This Day in Shuckers History: Aug. 28
While we unfortunately won’t be able to bring you any live baseball until 2021, let’s take a look back at this date in Biloxi Shuckers history. The Shuckers have played just three games all-time on August 28 and have a 2–1 record.
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Biloxi dropped a 7–1 decision to the M-Braves in Pearl in 2015. Orlando Arcia was 2-for-4 with a triple, improving his season average to .305.
On August 28, 2017, the start of the game was held up by over an hour due to rain at MGM Park, but the weather did not deter the Shuckers pitching staff. Freddy Peralta fanned 12 batters while allowing just one hit in six scoreless innings, and Jorge Lopez struck out four over the course of a three-inning save in a 7–1 win over Jacksonville. Jacob Nottingham’s three-run homer was the big hit, while Johnny Davis and Troy Stokes Jr. came through with RBI singles in the second. The Shuckers breathed some new life into their playoff hopes with the victory over the first-place Jumbo Shrimp, as they now trailed by three games with seven contests remaining.
The Shuckers rallied with a run in the ninth to tie the game and then four in the tenth to win 6–3 and spoil the M-Braves home finale in 2018. Gabriel Noriega delivered the game-tying hit in the ninth before Trent Grisham came up clutch yet again, putting Biloxi in front with a two-run single in extras. Tyler Heineman had a sacrifice fly and Luis Aviles Jr. contributed with another RBI single later in the tenth to put the game away.
The victory in 2017 was Biloxi’s third triumph in four tries as they attempted to execute a dramatic late-season comeback in the standings to reach the playoffs. With two games remaining in the series against Jacksonville, a split would not mathematically eliminate the Shuckers but they realistically needed to take both to have a chance during the final weekend.
