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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (0-0) vs. Norfolk Tides (0-0) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 Game No. 1 • Home Game No. 1 in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk ...........................................0-0 (.000) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 LHP Braxton Garrett (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Conner Greene (0-0, 0.00 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP OPEN 2021 SEASON PEDRIQUE TO MANAGE JUMBO SHRIMP IN 2021 JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS For the first time since August 31, 2019, the Jacksonville Boasting 13 years of minor league managing experience and Record ....................................................................................0-0 Jumbo Shrimp are in back in action when they open the seven seasons on a major league coaching staff,Al Pedrique Home Record .......................................................................0-0 2021 season at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday against the Norfolk will manage the Jumbo Shrimp in 2021. Pedrique enters his Road Record .........................................................................0-0 Tides from 121 Financial Ballpark. The Jumbo Shrimp open first year with the Marlins’ organization after spending the Current Streak ....................................................................N/A the campaign with a six-game series against the Tides. previous three years on the Oakland A’s major league staff Jacksonville will then head out for a 12-game road trip to as first base coach (2018) and third base coach (2019-20). Runs Scored ...................................0 (0.0 per game)/T-Most Runs Allowed .................................0 (0.0 per game)/T-Most play Durham in a six-game set, followed by six games at His major league coaching experience includes a stint in Run Differential..............................................................0/T-1st Norfolk. The Jumbo Shrimp close the season’s first month 2004 with the Arizona Diamondbacks as third base coach Pythagorean Record ............................................................0-0 by hosting Durham from May 25-30. Thanks to a reshuffling and interim manager. Pedrique was also the third base Southeast Division Standing/GB .............................T-1st/0.0 of the minor leagues following the cancelation of the 2020 coach for Houston in 2009 before serving as the Astros’ Current Standings Streak .................................................N/A season, the Jumbo Shrimp return as a Triple-A team - bench coach from 2010-11. In addition to his wealth of MLB Long Standings Streak .......................................................N/A meaning Jacksonville will field a club at Minor League coaching experience, Pedrique has managed 13 seasons Series Record ....................................................................0-0-0 Baseball’s highest level for the first time since 1968. in the minor leagues in the Royals, Diamondbacks and Series Streak ........................................................................N/A Yankees’ organizations. Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A LONG TIME, NO SEE Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A When the Jumbo Shrimp take the field Tuesday to kick off CHARLOTTE’S (AND NORFOLK/DURHAM’S) WEB the 2021 season, it will mark the end of the longest wait for Jacksonville’s first foray into Triple-A since 1968 will see the Batting Average/Rank ............................................. .000/T-1st On-Base Percentage .............................................. .000/T-1st baseball for Jacksonville since 1970. After the 1968 Jack- club play only within the Southeast Division in the Triple-A Slugging Percentage ................................................ .000/T-1st sonville Suns won the International League title, the club East League. Tuesday’s season-opener with the Tides OPS ........................................................................... .000/T-1st was moved to Norfolk, Va. Following a 1969 season without marks the first of 36 contests against Norfolk. The Jumbo BABIP .................................................................................. .000 professional baseball in Northeast Florida, the Jacksonville Shrimp will also play Durham 36 times and Charlotte 30 Strikeouts .................................................................0/T-Fewest Suns returned in 1970 as a Double-A team in the Southern times during the 2021 campaign. Thus, an extraordinary K% (MLB avg: ~23.2%)......................................................0.0% League. Tuesday’s contest marks 613 days between baseball 102 of the 120 games (85 percent) the Jumbo Shrimp will Walks ........................................................................... 0/T-Most BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................0.0% for the Jumbo Shrimp, who last played on August 31, 2019. play this season come against the Triple-A affiliates of the Hits ...................................................................................0/T-1st Meanwhile, 121 Financial Ballpark has not hosted a game Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox, Doubles ...........................................................................0/T-1st since August 26, 2019, when the park was named the respectively. Jacksonville’s schedule rounds out with trips to Triples ..............................................................................0/T-1st Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville - a span of 618 days. Coin- Gwinnett and Memphis for six-game series’ from June 1-6 Home Runs .....................................................................0/T-1st cidentally, Jacksonville beat Mobile - a team that no longer and June 29-July 4, respectively. The Jumbo Shrimp will also Stolen Bases....................................................................0/T-1st exists - in that August 26, 2019 game, which marks the last host Nashville in a six-game set from July 20-25. Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .000 victory for the Jumbo Shrimp at the Double-A level. Errors ........................................................................0/T-Fewest MEET THE SHRIMP AN ERA OF UNMATCHED SUCCESS The Jumbo Shrimp’s 2021 Opening Day roster features an FIP ..........................................................................................0.00 Though the Jumbo Shrimp now play in the Triple-A East eclectic mix of talented prospects, players who possess ERA ............................................................................ 0.00/T-1st League, Jacksonville fielded a Double-A club in the Southern major league experience and familiar faces for fans in BABIP .................................................................................. .000 Strikeouts ........................................................................0/T-1st League from 1970-2019, an era of virtually unequaled Northeast Florida. Lewin Díaz (No. 5), Jesús Sánchez (No, 6) K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)......................................................0.0% success in the city’s history. During their 50 seasons in the and Braxton Garrett (No. 7) represent three of the Miami Walks ........................................................................0/T-Fewest Southern League, Jacksonville made 20 playoff appearances, Marlins’ top seven prospects according to MLB Pipeline. BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................0.0% winning 13 DIvision Series’, both Southern League records. Jacksonville also has nine different players on its Opening Hits Allowed ............................................................0/T-Fewest Jacksonville also won six championships, finishing as the Day roster with major league experience. There are also Home Runs ..............................................................0/T-Fewest runner-up a league-best eight times. The city’s clubs played nine players who have previously logged time in Jacksonville WHIP ......................................................................... 0.00/T-1st in a Southern League-record 122 playoff games during when the club was Miami’s Double-A affiliate. Jacksonville this span, compiling a 64-58 (.525) record in the Southern and the Marlins boast a long-standing affiliation that dates SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS League postseason. back to the 2009 season. Team W-L GB Jacksonville 0-0 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Charlotte 0-0 -- DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Wed. May 5 1:05 ET Norfolk LHP Shawn Morimando (0-0, 0.00) LHP Josh Rogers (0-0, 0.00) Durham 0-0 -- Thu. May 6 7:05 ET Norfolk RHP Cody Poteet (0-0, 0.00) RHP Spenser Watkins (0-0, 0.00) Gwinnett 0-0 -- Fri. May 7 7:05 ET Norfolk TBA TBA Memphis 0-0 -- Sat. May 8 6:35 ET Norfolk TBA TBA Sun. May 9 3:05 ET Norfolk TBA TBA Nashville 0-0 -- Mon. May 10 OFF DAY Norfolk 0-0 -- Tue. May 11 6:35 ET at Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Eddy Alvarez: Made MLB debut in 2020; believed to be first U.S.