This Day in Shuckers History: July 22
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 five games all-time on July 22 and have a 3–2 record.
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Victor Roache connected on a three-run homer in a 6–4 loss at Pensacola in 2015. Playing on the road against the Blue Wahoos again the next year, Biloxi earned a 3–2 win thanks to a sterling outing by starting pitcher Wei-Chung Wang. The southpaw allowed just two hits and one run in 6.2 innings while striking out nine. Brett Phillips and Tom Belza both homered for the Shuckers, and Stephen Kohlscheen struck out three batters in 1.1 frames for his 11th save.
The Shuckers took it on the chin in 2017, falling 8–0 to the M-Braves as Mississippi starter Luiz Gohara fanned 11 batters in six innings. In 2018, Biloxi completed a dramatic comeback when Troy Stokes Jr. blasted a walk-off two-run homer in the ninth inning, giving the Shuckers a 7–5 win to complete a five-game sweep of the Smokies at MGM Park. Corey Ray homered to lead off the first inning for Biloxi, but that was their only run until the eighth, when they entered trailing 5–1. Ray and Hiura had RBI doubles and then Jake Gatewood connected on his 19th home run of the season, a game-tying two-run blast to cap a four-run eighth.
Trey Supak made his final start in a Shuckers uniform on this day last year and earned his 11th win by pitching 5.2 frames of two-run ball, as Biloxi took the series opener in Jacksonville 3–2. Bruce Caldwell went 3-for-3 to lead the offense, while C.J. Hinojosa homered and drove in two runs. Devin Williams worked a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save.
The comeback victory over Tennessee in 2018 tied the largest deficit overcome by the Shuckers to win a game that year, and Supak fittingly finished his historic Double-A campaign with another strong outing last season. He was 11–4 with a 2.20 ERA in 20 starts before being promoted to Triple-A. Supak was eventually named Southern League Pitcher of the Year.
