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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (8-4) at Norfolk Tides (3-9) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .......................................................................4-2 Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - 6:35 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................4-2 Game No. 13 • Road Game No. 7 in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 Harbor Park • Norfolk, Va. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk ...........................................4-2 (.667) 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 (0-1, 4.50 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP TAKE SET WITH 7-4 VICTORY NEED FOR SPEED JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Luis Marte and Monte Harrison each homered Sunday to Entering play on Thursday, the Jumbo Shrimp had stolen just Record ....................................................................................8-4 help the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp beat the Durham Bulls two bases as a team, ranking in a tie for 17th in the 20-team Home Record .......................................................................4-2 7-4 and win the six-game series at Durham Bulls Athletic Triple-A East. Moreover, Jacksonville had swiped just those Road Record .........................................................................4-2 Park. In the first inning,Ryan Boldt smacked a three-run lone two bags while getting caught stealing three times. In Current Streak .....................................................................W1 home run to put Durham ahead 3-0. The Jumbo Shrimp game one of Thursday’s doubleheader Brian Miller reached struck back in the third. Eddy Alvarez cashed in the team’s base four times and scored three runs thanks to a career- Runs Scored .............................71 (5.9 per game)/4th-Most Runs Allowed ...........................63 (5.3 per game)/7th-Most first run on an RBI double. Two batters later,Jesús Sánchez high four stolen bases. Jazz Chisholm also added a theft in Run Differential.............................................................. +8/5th laced a two-run triple to even the score. Two batters after the contest to give the club five in the seven-inning game. Pythagorean Record ............................................................7-5 that, Brian Miller lashed an RBI base hit to give Jacksonville Meanwhile, on Friday at Durham, the Jumbo Shrimp added Southeast Division Standing/GB ...............................2nd/1.0 the lead for the first time. After a pop out, Marte clubbed a three more steals, with two coming from Monte Harrison. Current Standings Streak .........2nd, 3 days (5/15-present) two-run shot to make it 6-3. Durham crept closer on Nathan Jacksonville swipe two more bases on Sunday to total 10 in Long Standings Streak ...............2nd, 3 days (5/15-present) Lukes’ RBI ground out in the sixth, but Harrison’s homer the last five games, rocketing into a tie for fourth in Triple-A Series Record ....................................................................2-0-0 answered in the seventh to get the score to 7-4. Brett East with 12 stolen bases on the season. Series Streak .........................................................................W2 Eibner pitched three scoreless innings for the save, striking Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A out five. DEUCES WILD Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A The Jumbo Shrimp won each of the last two Sundays - on HERNÁNDEZ TO REHAB WITH JUMBO SHRIMP Batting Average/Rank ................................................ .276/3rd May 9 vs. Norfolk and on May 16 at Durham - to take each On-Base Percentage ................................................. .357/5th Miami Marlins’ right-handed pitcher Elieser Hernández of the season’s first two series. Thus, Jacksonville enters Slugging Percentage .................................................. .494/2nd will make a rehab start for the Jumbo Shrimp Tuesday play on Tuesday at 8-4, its best start since also beginning the OPS .............................................................................. .851/3rd night in Norfolk. Hernández, who is working his way back 2013 campaign 8-4. The club has also started a campaign BABIP ........................................................................... .339/3rd from a biceps injury, made his season debut in a start for with two series wins for the first time since taking three of Strikeouts ........................................................109/5th-Fewest the Marlins on April 3 at Tampa Bay. He exited that outing five from Jackson and four of five from Huntsville to begin K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................24.3% after just 2.1 innings and was placed on the injured list two Walks ................................................................. 46/6th-Fewest 2013. BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ....................................................10.2% days later. The 26-year-old enjoyed the best season of his Hits ................................................................................. 109/5th career in 2020. In his third year at the major league level, NEARLY EVEN STEVEN Doubles ............................................................................23/4th Hernández worked to a 1-0 record and a 3.16 ERA in six Triples ................................................................................. 6/1st Jacksonville pitchers have worked 103.0 innings on the starts for Miami. In 25.2 innings, he stuck out 34 against just Home Runs .................................................................. 17/T-6th season, and they have been nearly perfectly divided five walks. Opponents batted just .212 against him. Stolen Bases................................................................. 12/T-4th between the club’s starters and relievers. In 52.0 innings, Jumbo Shrimp starters are 3-2 with a 5.19 ERA, yielding 51 Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .689 JESÚS WALKS hits (8.8 H/9) and 23 walks (4.0 BB/9) to go along with 57 Errors ....................................................................14/2nd-Most Jacksonville outfielder Jesús Sánchez has gotten off to strikeouts (9.9 K/9). Meanwhile, the bullpen has worked a scorching start at the plate this season. The native of 51.0 frames, posting a 5-2 record and a 3.88 ERA. Jumbo FIP ..........................................................................................4.36 ERA ............................................................................. 4.46/12th Higuey, in the Dominican Republic has hit in nine of the 10 Shrimp relievers have collected 66 strikeouts (11.6 K/9) games he has appeared in, going 20-for-40 at the plate. BABIP .................................................................................. .311 against only 12 walks (2.1 BB/9) and 51 hits allowed (9.0 Strikeouts ...................................................................123/T-7th Entering play on Tuesday, Sánchez ranks first in Triple-A East H/9). Perhaps the biggest difference between the two K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................27.5% in RBIs (17) and triples (3), second in batting average (.500), parts of the club’s staff is that Jumbo Shrimp starters are Walks ..................................................................35/2ndFewest slugging percentage (1.050) and OPS (1.585) and tied for recording more ground ball outs; Jacksonville starters have BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................7.8% second in hits (20), home runs (5) and on-base percentage recorded 1.57 ground-outs-per-air-out, a figure that places Hits Allowed ...................................................102/T-6th-Most (.535). Nearly one-quarter of Jacksonville’s 71 runs this Home Runs ...........................................................19/6th-Most second among all starting units in Triple-A East. The club’s WHIP ............................................................................ 1.33/7th season have been plated by Sánchez, and he has combined relievers have registered a 0.56 mark, the second-lowest with Jumbo Shrimp first baseman Lewin Díaz to drive in 29 among all Triple-A East bullpens. In 2019, Jumbo Shrimp SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS of Jacksonville’s 71 runs on the campaign, a total of 40.8 starting pitchers worked 730.2 of the club’s 1,192.2 innings, percent. or 61.3 percent. Team W-L GB Gwinnett 9-3 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Jacksonville 8-4 1.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Wed. May 19 6:35 ET at Norfolk RHP Josh A. Smith (1-0, 3.12) LHP Zac Lowther (0-1, 4.15) Durham 7-5 2.0 Thu. May 20 12:05 ET at Norfolk LHP Daniel Castano (0-1, 11.25) LHP Alex Wells (0-2, 14.29) Nashville 6-5 2.5 Fri. May 21 7:05 ET at Norfolk TBA RHP Tom Eshelman (0-1, 11.81) Charlotte 6-6 3.0 Sat. May 22 7:05 ET at Norfolk LHP Shawn Morimando (0-0, 5.11) LHP Josh Rogers (0-2, 7.50) Sun. May 23 1:05 ET at Norfolk TBA TBA Memphis 4-8 5.0 Mon. May 24 OFF DAY Norfolk 3-9 6.0 Tue. May 25 7:05 ET Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Jorge Alfaro: 0-for-3 in first game of MLB rehab assignment; .229/.250/.257, 2B, 3 RBIs in 10 games w/MIA Monte Harrison: