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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (3-0) vs. Norfolk Tides (0-3) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .......................................................................3-0 Friday, May 7, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................3-0 Game No. 4 • Home Game No. 4 in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk .........................................3-0 (1.000) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Nick Neidert (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Keegan Akin (0-0, 0.00 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP ROLL TO 7-1 VICTORY THE FOUR IS LAVA JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Cody Poteet fanned 10 batters in 5.2 innings and the On Tuesday, Jacksonville won on Opening Day for the Record ....................................................................................3-0 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp received home runs from Monte first time since 2017. The Jumbo Shrimp followed that up Home Record .......................................................................3-0 Harrison, Luis Marte and Brian Navarreto Thursday to beat Wednesday by winning again to improve to 2-0, marking Road Record .........................................................................0-0 the Norfolk Tides 7-1 from 121 Financial Ballpark. Harrison the first time since 2016 that Jacksonville has begun the Current Streak .....................................................................W3 blasted a leadoff shot in the bottom of the first, but season undefeated in the first two games. By winning again Norfolk’s Rylan Bannon tied the game on a home run of on Thursday, Jacksonville collected a 3-0 start to the season Runs Scored .................................... 28 (9.3 per game)/Most Runs Allowed ....................13 (4.3 per game)/T-7th-Fewest his own in the second. Marte homered to begin the fourth, for the first time since 2013. However, 4-0 beginnings to a Run Differential........................................................... +15/2nd and two batters later, Navarreto scampered home on a wild campaign have been rather elusive for the franchise of late. Pythagorean Record ............................................................3-0 pitch. A four-run fifth, highlighted by Navarreto’s three-run Should the Jumbo Shrimp win again on Friday, it would mark Southeast Division Standing/GB .............................T-1st/0.0 bomb, got the tally to 7-1. Alexander Guillen pitched 3.1 the club’s first 4-0 start since 2004, when Jacksonville won Current Standings Streak ............ 1st, 3 days (5/4-present) scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts to earn the its first seven games of the season. The Jumbo Shrimp are Long Standings Streak .................. 1st, 3 days (5/4-present) save. just two wins away from equaling their season-best winning Series Record ....................................................................0-0-0 streak of five in 2019. Series Streak ........................................................................N/A BLACK DEATH LINEUP Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A Through the season’s first three games, Jacksonville’s 28 SECOND HELPINGS Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A runs scored leads Triple-A, with the club also ranking first Jacksonville’s 28 runs through the season’s first two games in hits (37), tied for first in home runs (seven), second in are the most in Triple-A while also ranking tied for fifth Batting Average/Rank ............................................... .339/2nd On-Base Percentage ................................................ .407/2nd doubles (eight), third in slugging percentage (.642) and among the 120 teams that make up Minor League Baseball. Slugging Percentage .................................................. .642/2nd OPS (1.049) and fourth batting average (.339) and on-base The Jumbo Shrimp’s offensive prowess has mainly been OPS ........................................................................... 1.049/2nd percentage (.407). Several reasons may in part explain the powered by gigantic second innings; Jacksonville has tallied BABIP ........................................................................... .357/4th club’s searing offensive start. For one, the Jumbo Shrimp are nine second-inning runs thus far, a figure that is more than Strikeouts ......................................................19/T-2nd-Fewest receiving production from every single part of the lineup; 29 minor league teams have mustered on the entire season. K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................15.4% in each of the campaign’s first three contests, every single As a team, the Jumbo Shrimp are 10-for-19 in the second Walks ................................................................. 12/T-9th-Most BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................9.8% position player in the lineup has reached base at least once. inning this year, slashing .526/.591/.632. Hits .................................................................................... 37/1st Additionally, Jacksonville is putting the ball in play with Doubles ............................................................................. 8/2nd frequency; the Jumbo Shrimp’s 19 strikeouts are tied for the YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Triples ............................................................................. 2/T-3rd second-fewest in Triple-A East, and the club’s 15.4 percent Though the Jumbo Shrimp offense deserves most of the Home Runs .....................................................................7/T-1st strikeout rate is far below the MLB average of roughly 24 credit for the team’s 3-0 start, Jacksonville’s pitching staff Stolen Bases................................................................. 1/T-10th percent. When Jacksonville batters have put the ball in play, has helped itself quite a bit by not lending free passes to op- Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .746 they are batting .357. posing hitters. AfterBraxton Garrett walked the first batter Errors ................................................................ 2/T-6th-Fewest of the season on Tuesday, Jumbo Shrimp pitchers went 58 BASH BROTHERS hitters in a row without issuing a free pass. In total, Jackson- FIP ..........................................................................................4.21 Jacksonville first baseman Lewin Díaz and outfielder Jesús ville’s five walks through the season’s first two games mark ERA ............................................................................... 4.00/7th Sánchez have each gotten off to a pair of scorching starts the fewest total in Triple-A East. Jumbo Shrimp pitchers BABIP .................................................................................. .264 Strikeouts ...................................................................28/T-12th to begin the season. In fact, Díaz and Sánchez have driven have walked just 4.5 percent of opposing hitters. K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................25.2% in 16 of the Jumbo Shrimp’s 28 runs on the season (57.1 Walks ........................................................................... 5/Fewest percent). Sánchez is 9-for-13 (.692) on the season with one SHRIMP SKEWERS BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................4.5% triple, two home runs and a Triple-A-leading nine RBIs. His Jacksonville infielder Eddy Alvarez has played shortstop, Hits Allowed ...................................................24/T-10th-Most nine hits also lead all of Triple-A. Meanwhile, Díaz’s five runs second base and third base through the season’s first three Home Runs ..........................................................5/T-5th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.07/4th scored is tied for the Triple-A lead. He has also collected games. Additionally, the Miami native has reached base four extra-base hits to tie for tops in the level. The Santiago, multiple times in each contest. His .600 on-base percentage D.R., native is 5-for-14 (.357) with two doubles, two homers ranks in a tie for 10th in Triple-A...The Jumbo Shrimp have SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS and seven RBIs to start the season. been retired in order in just six of their 24 offensive innings. Team W-L GB Jacksonville 3-0 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 3-0 -- DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sat. May 8 6:35 ET Norfolk RHP Josh A. Smith (0-0, 0.00) LHP Bruce Zimmerman (0-0, 0.00) Gwinnett 2-1 1.0 Sun. May 9 3:05 ET Norfolk LHP Braxton Garrett (0-0, 4.91) LHP Alex Wells (0-0, 0.00) Charlotte 1-2 2.0 Mon. May 10 OFF DAY Nashville 0-2 2.5 Tue. May 11 6:45 ET at Durham LHP Shawn Morimando (0-0, 7.36) TBA Wed. May 12 1:05 ET at Durham RHP Cody Poteet (1-0, 1.59) TBA Memphis 0-3 3.0 Thu. May 13 6:35 ET at Durham TBA TBA Norfolk 0-3 3.0 Fri. May 14 6:35 ET at Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Eddy Alvarez: 3-for-10, .300, 5 BB (.600 OBP) to start season Luis Marte: 4-for-13, .308, HR, 2 RBIs to start season Corey Bird: .230/.284/.293, 6 2B, 2 3B,