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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (1-0) vs. Norfolk Tides (0-1) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .......................................................................1-0 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 1:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................1-0 Game No. 2 • Home Game No. 2 in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk .........................................1-0 (1.000) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 LHP Shawn Morimando (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Josh Rogers (0-0, 0.00 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP SLUG WAY TO 11-5 WIN PEDRIQUE TO MANAGE JUMBO SHRIMP IN 2021 JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Lewin Díaz and Jesús Sánchez each homered Tuesday to Boasting 13 years of minor league managing experience and Record ....................................................................................1-0 help the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp beat the Norfolk Tides seven seasons on a major league coaching staff,Al Pedrique Home Record .......................................................................1-0 11-5 on Opening Day Tuesday in front of a sellout crowd at will manage the Jumbo Shrimp in 2021. Pedrique enters his Road Record .........................................................................0-0 121 Financial Ballpark. Díaz bashed a two-run shot in the first year with the Marlins’ organization after spending the Current Streak .....................................................................W1 first inning to give Jacksonville an early lead. The Jumbo previous three years on the Oakland A’s major league staff Shrimp tacked on five runs in the second for a massive as first base coach (2018) and third base coach (2019-20). Runs Scored ..................................11 (11.0 per game)/Most Runs Allowed .................................5 (5.0 per game)/T-Most seven-run advantage. After the Tides plated two in the His major league coaching experience includes a stint in Run Differential........................................................... +6/T-1st third, the game remained 7-2 until the seventh, when Seth 2004 with the Arizona Diamondbacks as third base coach Pythagorean Record ............................................................1-0 Mejias-Brean went yard for Norfolk. However, Sánchez’s and interim manager. Pedrique was also the third base Southeast Division Standing/GB .............................T-1st/0.0 three-run bomb highlighted a four-run eighth to put Jack- coach for Houston in 2009 before serving as the Astros’ Current Standings Streak ..............1st, 1 day (5/4-present) sonville ahead 11-3. Norfolk added two runs in the ninth, bench coach from 2010-11. In addition to his wealth of MLB Long Standings Streak ....................1st, 1 day (5/4-present) but could get no closer in the Jumbo Shrimp’s 11-5 win. The coaching experience, Pedrique has managed 13 seasons Series Record ....................................................................0-0-0 11 runs Jacksonville scored are its most on Opening Day in in the minor leagues in the Royals, Diamondbacks and Series Streak ........................................................................N/A the Jumbo Shrimp era. Yankees’ organizations. Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A CHICKS DIG THE LONG BALL AN ERA OF UNMATCHED SUCCESS Just two batters into Tuesday’s season opener against Jacksonville fielded a Double-A club in the Southern League Batting Average/Rank ............................................... .306/2nd On-Base Percentage .................................................. .419/1st Norfolk, Lewin Díaz homered to give the Jumbo Shrimp a from 1970-2019, an era of virtually unequaled success in Slugging Percentage ................................................... .556/5th 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Jesús Sánchez’s the city’s history. During their 50 seasons in the South- OPS ............................................................................. .974/2nd laser shot gave Jacksonville 11 runs - the most on any ern League, Jacksonville made 20 playoff appearances, BABIP ........................................................................... .321/4th Opening Day in the Jumbo Shrimp era (2017-present). winning 13 DIvision Series’, both Southern League records. Strikeouts .................................................................6/T-Fewest During Jacksonville’s 2019 season, an offensive outburst of Jacksonville also won six championships, finishing as the K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................14.0% this nature was a rarity; the Jumbo Shrimp scored at least runner-up a league-best eight times. The city’s clubs played Walks .......................................................................7/3rd-Most BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ....................................................16.2% 11 runs just four times in 137 contests, hitting that mark just in a Southern League-record 122 playoff games during Hits ................................................................................... 11/3rd once in the campaign’s first 84 games. Meanwhile, the two this span, compiling a 64-58 (.525) record in the Southern Doubles .......................................................................... 3/T-3rd home runs Jacksonville launched on Tuesday equaled their League postseason. Triples ............................................................................. 0/T-8th season-high from the 2019 season. All nine Jumbo Shrimp Home Runs .................................................................... 2/T-5th position players reached base at least once in Tuesday’s CHARLOTTE’S (AND NORFOLK/DURHAM’S) WEB Stolen Bases................................................................... 0/T-8th season opener. Jacksonville’s first foray into Triple-A since 1968 will see Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .749 the club play only within the Southeast Division in the Errors ................................................................... 1/T-3rd-Most MEET THE SHRIMP Triple-A East League. Tuesday’s season-opener with the The Jumbo Shrimp’s 2021 Opening Day roster features an Tides marked the first of 36 contests against Norfolk. The FIP ..........................................................................................4.18 eclectic mix of talented prospects, players who possess Jumbo Shrimp will also play Durham 36 times and Charlotte ERA ............................................................................. 5.00/12th major league experience and familiar faces for fans in 30 times during the 2021 campaign. Thus, an extraordinary BABIP .................................................................................. .261 Strikeouts ...................................................................11/T-11th Northeast Florida. Lewin Díaz (No. 5), Jesús Sánchez (No, 6) 102 of the 120 games (85 percent) the Jumbo Shrimp will K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................28.6% and Braxton Garrett (No. 7) represent three of the Miami play this season come against the Triple-A affiliates of the Walks ............................................................... 1/T-2nd-Fewest Marlins’ top seven prospects according to MLB Pipeline. Orioles, Rays and White Sox, respectively. BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................2.9% Jacksonville also has nine different players on its Opening Hits Allowed .................................................... 8/T-7th-Fewest Day roster with major league experience. There are also SHRIMP SKEWERS Home Runs ..........................................................2/T-5th-Most WHIP .........................................................................1.00/T-3rd nine players who have previously logged time in Jacksonville Jacksonville pitchers combined to walk just one hitter in when the club was Miami’s Double-A affiliate. Jacksonville Tuesday’s season opener... Eddy Alvarez reached base four and the Marlins boast a long-standing affiliation that dates times on Opening Day... The Jumbo Shrimp snapped a mini SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS back to the 2009 season. two-game skid on Opening Day games. Team W-L GB Jacksonville 1-0 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 1-0 -- DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Thu. May 6 7:05 ET Norfolk RHP Cody Poteet (0-0, 0.00) RHP Spenser Watkins (0-0, 0.00) Gwinnett 1-0 -- Fri. May 7 7:05 ET Norfolk TBA TBA Charlotte 0-1 1.0 Sat. May 8 6:35 ET Norfolk TBA TBA Memphis 0-1 1.0 Sun. May 9 3:05 ET Norfolk LHP Braxton Garrett (0-0, 4.91) TBA Mon. May 10 OFF DAY Nashville 0-1 1.0 Tue. May 11 6:35 ET at Durham TBA TBA Norfolk 0-1 1.0 Wed. May 12 1:05 ET at Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Eddy Alvarez: Made MLB debut in 2020; believed to be first U.S. Winter Olympian to play in MLB Luis Marte: .260/.294/.346, 12 2B, 5 HR, 33 RBIs in 86 G with Triple-A Gwinnett in 2019 Corey Bird: .230/.284/.293, 6 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 29 RBIs, 15 SB in 97 G w/JAX & High-A Jupiter in ‘19 Brian Miller: .265/.326/.354, 24 2B, 5 3B, 2 HR, 39 RBIs,