Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (25-18) vs. Durham Bulls (29-15) vs. THE BULLS 2021 vs. Bulls ........................................................................7-8 Friday, June 25, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................3-6 Game No. 44 • Home Game No. 21 in Durham ...................................................................4-2 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Durham...........................................7-8 (.467) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Bulls ........................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 LHP Braxton Garrett (3-2, 5.22 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Patiño (2-1, 2.93 ERA) in Durham ...................................................................0-0 BULLPEN SHINES IN 4-3 WIN SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS The Jumbo Shrimp bullpen worked 8.2 scoreless innings Jacksonville has gone just 14-for-75 (.187) with runners Record ...............................................................................25-18 on Thursday to help Jacksonville rally to a 4-3 win over in scoring position over the last eight games, a span in Home Record .................................................................... 9-11 the Durham Bulls. Mike Ford gave Durham a 3-0 lead four which the Jumbo Shrimp have been gone 4-4 while being Road Record ...................................................................... 16-7 batters into the game with a three-run home run. However, outscored 48-34 with 48 runners left on base. On the Current Streak .....................................................................W2 the tandem of Preston Guilmet, Parker Bugg and Mason season, Jacksonville is slashing .241/.313/.388 (.701 OPS) Melotakis shut down the Bulls from there, combining to with runners in scoring position. However, with ducks on Runs Scored ........................196 (4.6 per game)/14th-Most Runs Allowed ......................215 (5.0 per game)/10th-Most fan 15 batters. Jacksonville tied the game with a three-run the pond and two outs, the club’s batting line has cratered Run Differential...........................................................-19/10th fourth. Garrett Cooper scored on an error and Corey Bird to .193/.272/.301, which works out to a .573 OPS that Pythagorean Record .......................................................20-23 bashed a two-run shot to equalize the score at three. The places 29th out of the 30 Triple-A teams. Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................... 3rd/3.5 tally remained that way until the seventh, when Lewis Current Standings Streak .......3rd, 30 days (5/26-present) Brinson’s RBI single made it 4-3. BRIG MAN ON CAMPUS Long Standings Streak .............3rd, 30 days (5/26-present) Jacksonville infielder Bryson Brigman has reached base in Series Record ....................................................................4-3-0 ‘PEN PALS 20 of the 22 contests he has played in since May 28. During Series Streak ...........................................................................L2 The Jacksonville bullpen shined over the season’s first 17 that span, the San Jose, Calif., native has sizzled at the Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A games, posting a 2.82 ERA that was backed by a sparkling plate, going 34-for-92 (.370/.410/.598). Since this hot streak Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A walk rate of 2.0 BB/9 and strikeout rate of 10.6 K/9. began, Brigman leads Triple-A East in hits (34) while also However, things did not go as smoothly over the next 23 ranking tied for second in triples (3), third in batting average Batting Average/Triple-A East Rank ....................... .249/8th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .323/16th games, as Jumbo Shrimp relievers combined for a 5.30 ERA (.370), tied for 11th in extra-base hits (12), 13th in OBP Slugging Percentage ................................................. .420/10th with an increased walk rate of 6.0 BB/9 and lower strikeout (.410), tied for 13th in runs (16), 16th in OPS (1.008) and OPS ............................................................................ .743/10th rate of 10.3 K/9. Jacksonville relief pitchers have worked 17th in slugging (.598). Interestingly, on the season, Brigman BABIP ......................................................................... .298/12th 15.0 scoreless innings through the first three games of their has enjoyed success despite a line drive rate of 14.6 percent Strikeouts ....................................................... 366/2nd-Fewest set with Durham, scattering nine hits and two walks against that ranks as the 13th-lowest out of 160 qualified Triple-A K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................22.1% 21 strikeouts. hitters. His 32.7 percent pull rate is the 12th-lowest. Walks .............................................................. 139/2nd-Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.6% Hits ................................................................................. 359/7th ERROR 404: NOT FOUND STARTING FROM SCRATCH Doubles ......................................................................62/T-15th Jacksonville enters play Friday having not committed an Jumbo Shrimp starting pitchers have made it through Triples ............................................................................15/T-1st error in its last six games, the only Triple-A to have not 5.0 innings just three times in their last 11 games, failing Home Runs ................................................................51/T-11th made a miscue during that span. The run is also the Jumbo to even reach 4.0 innings five times. During this stretch, Stolen Bases................................................................. 39/T-6th Shrimp’s longest errorless streak of the season, marking the Jacksonville lid-lifters have yielded 42 runs, 38 earned, on Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .694 club’s best miscue-free roll since a nine-game miscue-free 44 hits in 45.0 innings for a 7.60 ERA (38 K, 25 BB). Through Errors ...............................................................28/10th-Fewest streak from August 2-11, 2019. In the 12 games prior to this 43 games, Jacksonville relievers have actually accounted for run, Jacksonville had made nine errors, tied for the 13th- more innings (195.1 - 51.0 percent) than the club’s starters FIP ..........................................................................................4.48 most in Triple-A. (187.2). In 2019, the Jumbo Shrimp bullpen worked just ERA ............................................................................... 4.37/7th 462.0, or 38.7 percent, of the club’s 1,192.2 innings. BABIP .................................................................................. .306 Strikeouts ...................................................................... 422/6th OVERPOWERED K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................25.5% The Jumbo Shrimp yielded 32 home runs over the season’s FRIENDS CLOSE, ENEMIES CLOSER Walks ...............................................................154/6th-Fewest first 30 games, surrendering a total of 139 runs (4.6 runs No Triple-A East team has played fewer games decided BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................9.3% allowed per game), with the club going 19-11 (.633) during by three runs or fewer than Jacksonville’s 21. The Jumbo Hits Allowed .......................................................367/8th-Most that span. However, in the 13 games since then, Jacksonville Shrimp have excelled in these contests, going 15-6 (.714), Home Runs ...........................................................62/5th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.36/7th has ceded 30 bombs, giving up 70 runs in the process (5.4 which is the best such mark in the league. Conversely, runs allowed per game). Not coincidentally, the Jumbo Jacksonville has struggled in “blowout” affairs, contests Shrimp are just 6-7 (.462) in these last 13 affairs despite decided by at least five runs. The club has lost 10 of its last SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS hitting 14 of their own long balls. 12 in those games and has a blowout record of 6-12 (.333). Team W-L GB Durham 29-15 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Nashville 28-15 0.5 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sat. June 26 6:35 ET Durham TBA LHP Dietrich Enns (1-1, 3.30) Jacksonville 25-18 3.5 Sun. June 27 6:35 ET Durham TBA RHP Shane Baz (1-0, 2.00) Gwinnett 22-22 7.0 Mon. June 28 OFF DAY Norfolk 17-25 11.0 Tue. June 29 8:10 ET at Memphis LHP Shawn Morimando (2-2, 5.50) TBA Wed. June 30 8:10 ET at Memphis LHP Eric Stout (0-1, 15.58) TBA Charlotte 17-26 11.5 Thu. July 1 8:10 ET at Memphis TBA TBA Memphis 17-28 12.5 Fri. July 2 8:10 ET at Memphis TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Corey Bird: 9-for-34, .265, 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBIs, 6 R, 3 BB in last nine games; 1-for-12 skid in previous three games Connor Justus: 3-for-24, .125 in last eight games Bryson Brigman: 34-for-92 (.370/.410/.598), 6 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBIs, 7 BB in last 22 G; 3-for-25 skid in previous 8 G Deven Marrero: 1-for-8, R in first three games since being outrighted to Jacksonville