This Day in Shuckers History: June 10
While we wait until we can bring you live baseball, let’s take a look back at this date in Biloxi Shuckers history. The Shuckers have played five games all-time on June 10 and have a 4–1 record.
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Tyrone Taylor homered in a 4–3 loss to Mobile in 2015 to complete the first-ever series at MGM Park with Biloxi taking three of five from the BayBears. Johnny Davis ignited the offense with two hits and a stolen base in his Double-A debut to help the Shuckers to a 2–1 win over Birmingham in 2016. The electric outfielder received a promotion from High-A Brevard County earlier in the day and was slotted right into the leadoff spot. Garrett Cooper singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning in his first at-bat of the night.
Jorge Lopez struck out ten batters in seven innings while Dustin Houle and Clint Coulter each drove in a run with a base hit, but the Shuckers fell to the Jumbo Shrimp 5–2 in 2017 at MGM Park. Biloxi’s bats then exploded for an 11–4 victory in Jacksonville on this day in 2018. Corey Ray went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored out of the leadoff spot, while Jake Hager, Lucas Erceg, and Blake Allemand all hit home runs. Jake Gatewood also doubled twice as eight of the 12 hits by the Shuckers went for extra bases. Nick Ramirez tossed 1.2 scoreless innings of relief to improve to 8–0 on the season.
On this day last year, the Shuckers trailed Pensacola 3–1 after four and a half frames, and then the two teams combined for 12 runs in the next five half-innings, with Biloxi ultimately prevailing by a final score of 9–7. Trent Grisham led off both the fifth and sixth innings with home runs, Dillon Thomas added a run-scoring triple, and Jake Gatewood provided the winning runs with a two-run single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh. The victory increased the Shuckers first-place lead to three games over the Blue Wahoos with just six games left in the first half.
Offense has been plentiful for the Shuckers on this day to help them move closer to a first-half title in each of the last two seasons. The victory in 2018 moved Biloxi 3.5 games ahead of second-place Mobile with seven games to play, and Jake Hager’s home run marked the fifth time he had gone deep in the last four contests.
