Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (54-43) at Norfolk Tides (39-56) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .....................................................................17-8 Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville ...........................................................11-7 Game No. 98 • Road Game No. 50 in Norfolk ...................................................................6-1 Harbor Park • Norfolk, Va. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk .........................................17-8 (.680) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • ESPN690.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 LHP Brandon Leibrandt (0-5, 6.61 ERA) vs. LHP Kevin Smith (2-3, 5.75 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 MILLER, ALVAREZ POWER JUMBO SHRIMP BY TIDES SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Brian Miller whacked a game-tying home run in the eighth Over the last six games, Jacksonville has lost four of them, Record ...............................................................................54-43 and Eddy Alvarez socked a go-ahead bomb in the ninth and a huge reason why has been the club’s performance Home Record ..................................................................25-23 on Tuesday to push Jacksonville by Norfolk 4-3. The Tides with runners in scoring position. The Jumbo Shrimp are Road Record ....................................................................29-20 initially took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a Mason just 7-for-42 (.167) batting with ducks on the pond during Current Streak .....................................................................W2 McCoy double coupled with a Jumbo Shrimp error. Rylan this span. Oddly enough, on the season, Jacksonville has Bannon went yard in the fifth to make it 3-0. In the eighth, actually hit slightly better with runners in scoring position Runs Scored ........................439 (4.5 per game)/14th-Most Runs Allowed .....................455 (4.7 per game)/7th-Fewest Miller tied it by cracking a three-run shot. With two outs than not; the Jumbo Shrimp are hitting .248/.333/.394/.727 Run Differential............................................................. -16/9th in the ninth inning, Alvarez bopped a solo homer to put with runners in scoring position compared to Pythagorean Record .......................................................47-50 Jacksonville ahead 4-3. Luis Madero struck out three in 3.0 .242/.297/.404/.701 in all other situations. Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................... 3rd/8.5 hitless innings of relief to earn the win. Current Standings Streak ......... 3rd, 6 days (8/19-present) Long Standings Streak ...................3rd, 79 days (5/26-8/12) BEYOND RELIEF THE CHICKS DIG THIS The Jumbo Shrimp have lost five of their last eight games Series Record ....................................................................7-6-3 Jacksonville scored all four of their runs on home runs in dating back to a series finale on August 15 against Charlotte. Series Streak ...........................................................................L1 Tuesday’s series opener at Norfolk, and 10 of the club’s last Over that stretch, the Jumbo Shrimp bullpen has issued Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A 12 tallies have come via the long ball. The Jumbo Shrimp 30 walks in 36.2 innings of work (7.4 BB/9). That mark is Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A have slammed nine home runs over their last five games, more than double their season average of 3.3 BB/9 in the ranking in a tie for fourth in Triple-A East while slugging Batting Average/Triple-A East Rank ..................... .244/12th campaign’s first 89 games up until August 15. Of those 30 On-Base Percentage ............................................... .322/16th .471 as a team during that span. Over the first 16 games of walks, nine have scored (30.0%). Slugging Percentage ................................................. .401/13th August, Jacksonville launched just nine homers, tied for last OPS ............................................................................ .723/15th in the league, on a woeful team slugging percentage of .326. STARTING SMALL BABIP ......................................................................... .303/11th In part due to a number of rehab outings, Jumbo Shrimp Strikeouts .....................................................871/T-8th-Fewest MEN OF STEAL K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................24.5% starting pitchers have delivered only 13 quality starts in Walks .............................................................. 311/2nd-Fewest Jacksonville has registered a robust 35 stolen bases on 44 97 games this season (13.4%), with the club posting an BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.7% attempts (79.5 percent) over the last 27 games since July 27, 8-5 (.615) record in those contests. Relatedly, of the 20 Hits ............................................................................... 764/13th ranking as the second-most in Triple-A during this stretch. different pitchers to start a game for Jacksonville, already Doubles .......................................................................129/20th This run has pushed the club’s season steal total to 93 on a the most the club has seen since at least the 2005 season, Triples ..............................................................................28/2nd 77.5-percent success rate, which each rank sixth in Triple-A. only Braxton Garrett’s (4) has logged more than two quality Home Runs ..............................................................103/T-14th Stolen Bases.....................................................................93/6th Three different Jumbo Shrimp rank in the league’s top-12 in starts. A huge issue for the Jumbo Shrimp has been their stolen bases in Brian Miller (2nd, 27), Monte Harrison (8th, starters not going deep into games; a Jacksonville starter Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.700) ......................... .706 18) and Corey Bird (T-13th, 15). has not completed five innings in 56 of the club’s 97 games Errors ..............................................................64/T-9th-Fewest (57.37%) this season. EDDY THE JET! FIP ..........................................................................................4.49 Eddy Alvarez has wasted no time making an impact for the ERA ............................................................................... 4.25/6th EARTH, LEWIN & FIRE BABIP .................................................................................. .294 Jumbo Shrimp since returning from the Olympics, where Jumbo Shrimp first baseman Lewin Díaz was optioned from Strikeouts ...................................................................... 901/7th he won a silver medal with Team USA. Alvarez became the Miami to Jacksonville on August 1, and since then, the K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................25.1% sixth athlete ever, including the third American, to medal in native of Santiago in the Dominican Republic has been on Walks ...............................................................337/5th-Fewest both the winter and summer games after also winning silver a tear. In 19 games since he was optioned, Díaz is slashing BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................9.4% in short track speed skating in Sochi in 2014. Alvarez is 8-for- .339/.438/.581/1.019 with three doubles, four home runs, Hits Allowed ...................................................768/9th-Fewest 22 (.364/.462/.773/1.125) with three doubles, two home Home Runs .....................................................131/T-4th-Most 10 RBIs and 12 runs scored. Of the 189 hitters in Triple-A WHIP ............................................................................ 1.32/5th runs, seven RBIs and six runs scored in six games since who have logged at least 220 plate appearances this season, returning from Tokyo. On the season Alvarez boasts a 16.0 Díaz has the third-highest fly ball rate (52.9 percent), 13th- SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS percent walk rate, which ranks second on the Jumbo Shrimp lowest ground ball rate (31.4 percent), 25th-lowest pull rate (minimum 100 plate appearances) this season. (37.3 percent) and ninth-lowest BABIP (.250). Team W-L GB Durham 62-34 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Gwinnett 56-41 6.5 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Thu. Aug. 26 12:05 ET at Norfolk RHP Pablo López (0-0, 0.00) RHP Ofelky Peralta (3-0, 5.06) Jacksonville 54-43 8.5 Fri. Aug. 27 7:05 ET at Norfolk RHP Nick Neidert (6-1, 2.06) RHP Blaine Knight (0-0, 2.25) Nashville 52-45 10.5 Sat. Aug. 28 7:05 ET at Norfolk LHP Daniel Castano (3-2, 5.50) LHP Alex Wells (6-3, 3.42) Memphis 46-51 16.5 Sun. Aug. 29 4:05 ET at Norfolk TBA RHP Kyle Bradish (3-4, 5.06) Mon. Aug. 30 OFF DAY Norfolk 39-56 22.5 Tue. Aug. 31 7:05 ET Durham TBA TBA Charlotte 36-60 26.0 Wed. Sept. 1 7:05 ET Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Eddy Alvarez: 8-for-22, .364, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBIs, BB, 6 R in 6 G since return from Olympics Payton Henry: 4-for-32, 15 K in first 11 G w/JAX...In 19 G w/NSH: .262/.338/.361, HR, 9 RBIs Corey Bird: 6-for-37, .162, 2B, 2 RBIs, 3 BB, 6 R, 10 K in 13 games since being outrighted Connor