numbers to crunch

0 – Runs allowed in six pro appearances (6 1/3 innings) by Dakota Hudson, the ex-Mississippi State star who was drafted 34th overall by St. Louis in June. Hudson is now pitching for high Class A Palm Beach in the Florida State League.
99 – Career MLB home runs for Southern Miss alumnus Brian Dozier, who belted his 24th of 2016 on Friday night in Minnesota’s loss to Kansas City.
51 – Stolen bases this season, tops in the majors, by Billy Hamilton, the former Taylorsville High star with Cincinnati. Hamilton got three bags in a win over Milwaukee on Friday and has 16 in 10 games in August.
23 – Homers this season for Bobby Bradley, the Harrison Central High product who went deep on Friday for Class A Lynchburg in the Cleveland system.
53 – Runs scored by the Mississippi Braves’ Dansby Swanson, who tallied the game-winner on Friday at Jacksonville as the first-place M-Braves tied a club record with their eighth straight win. Swanson, Atlanta’s No. 1 prospect, is batting .262 with eight homers, 45 RBIs and six steals in 82 games for the Double-A M-Braves.
5 – Number of Mississippi-connected outfielders in the Toronto organization: Anthony Alford (Petal), D.J. Davis (Stone County), Kalik May (Mississippi Valley State), Earl Burl III (Alcorn State) and J.B. Woodman (Ole Miss).
20 – Homers this season for ex-State star Mitch Moreland, who reached the plateau for the third time in his last four MLB seasons with a bomb on Friday in Texas’ win against Detroit.