This Day in Shuckers History: May 16
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 four games all-time on May 16 and have a 2–2 record.
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Despite another outstanding start by Josh Hader, Biloxi fell 1–0 in ten innings in Chattanooga on this day in 2016. Hader pitched six scoreless innings with just four hits allowed and eight strikeouts. He improved his season ERA to 0.89 in eight starts for the Shuckers.
On May 16, 2017, the Shuckers defeated the Mississippi Braves 6–3 in an Education Day game at MGM Park. Luis Ortiz started on the mound for Biloxi and did not allow a hit in five innings. Javier Betancourt and Mauricio Dubon both had two hits for the Shuckers, with Betancourt delivering a two-run homer, his third of the season.
It was another Education Day home game on this day in 2018, and Pensacola rallied to beat the Shuckers 3–2 in ten innings despite home runs by Troy Stokes Jr. and Corey Ray. Last year, Alec Bettinger turned in one of his best performances of the season in a 4–0 blanking of the Lookouts. Bettinger pitched seven innings of two-hit ball with ten strikeouts. Michael O’Neill led off the first inning with a home run for Biloxi, and Max McDowell added a long ball later in the game.
Shuckers starting pitchers have been completely dominant on this day in team history. Including a start by Kodi Medeiros in 2018, Biloxi starters have combined to throw 24 innings with 12 hits and one earned run allowed with 27 strikeouts on May 16.
