This Day in Shuckers History: July 12
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 four games all-time on July 12 and have yet to earn a victory in a game that has concluded on this day, although one contest was suspended, which they ended up winning once it resumed.
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In 2015, Taylor Green doubled twice and Parker Berberet also had a two-hit day in an 8–2 loss to the Smokies. Tyrone Taylor doubled and tripled among his three hits in a 9–0 defeat at the hands of Pensacola the following year. The Shuckers took a 2–1 eighth-inning lead on a two-run homer by Dustin Houle in 2017, but Jacksonville scored a run in the eighth and a run in the tenth to win 3–2 and walk off Biloxi for the third time in four days.
Biloxi yet again lost in walk-off fashion at Jacksonville in 2018, coming courtesy of a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning as the Jumbo Shrimp claimed a 4–3 victory. The Shuckers led 3–1 at the stretch courtesy of a solo homer off the bat of Troy Stokes Jr., three hits from Luis Aviles Jr. and two runs batted in by Max McDowell.
The Shuckers and Lookouts waited out a rain delay to begin the game in 2019, and Biloxi led 1–0 after three innings when another storm hit MGM Park, forcing the game to be delayed again and eventually suspended. Alec Bettinger worked three innings with just one hit allowed before Mother Nature ended his evening.
Biloxi has lost a number of excruciating games during this time of year in Jacksonville, including on this day in 2017 and 2018. In both cases, the team benefited clutch hits to take a late-inning lead, but the Jumbo Shrimp fought back for the win.
