M-Braves Best Biscuits, 10-6

PEARL, Mis. – Shane Baz (0-4) struck out a season-high 10 batters, but the Biscuits (8-13) lost to the Mississippi Braves (10-12), 10-6, on Friday night at Trustmark Park.

Shane Baz made his fifth start of the season and cruised through a 1-2-3 first, striking out two in the frame to begin Game 4. Baz’s counterpart, Mississippi starter Odalvi Javier (1-0), retired the first five batters he faced, but then ran into Seaver Whalen, who took the right-hander over the right field wall for a solo homer that gave the Biscuits an early 1-0 lead in the second.

Baz continued to dominate M-Braves hitters, striking out six through his first three innings of work, and then the first two to begin the fourth to tie his previous season-high of eight. But then Shea Langeliers singled and CJ Alexander did the same in the following at-bat to set up a Trey Harris RBI-single that knotted things up at one. The next batter was Drew Lugbauer, and the first baseman slugged a three-run homer to right to make it a 4-1 ballgame in favor of Mississippi.

Baz still struck out a season-high 10 over five innings of work, as the Biscuits offense struggled to get anything going against Javier. The Mississippi righty allowed just the lone run over five innings before handing the reins to Brandon White. The M-Braves added a fifth run on a throwing error by Biscuits right fielder Moises Gomez, and a sixth run on a Jalen Miller RBI-single—both in the seventh.

The M-Braves would add four more runs in the eighth against Simon Rosenblum-Larson, but then the Biscuits put their hitting shoes on in the ninth and scored five times to make things interesting against Sean McLaughlin. Jake Palomaki, Miles Mastrobuoni, and Gomez each added an RBI-single in the final frame, and Cal Stevenson a two-run double. The Biscuits have now scored 27 runs in the ninth inning in 2021.

The Biscuits will try to bounce back against the M-Braves on Saturday when LHP Michael Plassmeyer (0-1) goes head-to-head with RHP A.J. Puckett (2-1) at 6:35 PM CT.

The Biscuits will be back at Riverwalk Stadium to open up a 12-game home stand on June 1 beginning with a six-game series against the Biloxi Shuckers on a Golden Biscuits Tuesday. The rest of the series against the Shuckers includes a Military Wednesday presented by WOW! on Wednesday, June 2; A Hey Butter Butter T-Shirt Giveaway presented by Whataburger on Thursday June 3; A Chicken & Baker Bobblehead Giveaway presented by Capital Trailways on Friday June 4; 90s Night with MAX Fireworks on Saturday June 5; and a Rays Day Poster.