This Day in Shuckers History: July 15
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 started five games all-time on July 15 and have completed six, including the resumption of a suspended game. Overall, they have a 5–1 record on this day.
Josh Fellhauer, Nick Ramirez and Orlando Arcia all homered for the Shuckers on this day in 2015, but Chattanooga eked out a 6–5 win in 11 innings at MGM Park. Michael Reed doubled twice for Biloxi, while Ramirez, Victor Roache, Taylor Green and Tyrone Taylor also all picked up a pair of knocks.
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Playing in just his tenth game of the 2016 season, Parker Berberet delivered an electrifying moment when he blasted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning to give the Shuckers a 4–3 victory over the Barons at home. Berberet also doubled earlier in the game, and Gabriel Noriega launched a solo home run. Stephen Kohlscheen struck out the side in order on 13 pitches for his 10th save of the season.
Corbin Burnes turned in five innings of one-run ball to lead Biloxi to a 5–1 win over Birmingham in 2017. Jacob Nottingham launched a three-run homer as part of a four-RBI night, and the Shuckers pitching staff did not walk a batter. Nick Ramirez improved his season ERA to 1.36 with three scoreless innings in relief.
On this day in 2018, starting pitcher Zack Brown earned his ninth win of the year against no defeats by pitching six shutout innings with just one hit allowed as Biloxi held on to defeat Jacksonville 6–4. Lucas Erceg hit a two-run homer, Tyler Heineman added a two-run single, and Brown helped his own cause by driving home Trent Grisham with a fourth-inning base hit.
Last year, the Shuckers and Lookouts finally returned to the field after having their contest suspended by rain three days prior and then seeing back-to-back doubleheaders postponed on the weekend. Biloxi led 1–0 after three innings when the suspended game resumed, and Cooper Hummel and Patrick Leonard both went deep for key insurance runs as the Shuckers claimed a 4–3 victory. Johan Belisario pitched four innings of one-run ball in relief to improve to 8–0 on the season. In the nightcap, Dylan File allowed just two hits and struck out nine batters in six innings to lead the Shuckers to a 6–2 win, sweeping the modified twinbill from the Lookouts. Biloxi trailed 2–1 entering the bottom of the sixth, but rallied for five runs, with the big blows coming on RBI singles from Patrick Leonard and Joantgel Segovia sandwiched between a two-run double by Weston Wilson. Jake Gatewood drilled his seventh home run of the season earlier in the contest.
The Shuckers are so close to having a perfect record on July 15, as it took a late rally by Chattanooga in 2015 to prevent a victory. But an eighth-inning homer, three gems thrown by starting pitchers, and five runs scored in a final at-bat win are certainly memorable accomplishments on this day.
