The Walk-Off Sports Report

The Generals defeated the Biloxi Shuckers 3-2 on Saturday Night en-route to their third Southern League Championship in team history. The Generals went 3-1 in the Southern League Championship Series to pick up the series victory against the Biloxi Shuckers. The Generals defeated the Montgomery Biscuits in the Southern League North Division Championship Series for a spot in the SLCS for the first time since their 2016 Championship victory. Much like Friday nights game, Jackson packed on some runs early. Kevin Medrano kept up his very strong postseason performance with a two-run home run in the first inning, his fifth of 2018 and 13th of his minor league career. That home-run put Jackson up two runs but the Biloxi Shuckers weren't going down that easy. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Tony Stokes Jr. knocked a home-run over the left-center field wall making it 2-1. Stokes would cross home plate again in the sixth inning after Keston Hiura singled a ground ball to center field ...

The Jackson Generals are within reach of their second Southern League Championship in four years after their victory in Game 3 Friday Night. The Generals packed on a pretty sizeable lead and then successfully defended that lead from a late-game charge by the Shuckers. Here is how the cookie crumbled in Biloxi, Mississippi. A single by Kevin Medrano scored Galli Cribbs putting the Generals up 1-0 in the third. Following that, Jackson would pack on eight more runs over the span of four innings. A little breath of air would come out of the Shuckers as Max McDowell hit a double scoring Blake Allemand and Weston Wilson knocking off two runs of, at the time, an eight-run lead by the Generals. Jackson pulled a little more life out of the Shuckers in the eighth putting on four more runs making it 12-2. A distance in which Jackson felt was an insurance lead but Biloxi was out to prove them wrong and knock them down run-by-run. Wilson knocked a double to score Keston Hiura knockin...

On Wednesday Night, the Jackson Generals evened up the Southern League Championship Series at one game apiece with their victory against the Biloxi Shuckers. The Jackson bullpen was able to keep the scoring down to a minimal, in fact, Biloxi was only able to score in the first inning. Corey Ray scored on a single by Keston Hiura putting Biloxi up 1-0. Troy Stokes Jr. scored after Lucas Erceg was walked making it 2-0 and then when Blake Allemand grounded a double play, Trent Grisham scored making it 3-0 but the Generals held the Shuckers to just three runs in that ending.  The Generals scoring began in the bottom of the first when Ben DeLuzio scored on a single by Marty Herum knocking one run off the three-run deficit. Another one-run inning in the bottom of the second put the game within striking distance of tying the game, just that wasn't where the Generals were going to stop.  The Jackson Generals tied up the game in the third and packed on two more runs t...

The Southern League Championship Series kicked off on Tuesday Night in Jackson, Tennessee. The Biloxi Shuckers, who had an extra day off, traveled to Jackson to face off against the Jackson Generals. The Generals had clinched their championship spot a day after the Shuckers in a dominant performance in Game 5 of the North Division Championship Series. Biloxi's offense scored early and often while their defense kept the Generals from mounting any runs in the nine-inning shutout. Biloxi scored seven times during the game to earn the first of three necessary victories in the series.  Southern League MVP Corey Ray was the first player to cross the plate after a double by Troy Stokes Jr. On a passed ball, Stokes scored putting the Shuckers up 2-0 in the first inning. Jackson posted some strong defense until the sixth inning when Biloxi added on three more runs. One more run was added in the eighth and then in the ninth, Dillon Thomas knocked his first home run of 2018 and 25th o...

The Jackson Generals dominated the Montgomery Biscuits in Game Five of the Southern League North Division Championship Series on Sunday Night. The victory puts the Jackson Generals in the playoffs for the second time in three years and marks the teams' fourth championship appearance since 2000. The Generals, who were previously the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx, have won the Southern League Championship twice since 2000 most recently in 2016. The Generals road to dominance in Game Five began in the first inning with Kevin Medrano scoring on a triple by Domingo Leyba. Three more runs came in the second inning, two in the third, and five in the seventh putting a total of 11 runs in the victory against Montgomery. Montgomery attempted a comeback in the second inning when David Rodriguez hit a two-run home run knocking off two on the deficit. Dalton Kelly scored in the sixth to knock off another run. Rodriguez hit another home run in the seventh to knock off another run making it 11-...

The North Division Championship Series will go to a game five on Sunday following the Montgomery Biscuits victory against the Jackson Generals on Saturday Night. After losing Friday Nights game in Montgomery, it lit a fire underneath the Biscuits who were in the hot seat Saturday Night. Had the game gone differently, the Jackson Generals would be celebrating heading to their second Southern League Championship in three years. Instead, Sunday will mark a game five at Montgomery giving the Biscuits a chance to make Southern League history. The night began Nathan Lukes and Thomas Milone scoring on a triple by Lucius Fox in the second inning put the Biscuits up 2-0 early. Domingo Leyba hit a sacrifice fly in the third to score Dom Miroglio knocking the Generals deficit down to just one run. The motto for the Biscuits was to score early and score often as they scored a total of four runs in the third inning, two more runs in the fifth, one in the sixth, and one in the ninth putting the ...

The Biloxi Shuckers clinched the South Division Championship on Saturday Night at their hometown field, MGM Stadium. The Shuckers defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos to ultimately eliminate the Wahoos and send the organization to the SLCS for only the second time in Shucker history. The Shuckers defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 9-1 to secure their second South Division Championship and it will be their second appearance since becoming the Shuckers in 2015. The Shuckers kicked off Saturday Night with a home run by Keston Hirura which put them on the board and the Shuckers fans on edge for what they were about to see, a complete domination by the Shuckers. The only offensive play by the Blue Wahoos as they were in hot pursuit for a fifth game was a home run by Gavin LaValley which kept the Wahoos from earning their first shutout victory since the final regular season game of the season against Tennessee. Biloxi continued to put on insurance runs as the game progressed basically pu...

Much like the Montgomery Biscuits, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos returned to their home stadium after a victory in Game 2. Also like Montgomery, Pensacola dropped game three and is now in a must-win situation heading into game four. Pensacola kicked it off the right way in the second inning as Gavin LaValley scored on a single by Jose Siri. The Shuckers came back in the third with a run of their own as Max McDowell scored on a double by Troy Stokes Jr. Pensacola looked to add some insurance in the seventh as TJ Friedl Jr. scored on a single by Shed Long which put the Wahoos up 2-1. Biloxi turned around and slammed the door shut in the eighth scoring two runs with McDowell and Corey Ray passing home plate in separate plays. Biloxi posted a strong ninth inning slamming the door on a Blue Wahoos victory and putting the Wahoos in a must-win situation as the series returns to Biloxi on Saturday Night. Marcos Diplan will take the mound for Biloxi while Daniel Wright takes the mound for P...

The Jackson Generals traveled to Montgomery, Alabama for game three of the Southern League North Division Championship Series on Friday Night as the Montgomery Biscuits were returning home after their victory against the Generals on Thursday that tied up the series. The only issue was, Montgomery was unable to mount any offense against the Generals putting the Biscuits in a must-win situation on Saturday Night. In the fifth inning, Rudy Flores and Josh Prince scored on a double by Dom Miroglio putting Jackson up 2-0. A rather calm rest of the game was interrupted by a single by Domingo Leyba which scored Miroglio again putting the Generals up 3-0. The remainder of the game, Montgomery put out a strong defensive performance keeping the Generals from scoring again but the damage had already been done as the Generals take two games to one lead and force Montgomery into a must-win situation. Benton Moss takes the mound for the Biscuits on Saturday night while Emilio Vargas takes the ...

Much like the South Division Championship series, the North Division Championship series is now tied up at one as the Series heads south to Montgomery. The Biscuits secured the victory on Thursday night after dropping the first game on Wednesday night. The Biscuits put up eight runs during the victory. The Biscuits put up three runs in the fourth to start out the scoring plays. Dalton Kelly scored on a line drive by Michael Brosseau to put Montgomery up 1-0. Nick Solak then scored on after Nathan Lukes was walked to first. David Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center which scored Brosseau. Brosseau scored again in the sixth after a double by Jesus Sanchez. Brett Sullivan posted a sacrifice fly scoring Dalton Kelly making it 6-0. To cap off the sixth inning, Brosseau knocked a two-run homer scoring Nick Solak. In the course of three innings, Jackson attempted to mount a comeback by posting three runs but the damage was already done as the Biscuits picked up their first victory of...

The series is tied as both the Biloxi Shuckers and Pensacola Blue Wahoos head to Pensacola on Friday Night. The Blue Wahoos tallied their first victory of the post-season Thursday night in a 4-1 game at MGM Park. The afternoon already started off rough for the Biloxi Shuckers as Jose Siri doubled during the first pitch and TJ Friedl followed it up with a bunt that put Siri and Friedl on the corners. Siri scored on a groundout by Mitch Nay. Shed Long hit a sacrifice fly to put Pensacola on top 2-0. The Wahoos added some insurance runs in the seventh. An inning filled with multiple wild pitches by the Shuckers and a double to right field pushing the lead to 4-0. Lucas Erceg doubled in the bottom of the seventh scoring Tony Stokes Jr. putting up Biloxi's sole run of the came making it 4-1. Carlos Navas sealed the deal for Pensacola by shutting out the final four outs. The series heads to Pensacola on Friday night in a best-of-five series tied at one guaranteeing a return to MG...

It took five innings for the Biloxi Shuckers to put up any offense but when it came, it came with a thunder. In the bottom of the eighth, Biloxi put up the tying run with a home run by Lucas Erceg and then the fans in attendance at Biloxi received a little extra baseball. In fact three extra innings of baseball with a ground-rule double in the bottom of the 12th sending the Shuckers in a frenzy and home with the victory. TJ Friedl Jr. homered in the top of the third to put Pensacola up 2-0. It took two innings for Biloxi to come back but with a sacrifice fly by Trent Grisham, Tyler Heineman scored knocking off one run of the deficit and ended Pensacola's run for a shutout. Pensacola attempted to put the game out of reach in the 7th with a home run by Taylor Featherston but Biloxi followed it up with another run making it 3-2. As noted above, Erceg belted a ball over the wall tying the game and with both teams defense stepping up, the game entered the 12th. On a ground-rule do...

The Jackson Generals are up one game on the Montgomery Biscuits in the Southern League North Division after defeating the Biscuits 4-3 on Wednesday. After Montgomery held a strong lead through nine innings when the home-field advantage crept in. In the bottom of the ninth, the Generals were down two runs when the Biscuits loaded the bases. Marty Herum put the tying run across on a single. With the bases still loaded, Josh Prince held patience and took four balls pushing the player on third base across giving Jackson the victory. Nick Solak kicked off the scoring in the first by singling a ground ball scoring Dalton Kelly putting the Biscuits up 1-0. Jackson rebounded in the bottom of the second with Jason Morozowski hitting a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Josh Prince in the process putting the game at 1-1. Montgomery looked to put this game out of reach for the Jackson Generals with one run in the fourth and another in the fifth. Domingo Leyba with the Generals knocked a ...

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos clinched their second straight playoff berth by having the second-best record overall in the South Division in 2018. A 69-68 overall record was the second best to the Biloxi Shuckers (81-59) who clinched both halves of the 2018 season. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos are sitting in the same situation as the Montgomery Biscuits faced last season after the Chattanooga Lookouts clinched both halves. The Blue Wahoos have a big hill to climb if they want to successfully defend their 2017 Southern League Championship as they face a team who swept both halves of the season. Right fielder Aristides Aquino has the most home runs of the organization with 20 while Shed Long has the most runs at 75. Gavin LaValley has the most RBI's at 57. Koelle:  Pensacola Blue Wahoos Clinch Second Straight Playoff Appearance The Biloxi Shuckers pulled an impressive 2018 season campaign sweeping the halves of the season. The Shuckers had an 81-59 regular season win-loss re...

The Montgomery Biscuits return to the playoffs for the fourth straight season. The Biscuits play the Jackson Generals, the same team they faced in the 2016 Southern League North Division Championship Series in which the Generals went on to win the title. The Biscuits clinched their spot in the playoffs via the North Division Second-Half Championship in which the organization posted a strong run in the second half with a record of 42-28. In 2018, Montgomery has the fifth-most home runs in the league and leads the division in runs (699), triples (45), RBI's (655), and stolen bases (159). Nick Solak will lead the Biscuits into this playoff with the best batting average (.282), runs (91), home runs (19), and RBI's (76). Solak will be an important part if the Montgomery Biscuits want to make history by winning the North Division. J.D Martin takes the mound for game one, Brock Burke takes the mound for game two, and Benton Moss will take the mound in game three. J.D Martin will b...

The 2018 Southern League Regular Season has come to a close. On an event filled Monday Afternoon, two teams learned their fate for the 2018 Southern League Playoffs. While other teams were looking to end the season with one final win. Monday was a bittersweet day for six teams as their season came to a close. Here is the final 2018 edition of the Southern League Playoff Watch. North Division Playoff Picture As the regular season came to a close, The Tennessee Smokies made the day that could've been something of a big deal for the Blue Wahoos. The Smokies defeated the Blue Wahoos 3-0 ultimately giving the Biloxi Shuckers the second-half championship.  The Chattanooga Lookouts ended the season with a victory against the Jackson Generals 4-2 but weren't able to pull out of the last place spot earning their first last-place finish since 2013.  The Birmingham Barons also earned the victory and was able to keep their head above water earning their best finish in the...

The Biloxi Shuckers have clinched the second-half championship in the Southern League South Division. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos lost to the Tennessee Smokies securing the second-half championship for the Shuckers. The Blue Wahoos though will be the Shuckers challenger in the SLSDS beginning on Wednesday. They get in via the South Division Wild Card with the second-best overall record in the division. The Biloxi Shuckers will return to the postseason for the first time since 2015. During that series, the organization battled against the Chattanooga Lookouts in five games, coming up short. Fittingly, the Biloxi Shuckers faced off against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos during that season. Biloxi swept the Blue Wahoos in that series three games to none. The Series kicks off in Biloxi on Wednesday, September 5th at MGM Stadium. Games one and two will be in Biloxi and three will be in Montgomery. Four and five will return to MGM Stadium if they're necessary. (Koelle,2018)

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will be competing for the Southern League South Division Championship for the second straight season. Despite being eliminated from winning the South Division second-half Championship after Biloxi's victory against the Birmingham Barons, The Wahoos clinched the South Division Wild-Card Championship. The Blue Wahoos will face the Biloxi Shuckers beginning on Wednesday, September 5th at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The first two games of the series will be at MGM Park in Biloxi while game three will be at Blue Wahoos Stadium on September 7th. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos battled the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in a three-game series for the South Division title in 2015. They defeated Jacksonville in three games to earn the South Division title and after Hurricane Irma caused the cancellation of the Southern League Championship Series, Pensacola was named co-champions alongside the Chattanooga Lookouts. It was their first SL title since becoming the Wahoos...

The Montgomery Biscuits are looking to do something that no other teams in the Southern League have done in the time since the realignment in 2005. Starting on Wednesday, the Biscuits will battle the Jackson Generals for the North Division Championship but in order to see what historical thing they are looking to do, you have to rewind to the realignment in 2005. The Birmingham Barons won a half of the season in 2005 as a South Division team, they are now a North Division team and have won the North Division title but a South Division title was one that eluded them. They won South Division Half Championships in 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2011 but have never made it to the Southern League Championship game to represent the South. The following season, 2006, The Montgomery Biscuits earned the South Division Half Championship and defeated, at the time, Jacksonville Suns for a berth in the Southern League Championship Series. Montgomery would go on to defeat the Huntsville Stars earning...

On the final off-day of the regular season, The Southern League announced the postseason awards and all-stars for the 2018 season. The Biloxi Shuckers took a clean sweep of the postseason Southern League awards. The Most Valuable Player, Most Outstanding Pitcher, and Manager of the Year all three came from the Milwaukee Brewers Double-A affiliate. The Biloxi Shuckers, Chattanooga Lookouts, and Jackson Generals led the way with the most post-season All-Stars at three apiece. Most Valuable Player - Corey Ray, OF, Biloxi Shuckers Biloxi Shuckers center-fielder Corey Ray was awarded the Southern League's Most Valuable Player award after an amazing 2018 campaign. In 130 games this season, Ray has tallied 513 at-bats with 83 runs, 122 hits, 32 doubles, seven triples, 27 home runs, and 73 RBI's. Ray has a .238 batting average, .322 OBP, .485 slugging percentage.  Ray is also looking to become the first player in Southern League History (since 1964) to lead the league in bot...