This Day in Shuckers History: Sept. 19
While we unfortunately won’t be able to bring you any live baseball until 2021, let’s take a look back at this date in Biloxi Shuckers history.
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The Shuckers have played just one game all-time on September 19, and moved within one victory of a title in their first season by blanking the Lookouts 2–0 at AT&T Park in 2015. Starting pitcher Tyler Wagner fired 6.2 innings with eight strikeouts before Yhonathan Barrios earned the save by recording the final seven outs. Biloxi went in front to stay in the first inning on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Michael Reed, before Yadiel Rivera crossed the plate on a fielder’s choice grounder by Josh Fellhauer in the fifth. Rivera and Tyrone Taylor each enjoyed a three-hit evening for the Shuckers. Daniel Fields made his Brewers organizational debut, pinch-hitting in the ninth inning after being claimed off waivers from the Tigers the week before.
Wagner did not hold back in his final minor league start of the season, tying his season-high with 109 pitches. It all came full circle for him on this Saturday night. Back in May, the Shuckers were in Chattanooga when Wagner was informed of a call-up to the Brewers, the first Biloxi player to be brought up directly from Double-A to the major leagues.
