This Day in Shuckers History: May 9
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 9 and have a 3–1 record.
On May 9, 2015, the Mississippi Braves plated three runs in the tenth inning to hand the Shuckers a 5–2 loss in Pearl, a game in which Biloxi was the home team. Tyrone Taylor and Nick Shaw both drove home runs for Biloxi.
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The Shuckers blasted the Jacksonville Suns 9–1 in the series opener at MGM Park on this day in 2016 behind 16 hits, seven of which went for extra bases. Kyle Wren was 4-for-5 with a double and a triple out of the leadoff spot, Garrett Cooper doubled twice and drove in two runs, and Javier Betancourt went 3-for-4 with a run batted in. Starting pitcher Adrian Houser even contributed with a run-scoring triple, in addition to pitching six innings with just three hits and one run allowed. Brooks Hall worked the final three innings to earn a rare three-inning save.
It was another win for Biloxi over Jacksonville in 2017, as the Shuckers took down the Jumbo Shrimp 6–4 in Florida. Angel Ortega and Jacob Nottingham doubled twice, while Michael Choice and Michael Reed each drove in two runs, including a home run by Reed.
The Shuckers rode the arm of Zack Brown to a 3–0 victory in Montgomery on this day in 2018. The right-hander allowed just two hits and struck out six batters over seven innings en route to his second win of the season. Nick Ramirez worked a scoreless eighth and then Nate Griep earned his 12th save of the season. Troy Stokes Jr. and Lucas Erceg drove in runs in back-to-back at-bats in the fifth inning for the Shuckers.
The reason that Biloxi did not play on this day last year was because they were rained out at home, the third straight scheduled Thursday home game that was postponed due to rain to begin the season. A footnote about the game in Montgomery in 2018 is that the Shuckers faced right-hander J.D. Martin, who was attempting to revitalize his career as a knuckleball pitcher. Martin was drafted all the way back in 2001 by the Cleveland Indians and split last season between Double-A and Triple-A in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
