Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (20-14) vs. Norfolk Tides (13-19) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .....................................................................10-6 Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 6:35 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................5-5 Game No. 35 • Home Game No. 17 in Norfolk ...................................................................5-1 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk .........................................10-6 (.625) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Josh A. Smith (2-0, 2.83 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Bradish (1-0, 2.03 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 NORFOLK BLANKS JACKSONVILLE 8-0 GETTIN’ BRIGGY WIT IT JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were shut out 8-0 on Friday Jacksonville manager Al Pedrique has slotted Bryson Record ...............................................................................20-14 by the Norfolk Tides at 121 Financial Ballpark. The Tides Brigman anywhere from first through fifth in the lineup Home Record .................................................................... 6-10 opened the scoring in the third inning on a Ryan McKenna over the past week-plus, which coincides with a hot streak Road Record ...................................................................... 14-4 sacrifice fly. A Domingo Leyba RBI single and balk in the for the San Jose, Calif., native. Over the last 13 games, Current Streak .......................................................................L1 sixth scored two more Norfolk runs to extend the margin Brigman is 21-for-55 (.382/.414/.636) with five doubles, to 3-0. The Tides then plated five runs in the ninth inning, three triples, a home run, six RBIs, six runs scored and three Runs Scored .......................... 155 (4.6 per game)/9th-Most Runs Allowed ........................ 160 (4.7 per game)/9th-Most courtesy of a Leyba three-run home run and a two-run walks. Interestingly, on the season, Brigman is succeeding Run Differential............................................................+3/11th double by Jahmai Jones. Jordan Holloway ceded just an despite a line drive rate of 13.5 percent that ranks as the Pythagorean Record .......................................................16-18 unearned run on three hits over 3.2 innings in his second 11th-lowest out of 161 qualified Triple-A hitters. Prior to Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................... 3rd/4.5 rehab start. He struck out two without walking a batter. this run, Brigman had been in a 3-for-25 skid in the previous Current Standings Streak .......3rd, 17 days (5/26-present) Bryson Brigman collected two more hits, including a triple, eight contests. Long Standings Streak .............3rd, 17 days (5/26-present) with Chad Wallach also posting a multi-hit game. Series Record ....................................................................4-1-0 WALKING THE PLANK Series Streak .........................................................................W1 SMITH BUSTERS Over the year’s first 18 games, Jumbo Shrimp pitchers had Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A Right-hander Josh A. Smith enters his Saturday start against issued just 50 walks in 159.0 innings (2.8 BB/9), the fewest Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A Norfolk on a roll of late. The right-hander has not allowed a total in Triple-A East. However, in the 16 games since that run over his last two appearances, scattering just three hits point, Jacksonville has issued 72 free passes in 145.0 frames Batting Average/Triple-A East Rank ....................... .247/6th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .319/16th and three walks with 12 strikeouts over 11.2 innings during (4.5 BB/9), the fifth-highest total in the league. The Jumbo Slugging Percentage ................................................... .417/9th that span. On the season, of the 118 Triple-A pitchers with Shrimp have handed out at least four walks in 10 of those OPS .............................................................................. .736/9th at least 20.0 inning pitched, only one has posted a higher fly 16 affairs, including in five of the last six games. BABIP ......................................................................... .296/14th ball rate than Smith’s 50.0 percent mark. Relatedly, Smith Strikeouts ........................................................287/4th-Fewest has posted the 13th-lowest ground ball rate (33.8 percent) SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................22.4% in Triple-A. The approach has supported an ERA that ranks Walks .............................................................. 107/2nd-Fewest Throughout the history of baseball, nearly every single BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.3% 17th (2.83) and a FIP, an ERA estimator based on factors team at every single professional level posts similar batting Hits ................................................................................. 282/5th most within a pitcher’s control like strikeouts, walks and numbers regardless of the situation. So while Jacksonville’s Doubles ......................................................................52/T-10th home runs, that places 18th (3.46). .247/.322/.420 (.742 OPS) batting line with either the Triples .............................................................................. 12/3rd bases empty or a runner on first base is slightly above their Home Runs .................................................................. 39/T-7th BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD mark of .248/.312/.408 (.720 OPS) with runners in scoring Stolen Bases.....................................................................30/6th Jacksonville is off to a strong 20-14 start to the season, but position, it is fairly easy to trace why. Mysteriously, the Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .689 somewhat surprisingly, the Jumbo Shrimp have enjoyed far Jumbo Shrimp offense has cratered from the middle of the Errors .....................................................................25/6th-Most more success on the road than at 121 Financial Ballpark. pack of Triple-A East to one that places 17th in the league Jacksonville’s 14 road wins are tied with San Antonio when batting with runners in scoring position and two outs FIP ..........................................................................................4.06 (Double-A, Padres) for the second-most in all of MiLB with a .207/.282/.341 (.623 OPS) line. Relatedly, Jacksonville ERA ............................................................................... 3.97/6th behind Down East (Low-A Rangers). Meanwhile, the Jumbo batting average on balls in play in these situations is just BABIP .................................................................................. .311 Strikeouts ...................................................................... 333/3rd Shrimp are only 6-10 inside their home ballpark. Perhaps .250, far below their season mark of .296 and the baseball- K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................25.3% the starkest home-road difference for the club in 2021 has wide average of .300. Walks ...............................................................122/7th-Fewest been in its pitching. At home, Jacksonville has posted a 4.90 BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................9.3% ERA that ranks 13th in Triple-A East. However, the Jumbo SHRIMP TAILS Hits Allowed .......................................................289/5th-Most Shrimp’s 3.34 road ERA ranks second in the league. Rather The Jumbo Shrimp have lost seven of their last nine Home Runs .........................................................39/10th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.35/9th bizarrely, Jacksonville has fanned 27.7 percent of opposing games at home, being outscored 62-19 during that span... hitters on the road (10.6 K/9) but only 22.8 percent at home Jacksonville is 11-5 in contests decided by no more than (9.1 K/9). Opponents are also hitting better against Jumbo three runs, which partially explains why the club’s 20-13 SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS Shrimp pitching at home (.265) than on the road (.230). record is outperforming its pythagorean record (16-18). Team W-L GB Nashville 24-9 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 23-10 1.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sun. June 13 6:35 ET Norfolk LHP Shawn Morimando (0-2, 6.75) TBA Jacksonville 20-14 4.5 Mon. June 14 OFF DAY Gwinnett 18-16 6.5 Tue. June 15 7:04 ET at Charlotte RHP Luis Madero (4-2, 3.42) TBA Norfolk 13-19 10.5 Wed. June 16 7:04 ET at Charlotte TBA TBA Thu. June 17 7:04 ET at Charlotte RHP Jordan Holloway (0-1, 1.50) TBA Memphis 13-21 11.5 Fri. June 18 7:04 ET at Charlotte TBA TBA Charlotte 12-21 12.0 Sat. June 19 7:04 ET at Charlotte TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Eddy Alvarez: Has reached base multiple times in 11 of 18 games in 2021 (.430 OBP) Connor Justus: 10-for-40 (.250), 3 RBIs, 2 BB in first 12 games with Jacksonville Corey Bird: 1-for-12 in last