This Day in Shuckers History: May 2
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 2 and have a 3–2 record.
On this day in 2015, the Shuckers fell to the Mobile BayBears in extra innings for the second straight night, as Mobile came away with a 3–1 victory. Tyler Wagner had another outstanding start for Biloxi, as he allowed just four hits and one earned run over seven innings.
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After being rained out the day before, the Shuckers hosted the Tennessee Smokies in a doubleheader in 2016. Biloxi won the first game 3–2 before Tennessee took the second game 4–1 in eight innings. In Game 1, all five runs scored in the second inning. After falling behind 2–0 in the top half, Biloxi rallied when Garrett Cooper brought home a run with a double and then Kyle Wren had a two-run double to put the home team in front for good. Jaye Chapman retired the side in order in the seventh inning for his tenth save. Wei-Chung Wang spun 6.2 innings of three hit, one-run ball in the nightcap, but the Smokies pushed across three runs in the eighth to split the doubleheader. Brett Phillips homered in Game 2 for Biloxi.
It was a special night at MGM Park on May 2, 2018, as two-time American League All-Star Stephen Vogt was in town for a rehab appearance. In his second at bat of the night, Vogt blasted a solo home run to right field as part of a two-run fourth inning for the Shuckers. Thomas Jankins was sensational on the mound for Biloxi, as he kept the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp off the board in his 6.1 innings of work with just three hits allowed to earn his fifth win of the season. Nate Griep worked into and out of a bases loaded jam in the ninth inning to earn his ninth save of the year as the Shuckers held on for a 2–1 win.
Despite striking out 17 times, the Shuckers prevailed with a 1–0 victory in Pensacola on this day last year. C.J. Hinojosa scored the lone run of the game on a passed ball in the eighth inning. Biloxi’s pitching staff was phenomenal, starting with another dominant outing from Trey Supak, who allowed one hit in five innings. Devin Williams allowed one hit in two innings to earn the win, while Daniel Brown gave up a hit and a walk in the eighth before Nate Griep shut the door with a perfect ninth inning for his fifth save of the season.
There have been some outstanding pitching performances and very close games on this day in team history, as the Shuckers have three one-run victories on May 2. Last year marked the second time in franchise history that Biloxi has won 1–0 in Pensacola with the only run of the game coming on a passed ball, as this also happened on April 28, 2017.
