Waters homers and goes 4-for-5 in Friday night win over BayBears
PEARL, MS - Drew Waters finished 4-for-5 with a home run on Friday night, and the Mississippi Braves (31-35) beat the Mobile BayBears (26-39) 5-1 in front of 3,486 fans at Trustmark Park.
PEARL, MS -
On Ronald Acuña Jr. jersey giveaway night, Waters did his best impression of the 2018 NL Rookie of the Year, by recording his third four-hit game of the season and 25th multi-hit game. The 20-year-old No. 5 prospect for the Atlanta Braves extended his league-best on-base streak to 22 games and his hitting streak to ten games. The on-base streak, which began on May 23 is just two games shy of the longest this season in the Southern League. His 87 hits, 33 extra-base hits, 22 doubles, 41 runs and .335 batting average lead all of Double-A baseball.
The Braves jumped ahead 1-0 in the third inning.
Waters broke the 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning on a 419 foot two-run home run to left-center, giving the Braves a 3-1 advantage. The homer was Waters' first in just over a month and fourth on the season.
The Braves tacked on an additional run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Pache brought home
Pache and Castel each finished with two hits and Waters had four of Mississippi's 11 hits on the night.
The M-Braves and BayBears will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 5:05 pm. The first game features LHP
Keuchel, 31, made his first appearance in the Braves organization on Monday at Low-A Rome, tossing 7.0 shutout innings while allowing only one hit. Keuchel struck out nine and walked one. He threw 77 pitches and faced only two batters over the minimum.
Opposing Keuchel in game one for Mobile will be RHP
Saturday's Promotions:
- Doubleheader - Enjoy two games for the price of one as the M-Brave and Mobile BayBears will play two seven-inning games. The second contest will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one.
- Parrothead Night and Post-Game Fireworks - Join us as we pay tribute to Jimmy Buffett and all you Parrothead's with Parrothead Night! Stay after the second game for a Buffett themed Fireworks Show!
- Chick-fil-A Family 4 Pack - Get (4) Home Plate, Dugout, or Field Level Tickets and (4) complimentary Chick-fil-A meal coupons with purchase of this ticket plan!