This Day in Shuckers History: May 15
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 May 15 and have a 1–4 record.
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Orlando Arcia and Michael Reed homered in an 8–6 loss to Jackson in 2015, Brandon Macias doubled twice in a 2–1 setback in Chattanooga in 2016, and Mauricio Dubon doubled twice and drove in three runs in a 10–4 defeat to Mississippi in 2017.
The Shuckers and Blue Wahoos played a wild game at MGM Park on this day in 2018, as Pensacola outslugged Biloxi 10–8 despite two home runs by Corey Ray. Ray led off the first inning with a home run for the Shuckers and then hit a two-run blast in the third as part of a 4-for-5 night. Jake Gatewood also had three hits for Biloxi and Dustin Houle drove in three runs. Future Reds rookie sensation Aristides Aquino matched Ray with two home runs of his own for the Blue Wahoos.
Biloxi rode the arm of Bowden Francis to a 2–0 victory in Jacksonville in the rubber match of the series last year. Francis allowed just two hits and struck out eight batters in six innings to earn his first win of the season. Weston Wilson homered in the fourth inning and Robie Rojas added a run-scoring single in his season debut for Biloxi. Luke Barker recorded the last out of the game, the second straight day he earned the save.
Despite losing four of five games played on this date, the Shuckers have received some impressive individual offensive performances. Last year’s two-run output was the second fewest runs Biloxi has scored on May 15, but it was the best pitched game to date.
