This Day in Shuckers History: Sept. 6
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. The Shuckers have played two playoff games all-time on September 6 and have dropped both of them.
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Pensacola’s Vladimir Gutierrez turned in a dominant outing in 2018, working 7.1 innings of five-hit, one-run ball in a 4–1 victory over Biloxi to even the first-round series at a win apiece. Lucas Erceg doubled home Troy Stokes Jr. in the seventh for the only Shuckers run of the night.
On this day last year, Joantgel Segovia and Alexander Alvarez each drove in a run in the fifth inning, but the Blue Wahoos kept their season alive with a 3–2 win over the Shuckers in Florida. Daniel Brown was dominant in relief, tossing two perfect frames with three strikeouts for Biloxi. Jake Gatewood went 2-for-3 for the Shuckers, his third consecutive multi-hit game to open the postseason.
In each of the last two seasons, Pensacola made things tough for Biloxi, sending the series back to Florida tied 1–1 in 2018 and then forcing a Game 4 back at MGM Park in 2019. Due to winning both halves in 2018 and 2019, the Shuckers had the benefit of hosting Game 4 and a potential Game 5.
The Shuckers were scheduled to play their penultimate regular season game on Sept. 6 of 2015, just as they would have done this year if not for the pandemic. However, that game against the Tennessee Smokies was postponed due to a sudden deluge that unleashed fury upon MGM Park in the mid-afternoon. The grounds crew spent hours trying to get the field playable because it turned into a beautiful evening, but the decision was made that the field was not safe and the Shuckers would host the Smokies in a twin bill on Labor Day.
