Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (5-13) at Biloxi Shuckers (10-8) vs. THE SHUCKERS Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 7:35 p.m. 2019 vs. Shuckers ................................................. 0-3 in Jacksonville ................................................ 0-0 Game No. 19 • Road Game No. 9 in Biloxi .......................................................... 0-3 MGM Park • Biloxi, Miss. MiLB.tv • Sunny 102.3 FM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch • TuneIn 2018 Regular Season vs. Shuckers ..................7-13 in Jacksonville ................................................ 4-6 RHP Jorge Guzman (0-2, 5.87 ERA) vs. RHP Bowden Francis (0-0, 0.00 ERA) in Biloxi .......................................................... 3-7 OFFENSE STRUGGLES IN 7-1 LOSS AT BILOXI WINTER IS HERE JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS The Jumbo Shrimp mustered just one hit on Monday in a Jacksonville started the season 3-2, but the Jumbo Shrimp Record ................................................................................. 5-13 7-1 loss at the Biloxi Shuckers. Jacksonville’s lone knock have now lost 11 of their last 13 games. Since this 13-game Home Record .......................................................................4-6 came with one out in the ninth inning on a ground ball stretch began on April 10, the Jumbo Shrimp have scored Road Record .........................................................................1-7 through the middle by Joe Dunand. Weston Wilson’s RBI just 30 runs (2.3 per game), the second-fewest in Double-A, Current Streak .......................................................................L7 ground out in the first plated the contest’s first run. A wild while giving up 62 (-32 run differential). Jacksonville also pitch brought in Luis Aviles Jr. in the second before Wilson ranks 25th in average (.212), 28th in on-base percentage Runs Scored .................................39 (2.2 per game)/Fewest Runs Allowed ...........................72 (4.0 per game)/4th-Most drove a two-run shot to make it 4-0 in the third. Stone (.276), 26th in slugging percentage (.293) and 28th in Run Differential............................................................. -33/9th Garrett scored the lone run of the game for the Jumbo OPS (.569) during this run. Heading into play on Tuesday, Pythagorean Record ......................................................... 4-14 Shrimp by sprinting in from third on a wild pitch in the fifth Jacksonville is aiming to avoid its first eight-game losing Southern Division Standing/GB..................................5th/8.0 inning. Cooper Hummel netted a two-run single in the sixth streak since dropping eight in a row from April 15-22 of the Current Standings Streak ..................................... 5th, 6 days and Biloxi added another run in the eighth when Michael 2017 season. Long Standings Streak ................5th, 6 days (4/17-present) O’Neil scored on a wild pitch. Series Record ....................................................................1-3-0 LINEUP DEFORESTATION Series Streak ...........................................................................L3 SIERRA MIST Jacksonville went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps ............................................................ 0 Jacksonville outfielder Magneuris Sierra went 0-for-2 with on Monday, stranding a total of four men. Through 18 Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp................................................ 0 a pair of walks on Monday, continuing a hot start to the games on the season, the Jumbo Shrimp are just 22-for-145 season. The San Cristobal, Dominican Republic native saw (.152/.266/.193) with ducks on the pond. The good news is Batting Average/Rank .............................................. .208/10th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .276/10th his 14-game hitting streak come to an end, but his 15-game that, throughout every single level in the history of baseball, Slugging Percentage ................................................... .285/9th on-base streak is still active. Over the last 15 games, Sierra is situational hitting numbers normalize with bigger sample OPS ............................................................................ .561/10th 20-for-59 (.339/.409/.407 with four doubles, three RBIs, six sizes as the season goes on. The 2019 Jumbo Shrimp’s BABIP .................................................................................. .275 walks and one hit-by-pitch. Sierra is fourth in the league in overall batting line is .208/.276/.285, which, while not great, Strikeouts ........................................................153/T-3rd-Most both batting average (.323) and hits (20) while also placing is an improvement over the club’s numbers with runners in K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................24.1% seventh in on-base percentage (.400) and tied for eighth in scoring position. Walks .........................................................................47/Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................7.4% doubles (four). Hits ................................................................................. 119/7th STARTING OVER Doubles ........................................................................ 23/T-5th IT’S HIS TIME While Jacksonville’s bullpen has been extraordinary in the Triples ............................................................................. 3/T-6th In five games from April 12 through April 17, Jacksonville early going of the season, posting a collective 2.04 ERA, the Home Runs .................................................................... 5/T-9th outfielder Brian Miller went just 2-for-18 (.111), dropping club’s starting pitching has had some ups and downs thus Stolen Bases.....................................................................14/4th his season batting line to .178/.213/.267. However, in the far. Jumbo Shrimp starters are averaging just 4.2 innings per Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .708 five games since, including a five-hit barrage on April 20, start, going 2-13 with a 5.33 ERA. Over 81.0 innings, Errors .....................................................................17/4th-Most Miller is 9-for-21 (.429/.455/.762) with two doubles, one Jacksonville lid-lifters have walked 41 (4.6 BB/9), the third- triple, one home run and five RBIs. This current hot streak most of any Double-A starting rotation, while giving up 12 FIP ..........................................................................................4.12 has brought his season hitting line up to .258/.290/.424. home runs (1.3 HR/9). Only Springfield (Cardinals), Tulsa ERA ............................................................................... 3.75/7th (Dodgers) and Birmingham (White Sox) have seen their BABIP .................................................................................. .292 Strikeouts ...................................................................... 159/3rd GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL, WE KNOW IT’S OUR DESTINY starters surrender more long balls at the Double-A level. K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................24.1% Jumbo Shrimp catchers Rodrigo Vigil, B.J Lopez and Walks .....................................................................70/4th-Most Santiago Chavez (currently on the IL) have teamed to form a SHRIMP SCOPES BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ....................................................10.6% dynamic defensive backstop trio. Chavez’s eight men caught Over the last six games, the Jumbo Shrimp have seen their Hits Allowed ......................................................134/2nd-Most stealing leads Double-A, and as a team, Jacksonville has opponent put up an eight-run inning, five-run inning, four- Home Runs ..........................................................17/2nd-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.31/5th gunned down 14 potential base stealers, equaling High-A run inning, two three-run innings and six two-run innings, Down East (Rangers) and High-A Winston-Salem (White respectively... Jacksonville outfielder Corey Bird has Sox) for the most in MiLB. The Shrimp’s 48.3 percent caught registered four stolen bases this season, tied for the sixth- FIRST HALF STANDINGS stealing rate ranks seventh in Double-A. most in the Southern League. SOUTHERN Pensacola 13-5 -- Mississippi 9-7 3.0 THE WEEK AHEAD Biloxi 10-8 3.0 Mobile 6-11 6.5 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Jacksonville 5-13 8.0 Wed. April 24 11:35 ET at Biloxi RHP Jordan Yamamoto (0-2, 3.60) RHP Alec Bettinger (0-1, 6.75) Thu. April 25 7:05 ET Tennessee RHP Cody Poteet (1-2, 5.06) TBA NORTHERN Fri. April 26 7:05 ET Tennessee LHP McKenzie Mills (0-3, 6.92) TBA Jackson 9-7 -- Sat. April 27 6:35 ET Tennessee RHP Robert Dugger (0-4, 6.60) TBA Tennessee 9-7 -- Sun. April 28 3:05 ET Tennessee TBA TBA Montgomery 9-8 0.5 Mon. April 29 12:05 ET Tennessee TBA TBA Birmingham 9-9 1.0 Tue. April 30 OFF DAY Chattanooga 6-10 3.0 SHRIMP AND GRITS Corey Bird: Hits in seven of last nine games (8-for-27, .296, 2B, 4 BB, 2 SB) Brian Miller: 9-for-21, .429, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBIs, BB in last 5 G; 2-for-18, .111, 2B in prev. 5 G Bryson Brigman: Just 6-for-40 (.150) in 10 games Anfernee Seymour: One hit in last four games (1-for-12, .083) Joe Dunand: 3-for-11, RBI, BB in last three games; 4-for-26, .154, 2B, 2 RBIs, BB in prev. eight games Magneuris