN H ND (L, 3-2, 13) 6.0 9 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 7/1 .317 Andrew Thurman 6/10 JXN H ND (W, 6-5, 14) 6.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4/3 .274 Rob Whalen 6/9 TNS H ND (W, 3-0, 11) 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 12/1 .223 Chris Ellis 6/7 TNS H W, 7 (5-1) 6.2 1 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 6/3 .197 Rob Whalen 6/3 BLX R W, 4 (3-2) 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 7/2 .227

Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG2012 Kingsport 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .3332013 Kingsport 3-2 1.87 12 12 0 0 0 72.1 50 26 15 1 7 17 76 4 .1872014 GCL Mets 0-1 1.29 3 2 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 0 0 2 10 1 .1602014 Savannah 9-1 2.01 11 10 0 0 0 62.2 44 18 14 2 5 19 53 7 .1922015 St. Lucie 4-5 3.36 15 14 0 0 0 83.0 72 39 31 4 8 34 61 11 .2312015 Carolina 1-2 3.29 3 3 0 0 0 13.2 11 6 5 2 0 4 7 0 .2242016 Mississippi 5-4 2.16 14 14 0 0 0 79.1 61 22 19 3 3 31 70 2 .213 Minor League Totals 22-15 2.40 59 55 0 0 0 319.0 243 113 85 12 24 107 278 25 .207

Whalens Career Stats

Whalens 2015 Day-by-Day *Relief

2016 Highs Whalens Last IP .............................7.0 (Last: 6/19 at BIR) K .................................8 (Last: 6/19 at BIR) BB ..................................... 5 (4/20 vs CHA) H ........................................ 8 (5/17 at PSC) R ................................ 3 (Last: 5/17 at PSC) ER .............................. 3 (Last: 5/17 at PSC) HR ............................. 1 (Last: 5/28 vs JAX)

Win ............................................ 6/19 at BIRLoss ............................................5/17 at PSCSave .............................................................CG ................................................................ HR ..................... 5/28 vs JAX (Moises Sierra) WP .............................................4/10 vs PSC BK ........