Streaking Shuckers open homestand with M-Braves on Saturday

Game #36: Biloxi Shuckers (MIL) (19-16) vs. Mississippi Braves (ATL) (18-17) | 6:35 pm CT | MGM Park
Current Series: 1 of 5 (0-0) | 23-20 all-time vs. MIS, 10-9 all-time at MGM Park
1^st Half Standings: Shuckers (SL South), T-1st, -- GB | Mississippi (SL South), 3rd, 1.0 GB
Starting Pitchers: RHP Taylor Jungmann  (1-2, 5.00) vs. RHP Wes Parsons  (0-1, 4.19)
Promotions:
Post-Game Fireworks - Every Saturday home game this season, fireworks will light up the sky over MGM Park and downtown Biloxi. Experience the best fireworks show on the Mississippi Gulf Coast! This fireworks show is presented by Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and will be choreographed to a Rock music theme!
Biloxi Little League Night and Pregame Parade - Members of the Biloxi Little League will take part in a pregame parade around the warning track.

Radio: Listen Live
Coverage begins at 6:15 pm  WGCM AM-1240, FM-100.9 and the Shuckers Radio Network on BiloxiShuckers.com and TuneIn Radio with Chris Harris and Erik Bremer
TV: MiLB.tv
Live Stats: MiLB Gameday will provide a live box score with pitch-by-pitch data
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TODAY'S GAME: The Biloxi Shuckers look to win their sixth straight game in their series opener against the Mississippi Braves...Taylor Jungmann gets the start for the Shuckers...tonight's postgame fireworks show has a rock music theme.
NOTTINGHAM CLINCHES SHELLFISH SWEEP: The Shuckers won their fifth consecutive game Friday night as Jacob Nottingham's ninth-inning RBI single led to a 4-3 victory over Jacksonville...Aaron Wilkerson started for the Shuckers, going 5.0 innings and allowing three runs on six hits while adding an RBI single...Javier Betancourt hit three doubles in four at-bats...Mauricio Dubon stole his league-leading 18th base...Bubba Derby earned his second win for two perfect innings of relief.
DON'T CALL ME JUNIOR: The Milwaukee Brewers announced that 2017 Opening Day starter Junior Guerra is sched­uled to join the Shuckers on a rehab assignment starting on Monday...the righty was 9-3 with a 2.81 ERA for the Brewers last year...he suffered a right calf injury on Opening Day and has not pitched in a live game since...in addition, on Saturday the Shuckers activated infielder George Iskenderian from the disabled list and Gabriel Noriega was sent to Triple-A.
IF YOU BUILD IT...: Presale numbers indicate that Saturday night's game will be among the best-attended in MGM Park history...the single-game record was 6,231 on July 3, 2015 against Mississippi...three of the park's top five dates have come against the Braves...for a full list of attendance highs, go to page 96 of the Shuckers Media Guide...the 2017 high so far is 4,006 on April 15 against Pensacola.
ON THIS DATE IN SHUCKERS HISTORY: 2015 - The Shuckers set a team high with 14 runs on 20 hits in a 14-10 win at Jackson.
AGAINST THE BRAVES: The Shuckers are 23-20 all-time against the Braves, including 10-8 at MGM Park...the Shuck­ers also went 3-2 in five games as the "home" team at Trustmark Park in 2015.
HOW SWEEP IT IS: Biloxi's sweep of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp from May 8 to 12 was just their second five-game sweep in team history...their first came in August 2016 against the Braves.
GRAND THEFT: Infielder Mauricio Dubón leads the Southern League with 18 stolen bases this season, including four in his April 15 game against Pensacola...outfielder Johnny Davis ranks second in the league with 10 swipes in 10 attempts...the team's 45 stolen bases rank second in the Southern League...meanwhile, catchers Jacob Nottingham and Dustin Houle have combined to throw out 15 of 28 of base-stealers this season.
A LOOK BACK: The Shuckers finished 2016 with a 72-67 record, just missing out on the playoffs a year after making it to the Southern League championship...they finished 1.5 games back of Pensacola in the first half with a 39-30 record, and despite a last-place (33-37) finish in the second half finished just 1.5 games behind Mississippi for second place overall in the South Division...RHP Brandon Woodruff joined the Shuckers on May 16th and led the Southern League in WHIP (1.04), opponent batting average (.211), strikeouts per nine innings (9.82), and fewest base runners per nine innings (9.66)...Woodruff led all of Minor League Baseball in strikeouts with 173, and led the Brewers organization in starts and innings pitched en route to being named Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Year...pitchers Tristan Archer, Josh Hader and Stephen Peterson, outfielders Brett Phillips and Kyle Wren, and catcher Jacob Nottingham were named Southern League All-Stars in 2016.
PROSPECTING: Five members of the MLB.com Pipeline Brewers Top 30 are playing in Biloxi...RHP Luis Ortiz (#4), Mauricio Dubon (#9), Jorge López (#13), Jacob Nottingham (#14) and Michael Reed (#27) all made the list.
BROTHERS GUERRERO: Manager Mike Guerrero and hitting coach Sandy Guerrero are the second coaching brother combination in affiliated pro baseball (Stu and Stan Cliburn, Twins org 2001-2008). The Dominican duo's father was Epy Guerrero, the famed Dominican scout who signed more than 50 players including Carlos Delgado, Cesar Cedeño, Tony Fernandez and most recently Alcides Escobar. Brother Fred Guerrero is a Twins scout who signed Miguel Sanó, Danny Santana and Jorge Polanco. Mike picked up his 1,000th career victory on Thursday, July 14, 2016 in Biloxi's 3-2 walk-off win over Birmingham at MGM Park.