by Hunter Dawkins, Owner/Publisher – editor@thegazebogazette.com or hdawkins@supertalk.fm

PENSACOLA (GG) — The Biloxi Shuckers (64-66, 29-36) shined both at the plate and on the mound in a 9-2 win over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (77-56, 41-23) on Wednesday evening, September 9, 2026 at Blue Wahoos Stadium.

Jesús Made recorded his 90th RBI of the season, which set a new single-season franchise record, surpassing Jackson Chourio (’23) who collected 89. Made becomes the first Brewers Double-A player with 90+ RBI in a season since Hunter Morris (113) in 2012 and is the 5th Brewers Double-A player to achieve the feat this century. Bishop Letson (6.1ip, 1r, 9k) also turned in one of his best starts of the season, tying a career-high with nine strikeouts in back-to-back outings.

The two teams split a pair of runs in the first after an Eric Bitonti sacrifice fly and a Connor Caskenette RBI single. Three scoreless innings later, Braylon Payne broke the deadlock with his third bomb of the season in the fifth.

Then, Mike Boeve blasted a three-run homer of his own a frame later in the sixth inning.

Ethan O’Donnell dug into the Blue Wahoos deficit in the eighth with a run-scoring base knock before the Shuckers struck for four runs in the home half on the record-setting RBI by Made, a Josh Adamczewski RBI-double, in addition to base hits to bring in runs from from Bitonti and Jheremy Vargas as a pinch hitter.

Mike Boeve (1-for-2, 3 rbi) and Eric Bitonti (1-for-3, 2 rbi) drove in a bulk of the runs for the Shuckers securing multi-RBI games, while Jesús Made (2-for-5) tallied his Southern League-leading 36th game with multiple hits.

Bishop Letson (7-6) secured his seventh win of the season, while Jackson Storm was tagged with the loss. Ryan Birchard (1.0ip, 2k) recorded a scoreless inning as well out of the bullpen for Biloxi.

The Biloxi Shuckers and Milwaukee Brewers have announced the following transactions prior to today’s game:

  • 2B Daniel Dickinson promoted from High-A Wisconsin, assigned No. 9
  • 3B/1B Eric Bitonti promoted from High-A Wisconsin, assigned No. 39
  • RHP Joshua Quezada promoted from High-A Wisconsin, assigned No. 20
  • C David Garcia placed on the Development List
  • INF Luis Peña placed on the 7-Day Injured List as of 9/6
  • RHP Yorman Galindez placed on the 7-Day Injured List as of 9/6

The active roster stands at 28 players.

Minor League Baseball announced Monday, September 7 that Biloxi Shuckers infielder Andrew Fischer has been named the Southern League Player of the Week. The award is the second of Fischer’s career after previously being named the Midwest League Player of the Week on May 10, 2026. Fischer is the third Shucker to be named Southern League Player of the Week, joining Blake Burke and Damon Keith.

In six games against the Birmingham Barons this past week at Keesler Federal Park, Fischer went 6-for-16 with 4 home runs, 11 RBI and 10 walks. Fischer reached base in 16 of 27 plate appearances during the series. During the Shuckers 12-game homestand, Fischer was 12-for-32 (.375) with 8 home runs, 19 RBI and 13 walks.

Fischer enters today with 46 home runs, tied for the 5th-most home runs by a minor league player in the Modern Era (since the 1963 reorganization). It marks the most in a season since 2004, when Ryan Howard recorded 46. Fischer, who leads the minors in home runs, is looking to become the first Milwaukee Brewers minor league hitter to lead the minors in the category since Bill Foley (34) achieved the feat in 1978 with the Class-A Burlington Bees. Fischer is also 4 home runs away from recording the first 50 home run season in Minor League Baseball since 1982.

The Biloxi Shuckers are the Double-A Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Shuckers are members of the Southern League and play at Keesler Federal Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. For more information, please visit biloxishuckers.com and follow us on Twitter @biloxishuckers and at facebook.com/biloxishuckers.

(Photos by Shuckers Baseball LLC)