Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (13-9) vs. Durham Bulls (16-6) vs. THE BULLS 2021 vs. Bulls ........................................................................4-6 Saturday, May 29, 2021 - 6:35 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................0-4 Game No. 23 • Home Game No. 11 in Durham ...................................................................4-2 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Durham...........................................4-6 (.400) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Bulls ........................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 LHP Braxton Garrett (2-0, 3.68 ERA) vs. LHP Ryan Sherriff (0-1, 4.05 ERA) in Durham ...................................................................0-0 SEVEN-RUN DURHAM THIRD SINKS JACKSONVILLE REGRESSION MONSTER JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS The Durham Bulls scored seven runs in the third inning The Jumbo Shrimp came out of the gates sizzling offensively, Record ................................................................................. 13-9 on Friday en route to beating the Jacksonville Jumbo posting a team batting line of .292/.373/.514 (.887 OPS) Home Record .......................................................................4-6 Shrimp 9-1 at 121 Financial Ballpark. Ryan Boldt’s two-run with 61 runs scored over the season’s first 10 games. Road Record .........................................................................9-3 double got the scoring started in that third inning. Wander However, lurking behind that excellent start at the plate Current Streak .......................................................................L5 Franco promptly socked a two-run home run immediately was a team batting average on balls in play of .349, far afterwards. Later in the frame, Esteban Quiroz blasted a above the baseball-wide average of .300. In the 12 games Runs Scored .......................... 103 (4.7 per game)/8th-Most Runs Allowed ........................ 104 (4.7 per game)/9th-Most three-run bomb to make it 7-0. The Bulls added on to their since, Jacksonville has posted a team BABIP of just .248, Run Differential............................................................. -1/12th lead on Wyatt Mathisen’s RBI single in the seventh before the lowest in Triple-A and fifth-lowest in all of Minor Pythagorean Record .......................................................11-11 Deven Marrero’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh League Baseball. Relatedly, the club has scored only 42 runs Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................T-3rd/2.5 finally got the Jumbo Shrimp on the board. Franco cashed in during this most recent 12-game stretch behind a woeful Current Standings Streak ......T-3rd, 3 days (5/26-present) the last run with an RBI fielder’s choice in the eighth to push .208/.263/.330 (.593 OPS) batting line. Long Standings Streak ......................1st, 7 days (5/18-5/24) the Durham advantage to 9-1. Jacksonville lashed 13 hits in Series Record ....................................................................3-1-0 the contest, but stranded 15 runners. WHAT WOULD JESÚS DO? Series Streak ...........................................................................L1 Jacksonville outfielder Jesús Sánchez has gotten off to Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A TOUGH TIMES DON’T LAST, TOUGH TEAMS DO a scorching start at the plate this season. The native of Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A A Jumbo Shrimp run in the seventh inning on Friday Higuey, in the Dominican Republic has at least one hit in 17 finally ended Jacksonville’s scoreless streak at 30 innings, of the 20 games he has appeared in, going 33-for-79 at the Batting Average/Rank ................................................ .246/8th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .314/18th one shy of matching the record in the club’s recorded plate. Entering play on Saturday, Sánchez leads Triple-A East Slugging Percentage ................................................... .413/9th history (through the 2005 season). Still, though, despite in batting average (.418), slugging percentage (.797), OPS OPS ............................................................................ .726/10th mustering 13 hits in Friday’s contest against Durham, the (1.243) and hits (33). Sánchez also ranks second in triples BABIP ......................................................................... .292/15th Jumbo Shrimp stranded 15 runners on base thanks to a (3), tied for second in both extra-base hits (13) and home Strikeouts .................................................... 183/T-3rd-Fewest 1-for-14 mark with runners in scoring position, the club’s runs (7), ninth in on-base percentage (.446) and tied for K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................22.6% most runner left on base since June 11, 2019 against ninth in runs scored (15). Walks .................................................................67/2nd-Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.3% Montgomery, when Jacksonville somehow left 17 men on. Hits ..............................................................................180/T-5th This offensive drought for the Jumbo Shrimp coincides with RUNNING OF THE BULLPEN Doubles ........................................................................ 35/T-8th a season-long five-game losing streak in which the club has In seven games from May 16-22, the Jumbo Shrimp bullpen Triples ............................................................................. 6/T-3rd been outscored 40-9 and outhit 53-31. Jacksonville has not worked 26.2 innings, yielding only two runs, one earned Home Runs ......................................................................25/9th lost six in a row since an eight-game skid from April 29-May for 0.34 ERA. Over that span, Jacksonville relievers ceded Stolen Bases.....................................................................19/7th 7 of the 2019 campaign. only 17 hits (5.7 H/9) and five walks (1.7 BB/9) against 27 Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .688 strikeouts (9.1 K/9). However, over the last five contests, Errors .....................................................................19/5th-Most BRINSON TO REHAB WITH JUMBO SHRIMP Jumbo Shrimp relief pitchers have surrendered 17 runs, 14 Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson will head to earned, on 28 hits in 21.2 innings for a 5.82 ERA (21 K, 11 FIP ..........................................................................................4.04 Jacksonville Saturday to begin a rehab assignment with BB). ERA ............................................................................... 4.02/9th the Jumbo Shrimp. Brinson will see his first action since BABIP .................................................................................. .312 Strikeouts ....................................................................209/10th suffering a sprained finger on May 18. A native of Fort MONTE’S INFERNO K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................24.9% Lauderdale, Fla., Brinson has played in 24 games for the Jumbo Shrimp outfielder Monte Harrison has a hit in Walks ................................................................. 67/4th-Fewest Marlins this season across all three outfield positions. At the nine consecutive contests, the longest hitting streak for a BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.0% time of the injury, he was slashing .224/.237/.362 with two Jacksonville player in 2021. During this nine-game stretch, Hits Allowed .......................................................191/6th-Most home runs and five RBIs. Brinson, who was selected by the Harrison is 12-for-37 (.324/.350/.568) with five runs scored, Home Runs ....................................................... 27/T-7th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.32/8th Texas Rangers in the first round (29th overall) of the 2012 three doubles, two home runs, and four RBIs. The native of draft out of Coral Springs High School (Fla.), was acquired by Lee’s Summit, Mo., has posted a 25.0 percent line drive rate, the Marlins in the 2018 deal that sent outfielder Christian a figure that leads the Jumbo Shrimp by five percentage SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS Yelich to the Milwaukee Brewers. points. Team W-L GB Nashville 16-5 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 16-6 0.5 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sun. May 30 3:05 ET Durham RHP Josh A. Smith (1-0, 4.76) RHP Adrian De Horta (0-1, 10.45) Jacksonville 13-9 3.5 Mon. May 31 OFF DAY Gwinnett 13-9 3.5 Tue. June 1 7:05 ET at Gwinnett LHP Daniel Castano (0-2, 5.74) TBA Charlotte 8-14 8.5 Wed. June 2 7:05 ET at Gwinnett RHP Luis Madero (3-1, 3.14) TBA Thu. June 3 7:05 ET at Gwinnett TBA TBA Memphis 8-14 8.5 Fri. June 4 7:05 ET at Gwinnett TBA TBA Norfolk 7-15 9.5 Sat. June 5 6:05 ET at Gwinnett TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Luis Arcaya: 0-for-5 in first two games with Jacksonville Monte Harrison: Hits in 11 of last 12 games (14-for-48, .292, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBIs, 2 BB) Corey Bird: Went 2-for-5 with a 2B on Friday to snap1-for-17, 2 BB skid in previous six games Connor Justus: 1-for-7, BB in