This Day in Shuckers History: July 25
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 25 and have a 3–2 record.
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Hobbs Johnson turned in a spectacular outing on this day in 2015, pitching seven innings of one-hit, one-run ball with eight strikeouts in a 4–2 victory at Pensacola. Victor Roache led the way offensively as he went 3-for-3 with a double, while Taylor Green had a pair of hits and drove in two runs. Yhonathan Barrios made his first appearance in a Biloxi uniform after having been acquired in a trade from the Pirates two days prior and earned the save with a scoreless ninth.
The Shuckers received another excellent starting pitching performance in Pensacola two years later, with Luis Ortiz allowing just four hits and one run without a walk in seven innings. Biloxi held on to win 5–4 despite the Blue Wahoos scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Jorge Lopez literally closed out the victory by catching a line drive on the mound to end the game with runners at the corners. Angel Ortega and Clint Coulter each homered to lead the way offensively for the Shuckers.
Jackson scored three runs in the fifth inning for a 3–0 win over Biloxi in 2018. On this day last year, the Shuckers and Jumbo Shrimp split a doubleheader in Jacksonville to make up a rainout from the previous day. Patrick Leonard hit a three-run homer and Weston Wilson added a solo shot to back Alec Bettinger, who threw a seven-inning complete game with three hits and one run allowed in a 6–1 Shuckers victory in the opener. The Jumbo Shrimp prevailed 3–1 in Game 2, with Jake Gatewood hitting a solo homer in the seventh for Biloxi’s lone tally.
After a pair of white knuckle victories in Pensacola on this day, Biloxi was able to cruise to a victory in the first game of a twinbill last year thanks to the power of Patrick Leonard and Weston Wilson, and the strong right arm of Alec Bettinger.
