Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (29-43, 0-2) vs. Pensacola Blue Wahoos (40-32, 2-0) vs. THE BLUE WAHOOS Saturday, June 22, 2019 - 6:35 p.m. ET 2019 vs. Blue Wahoos .......................................2-10 in Jacksonville ................................................ 0-2 Game No. 73 • Second Half Game No. 3 • Home Game No. 38 in Pensacola ................................................... 2-8 Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville • Jacksonville, Fla. MiLB.tv • Sunny 102.3 FM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch • TuneIn 2018 Regular Season vs. Blue Wahoos ............ 9-9 in Jacksonville ................................................ 6-2 RHP Sixto Sanchez (2-2, 3.08 ERA) vs. LHP Charlie Barnes (0-1, 4.26 ERA) in Pensacola ................................................... 3-7 EARLY ONSLAUGHT DRIVES WAHOOS BY SHRIMP WE ALL START SOMEWHERE JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Riley Mahan homered for the second straight game on In the first 20 games of the season, Jacksonville starting Record ...............................................................................29-43 Friday, but the Pensacola Blue Wahoos blitzed the pitchers compiled a 3-13 record and 5.44 ERA over 91.0 Home Record ..................................................................17-20 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 8-1. The clubs traded jabs in the innings. Jumbo Shrimp lid-lifters combined for 49 walks Road Record ....................................................................12-23 first inning, with Lewin Diaz lining an RBI single for (4.8 BB/9), 89 strikeouts (8.8 K/9) and 91 hits allowed (9.0 Current Streak .......................................................................L2 Pensacola in the top of the first and Mahan launching a solo H/9). However, the Jumbo Shrimp have seen some stellar shot to tie the game in the bottom of the first. The Blue starting pitching over the last 52 games. During this stretch, Runs Scored .............................. 213 (3.0 per game)/Fewest Runs Allowed .....................264 (3.7 per game)/3rd-Fewest Wahoos put together a two-out rally in the second. An Alex Jacksonville starters have combined for a 2.87 ERA (96 ER in Run Differential............................................................. -51/8th Kirilloff single coupled with an error plated a pair of runs. 301.0 IP). Jumbo Shrimp starters have walked 88 (2.6 BB/9), Pythagorean Record .......................................................29-43 Diaz and Whitefield each followed with RBI singles to make fanned 248 (7.4 K/9) and yielded 246 hits (7.4 H/9). Southern Division Standing/GB..................................5th/2.0 it 5-1. A Travis Blankenhorn double in the third pushed the Current Standings Streak ........... 5th, 1 day (6/22-present) Pensacola advantage to 6-1. Blankenhorn added an RBI THE ‘PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD Long Standings Streak ...................5th, 45 days (4/17-5/31) single in the fifth and Whitefield cashed in another RBI The Jumbo Shrimp relievers saw their scoreless innings Series Record ....................................................................5-9-0 two-bagger in the eighth to widen the gap to 8-1. streak end at 15 during Friday’s game, but the club’s bullpen Series Streak .........................................................................W1 has had an excellent run over the last eight games. Over Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps ............................................................ 0 FLORIDA MAHAN those last eight contests, Jacksonville relief pitchers have Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...1 (5-game, 5/1-5/5 at MIS) Jacksonville infielder Riley Mahan has crushed home runs tossed 28.2 innings with just three runs against for a 0.94 in each of his first two games with the club, becoming the ERA. During this eight-game span, the Jumbo Shrimp’s Batting Average/Rank .............................................. .226/10th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .288/10th first Jumbo Shrimp player this season to launch long balls bullpen has collectively allowed just 13 hits (4.1 H/9) while Slugging Percentage ................................................. .303/10th in back-to-back games. The former Kentucky Wildcat has fanning 30 (9.4 K/9) against eight walks (2.5 BB/9). OPS ............................................................................ .592/10th now launched 11 round-trippers in his career, with just nine BABIP .................................................................................. .291 in his first 176 professional contests. As a club, Jacksonville DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS Strikeouts ........................................................586/5th-Fewest ranks 119th out of the 120 full-season squads in Minor In the first 51 games of the season, Jacksonville committed K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................22.8% League Baseball with just 22 homers on the campaign. Walks .......................................................................176/Fewest 40 errors, a figure that ranked in the middle of the pack in BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................6.9% Interestingly, of those 22 bombs, 15 have been hit at the the Southern League. The Jumbo Shrimp have followed that Hits ................................................................................. 525/9th Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. up with just 13 miscues in the last 21 games, and the club’s Doubles ......................................................................... 83/10th season total of 53 now places in a tie for the third-fewest Triples ...............................................................................15/6th NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE in the circuit. Moreover, Jacksonville has also displayed a Home Runs ................................................................... 22/10th In 11 games from May 28 through June 8, Jumbo Shrimp strong range factor as evidenced by the club’s defensive Stolen Bases.....................................................................49/6th infielder Joe Dunand hit just 6-for-45 (.133) at the plate, efficiency, which simply measures how many batted balls Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .718 dragging his season batting line down to .208/.275/.262. put into play that are turned into outs. The Jumbo Shrimp Errors ..............................................................53/T-3rd-Fewest However, in the 10 games since then, the Miami native is have posted a .718 defensive efficiency, a figure that ranks 13-for-33 with five doubles, one home run, three RBIs and second in the Southern League. In fact, Jacksonville’s FIP ..........................................................................................3.69 three walks to slash .394/.444/.636. The N.C. State product defensive efficiency is so strong that it would also rank sixth ERA ............................................................................... 3.41/5th has sliced his strikeout rate from 29.7 percent with in the major leagues. BABIP .................................................................................. .282 Strikeouts ...................................................................... 601/3rd Jacksonville last season to 23.9 percent this year. K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................23.2% SHRIMP SKEWER Walks ...............................................................231/3rd-Fewest SO BABY PULL ME CLOSER Masking a run of good pitching recently, the Jumbo Shrimp BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................8.9% Throughout every level in the history of baseball, nearly yielded eight runs yesterday, their most since June 10... Hits Allowed ...................................................520/3rd-Fewest every team can expect to go about .500 in games decided Neighbors of Jacksonville in the South Division have Home Runs .......................................................55/T-2nd-Most WHIP ............................................................................1.20/2nd by one or two runs. However, the Jumbo Shrimp have gone stampeded the Jumbo Shrimp this season. Jacksonville has a combined 13-27 (.325) in games determined by two runs unluckily posted a 13-29 mark against fellow South Division or fewer. Interestingly, eight of the Jumbo Shrimp’s last 10 clubs. In comparison, the Jumbo Shrimp are 16-14 when SECOND HALF STANDINGS games have been decided by no more than two tallies. kicking it against the North Division. SOUTH (*-Clinched Division in First Half) Pensacola 2-0 -- Biloxi* 1-1 1.0 THE WEEK AHEAD Mississippi 1-1 1.0 Mobile 1-1 1.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Jacksonville 0-2 2.0 Sun. June 23 3:05 ET Pensacola RHP Cody Poteet (4-3, 2.45) RHP Jorge Alcala (5-4, 5.10) Mon. June 24 7:05 ET Pensacola TBA RHP Griffin Jax (1-2, 4.82) NORTH Tue. June 25 7:35 ET at Montgomery RHP Jorge Guzman (3-7, 3.89) TBA Chattanooga 2-0 -- Wed. June 26 7:35 ET at Montgomery RHP Josh Roeder (0-2, 6.00) TBA Jackson 1-1 1.0 Thu. June 27 7:35 ET at Montgomery TBA TBA Montgomery* 1-1 1.0 Fri. June 28 7:35 ET at Montgomery TBA TBA Tennessee 1-1 1.0 Sat. June 29 7:05 ET at Montgomery TBA TBA Birmingham 0-2 2.0 SHRIMP AND GRITS Corey Bird: 5-for-54 (.093) slump in last 12 games J.C. Millan: Reached in 17 of last 20 games (21-for-73, .288/.373/.397, 5 2B, HR, 12 RBIs, 10 BB) Santiago Chavez: 6-for-21, .286, 2 2B, HR, 7 RBIs, BB in last 6 G; 9-for-71 (.127) skid in prev. 23 G Brian Miller: Reached