Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Game Notes
JACKSONVILLE JUMBO SHRIMP GAME NOTES Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (19-29, 47-69) at Pensacola Blue Wahoos Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp – Double-A Affiliate of the Miami Marlins Proud Member of the Southern League of Professional Baseball Southern League Champions 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014 Tuesday August 14, 2018 – 7:35 p.m. ET / 6:35 p.m. CT Blue Wahoos Stadium – Pensacola, Florida Shrimp: LHP McKenzie Mills (0-0, 0.00) vs. Wahoos: LHP Seth Varner (7-2, 3.01) Game #117 – Road Game #60 (23-36) Last Game: Mississippi Braves left-hander Kyle Muller struck out 10 batters in 5 2/3 innings, while left fielder Travis Demeritte, first baseman Tyler Marlette, and right fielder Connor Lien each homered in the visitors’ 6-4 win over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. The Braves (25-23 second half, 54-64 second half) took the lead when Demeritte led off the second inning with a home run to left field off Jacksonville right-hander Cody Poteet (2-10). Demeritte also began a fourth-inning rally with a leadoff single, before Marlette hit a two-run home run to left field. Catcher Carlos Martinez then singled, and Lien hit his third home run in two games to left field, making it 5-0. Mississippi has hit eight homers in the last three games. In his second Double-A start, Muller (2-0) recorded nine of his first 11 outs on strikeouts. With a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning, he walked shortstop Joe Dunand and hit first baseman John Silviano with one out, before catcher Rodrigo Vigil hit a two-out, three-run home run to left field – his first at home since the home opener exactly four months earlier.
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