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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (13-4) at Norfolk Tides (3-14) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .......................................................................9-2 Sunday, May 23, 2021 - 1:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................4-2 Game No. 18 • Road Game No. 12 in Norfolk ...................................................................5-0 Harbor Park • Norfolk, Va. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk ..........................................9-2 (..818) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Elieser Hernández (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Spenser Watkins (0-2, 4.50 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP BLAST TIDES 8-1 SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Jorge Alfaro crushed two home runs and drove in five Jacksonville enters play on Sunday on a season-best Record ................................................................................. 13-4 and Monte Harrison added another Saturday to lead the six-game winning streak, their best roll since winning six Home Record .......................................................................4-2 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to an 8-1 win over the Norfolk straight from July 7-12, 2018. During these six games, the Road Record .........................................................................9-2 Tides. Alfaro’s three-run bomb broke a scoreless tie in the Jumbo Shrimp have yielded just 11 runs for a 1.80 ERA (46 Current Streak .....................................................................W6 fourth. Two innings later, he added a two-run shot. After H in 55.0 IP). Jacksonville pitchers have combined for 55 a Norfolk run in the bottom of the sixth, Harrison’s solo strikeouts against 14 walks during this span. Offensively, Runs Scored .............................94 (5.5 per game)/4th-Most Runs Allowed ....................... 70 (4.1 per game)/4th-Fewest shot came in the eighth. Jacksonville added a pair of runs the Jumbo Shrimp have been buoyed by big innings; they Run Differential............................................................+24/6th on two errors in the ninth inning to push the advantage to enjoyed a season-best six-run third inning on Sunday, Pythagorean Record ......................................................... 11-6 8-1. Luis Madero struck out eight against only one walk and followed by a four-run third on Wednesday and four-run Southeast Division Standing/GB ..............................1st/+1.5 two hits against in 5.0 innings of work to earn the victory. fourth on Thursday, outscoring opponents by a total of 30- Current Standings Streak ..........1st, 5 days (5/18-present) Jake Fishman ceded just one run in 3.0 frames and Zach 11. Stretching their victorious roll to seven would mark the Long Standings Streak ................1st, 5 days (5/18-present) Thompson twirled a scoreless ninth to seal the win. club’s first seven-game winning streak since August 21-26 Series Record ....................................................................3-0-0 of the 2017 season, a campaign in which the Jumbo Shrimp Series Streak .........................................................................W3 ‘PEN PALS enjoyed three different seven-game winning runs. Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A In Saturday’s 8-1 triumph at Norfolk, Jacksonville relievers Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A Jake Fishman and Zach Thompson combined to pitch 4.0 MARTE PARTAY strong innings out of the bullpen, continuing a recent trend Jacksonville infielder Luis Marte doubled in Saturday’s Batting Average/Rank ................................................ .262/3rd On-Base Percentage ............................................... .332/11th of dominant relief pitching for the Jumbo Shrimp. Though a contest at Norfolk, stretching his season-long hitting streak Slugging Percentage .................................................. .454/2nd sixth-inning run halted the Jacksonville bullpen’s scoreless to seven games. During this span the native of San Francisco OPS .............................................................................. .786/6th innings streak at 21, Jumbo Shrimp relievers have still de Macoris in the Dominican Republic is 9-for-24 (.375) at BABIP ........................................................................... .307/9th surrendered just one tally over their last 25.0 frames for a the plate, collecting two doubles, two home runs and seven Strikeouts ........................................................139/3rd-Fewest 0.36 ERA. During this span, Jumbo Shrimp relievers have RBIs. Despite being listed at just six-feet, 205 pounds, the K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................21.8% ceded just 15 hits, fanning 25 against only three walks. utility man has thrived by putting the ball in the air in 2021; Walks .................................................................55/2nd-Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.6% Marte’s 50.0 percent fly ball rate ranks as the 17th-highest Hits ................................................................................. 149/4th 25 OR 6 2004 out of 206 qualified Triple-A hitters. Relatedly, Marte owns Doubles ............................................................................28/7th The Jumbo Shrimp beat Norfolk 8-1 on Saturday to reach the 25th-lowest ground ball rate at 31.6 percent. Triples .............................................................................6/T-2nd 13-4 on the season - Jacksonville’s best start to a campaign Home Runs .................................................................. 23/T-6th since beginning 13-4 in 2004. This year’s Jumbo Shrimp CRAZY. STUPID. GLOVE. Stolen Bases.....................................................................14/8th have already taken the first five games in their six-game set Jacksonville played its fifth consecutive error-free game on Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .702 with Norfolk, meaning Jacksonville has opened a campaign Saturday, stretching its run of innings without an miscue to Errors .....................................................................14/7th-Most with at least three series victories for the first time since five 49. Over the last five games, coincidentally all Jumbo Shrimp straight set triumphs to begin the 2004 season. victories, Jacksonville is the only team in Triple-A East FIP ..........................................................................................3.85 and one of only four across Minor League Baseball to not ERA ............................................................................... 3.50/4th commit an error. Prior to this run of defensive excellence, BABIP .................................................................................. .298 JESÚS WALKS Strikeouts ...................................................................... 167/7th Jacksonville outfielder Jesús Sánchez has gotten off to the Jumbo Shrimp had not gone more than one game K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................26.6% a scorching start at the plate this season. The native of without a miscue. Over the last five games, Jacksonville’s Walks .........................................................................47/Fewest Higuey, in the Dominican Republic has at least one hit in defense has turned 73 percent of the balls put in play BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................7.4% 13 of the 15 games he has appeared in, going 28-for-60 at against them into outs. Hits Allowed .......................................................137/8th-Most the plate. Entering play on Sunday, Sánchez ranks first in Home Runs ....................................................... 21/T-8th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.23/6th Triple-A East in batting average (.467), slugging percentage SHRIMP TAIL (.933), OPS (1.433), hits (28), RBIs (20) and triples (3), A Jumbo Shrimp win on Sunday would net Jacksonville its tied for first in home runs (7) and extra-base hits (11) and first sweep since taking all four games at Chattanooga from SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS second in on-base percentage (.500). July 18-21, 2019. Team W-L GB Jacksonville 13-4 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Nashville 11-5 1.5 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Mon. May 24 OFF DAY Durham 11-6 2.0 Tue. May 25 7:05 ET Durham RHP Josh A. Smith (1-0, 3.55) TBA Gwinnett 9-8 4.0 Wed. May 26 7:05 ET Durham LHP Daniel Castano (0-1, 8.38) TBA Memphis 8-9 5.0 Thu. May 27 7:05 ET Durham LHP Braxton Garrett (2-0, 3.68) TBA Fri. May 28 7:05 ET Durham TBA TBA Charlotte 7-10 6.0 Sat. May 29 6:35 ET Durham TBA TBA Norfolk 3-14 10.0 Sun. May 30 6:35 ET Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Jorge Alfaro: 4-for-16, 2 HR in five games of MLB rehab assignment; .229/.250/.257, 2B, 3 RBIs in 10 games w/MIA Monte Harrison: Hits in eight of last nine games (9-for-36, .250, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBIs, BB) Eddy Alvarez: Reached base multiple times in nine times in 15 games (.424 on-base percentage) Deven Marrero: 6-for-33, .182, 2 R, 2 BB in first nine games with Jumbo Shrimp Corey