Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (20-13) vs. Norfolk Tides (12-19) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .....................................................................10-5 Friday, June 11, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................5-4 Game No. 34 • Home Game No. 16 in Norfolk ...................................................................5-1 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk .........................................10-5 (.667) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Jordan Holloway (0-0, 3.86 ERA) vs. LHP Zac Lowther (0-2, 7.15 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 BRIGMAN LEADS JUMBO SHRIMP TO 6-4 WIN HOTEL, MOTEL, HOLLOWAY INN JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Bryson Brigman collected four hits and drove in two Miami Marlins right-handed pitcher Jordan Holloway Record ...............................................................................20-13 Thursday to spur the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to a 6-4 will make the second start of his injury rehabilitation Home Record .......................................................................6-9 victory over the Norfolk Tides. Norfolk grabbed a three-run assignment on Friday against Norfolk. A native of Arvada, Road Record ...................................................................... 14-4 lead courtesy of a tally in the second and two in the third. Colo., Holloway has been on the injured list with a groin Current Streak .....................................................................W1 Justin Twine led off the fourth with a home run to get injury since May 22. The right-hander made his first rehab Jacksonville on the board. Later in the frame, Brian Miller start on Sunday against Gwinnett, giving up one run on two Runs Scored .......................155 (4.7 per game)/T-9th-Most Runs Allowed ......................152 (4.6 per game)/10th-Most bagged an RBI single before scoring on Brigman’s double to hits in 2.1 innings. He struck out two and walked one in his Run Differential............................................................+3/11th even things at three. The Jumbo Shrimp took the lead in the 43-pitch outing. Prior to his injury, Holloway had made eight Pythagorean Record .......................................................17-16 sixth when Santiago Chavez scored on a double-play ball. appearances, including two starts, for the Marlins, compiling Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................... 3rd/3.5 Jesús Sánchez added an RBI single in the frame to make it a record of 1-2 and an ERA of 2.55. In 17.2 innings, he had Current Standings Streak .......3rd, 16 days (5/26-present) 5-3. After the Tides scored in the eighth, Brigman registered yielded five earned runs while striking out 14. Long Standings Streak .............3rd, 16 days (5/26-present) an RBI triple in the bottom of the inning to get it to 6-4. The Series Record ....................................................................4-1-0 Jumbo Shrimp bullpen yielded one run in 7.0 innings. FRIENDS CLOSE, ENEMIES CLOSER Series Streak .........................................................................W1 The Jumbo Shrimp edged Norfolk 6-4 on Friday, the latest Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD in a series of close games Jacksonville has engaged in Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A Jacksonville is off to a strong 20-13 start to the season, but throughout the season. In fact, 16 of the club’s 33 contests, somewhat surprisingly, the Jumbo Shrimp have enjoyed far have been decided by three runs or fewer. Fortunately Batting Average/Triple-A East Rank ....................... .249/6th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .320/14th more success on the road than at 121 Financial Ballpark. for the Jumbo Shrimp, Jacksonville has excelled in these Slugging Percentage ................................................... .420/9th Jacksonville’s 14 road wins are tied for the most (San tight affairs; the Jumbo Shrimp boast an 11-5 record in OPS .............................................................................. .740/9th Antonio & Down East) in all of Minor League Baseball. contests decided by no more than three runs, which BABIP ......................................................................... .297/14th Meanwhile, the Jumbo Shrimp are only 6-9 inside their partially explains why the club’s actual record (20-13) Strikeouts ........................................................282/3rd-Fewest home ballpark. Perhaps the starkest home-road difference is outperforming its pythagorean record (16-15), which K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................22.6% for the club in 2021 has been in its pitching. At home, estimates a team’s record based on its run differential. Walks .............................................................. 104/2nd-Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.3% Jacksonville has posted a 4.76 ERA that ranks 12th in Ten of the 15 meetings between Jacksonville and Norfolk Hits ................................................................................. 276/5th Triple-A East. However, the Jumbo Shrimp’s 3.34 road ERA have been decided by three runs or fewer, with the Jumbo Doubles ......................................................................51/T-10th ranks second in the league. Rather bizarrely, Jacksonville has Shrimp owning a 6-4 mark in these contests. Triples .............................................................................. 11/3rd fanned 27.7 percent of opposing hitters on the road (10.6 Home Runs .................................................................. 39/T-7th K/9) but only 22.9 percent at home (9.0 K/9). Opponents WALKING THE PLANK Stolen Bases.....................................................................30/6th are also hitting better against Jumbo Shrimp pitching at Over the year’s first 18 games, Jumbo Shrimp pitchers had Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .689 home (.265) than on the road (.230). issued just 50 walks in 159.0 innings (2.8 BB/9), the fewest Errors ................................................................. 23/T-6th-Most total in Triple-A East. However, in the 14 games since that GETTIN’ BRIGGY WIT IT point, Jacksonville has issued 65 free passes in 136.0 frames FIP ..........................................................................................4.01 Jacksonville manager Al Pedrique has slotted Bryson (4.3 BB/9), tied for the seventh-highest total in the league. ERA ............................................................................... 4.06/6th Brigman anywhere from first through fifth in the lineup The Jumbo Shrimp have handed out at least four walks in BABIP .................................................................................. .311 Strikeouts ...................................................................... 324/5th over the past week-plus, which coincides with a hot streak nine of those 15 affairs, including in four of the last five K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................25.5% for the San Jose, Calif., native. Over the last 12 games, games. Walks ...............................................................115/7th-Fewest Brigman is 19-for-51 (.373/.407/.608) with five doubles, BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................9.0% two triples, a home run, six RBIs, six runs scored and three SHRIMP TAILS Hits Allowed ...................................................280/T-5th-Most walks. Interestingly, on the season, Brigman is succeeding Eddy Alvarez has been on-base at least twice in 11 of his 18 Home Runs .........................................................38/10th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.34/9th despite a line drive rate of 14.1 percent that ranks as the games this season... The Jumbo Shrimp have lost six of their 16th-lowest out of 183 Triple-A hitters with at least 70 plate last eight games at home, being outscored 54-19 during that appearances. Prior to this run, Brigman had been in a 3-for- span... Jacksonville has scored at least five runs in seven of SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS 25 skid in the previous eight contests. its last 10 games. Team W-L GB Durham 23-9 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Nashville 23-9 -- DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sat. June 12 6:35 ET Norfolk RHP Josh A. Smith (2-0, 2.83) RHP Kyle Bradish (1-0, 2.03) Jacksonville 20-13 3.5 Sun. June 13 6:35 ET Norfolk LHP Shawn Morimando (0-2, 6.75) TBA Gwinnett 18-15 5.5 Mon. June 14 OFF DAY Norfolk 12-19 10.5 Tue. June 15 7:04 ET at Charlotte RHP Luis Madero (4-2, 3.42) TBA Wed. June 16 7:04 ET at Charlotte TBA TBA Memphis 12-21 11.5 Thu. June 17 7:04 ET at Charlotte TBA TBA Charlotte 11-21 12.0 Fri. June 18 7:04 ET at Charlotte TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Eddy Alvarez: Has reached base multiple times in 11 of 18 games in 2021 (.430 OBP) Connor Justus: 9-for-36 (.250), 3 RBIs, 2 BB in first 12 games with Jacksonville Corey Bird: 1-for-12 in last three games; 11-for-34, .324/.410/.676, 4