Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (17-11) at Gwinnett Stripers (15-13) vs. THE STRIPERS 2021 vs. Stripers ..................................................................3-1 Saturday, June 5, 2021 - 6:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 Game No. 29 • Road Game No. 17 in Gwinnett .................................................................3-1 Coolray Field • Lawrenceville, Ga. Since 2021 vs. Gwinnett ........................................3-1 (.750) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Stripers ..................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Jordan Holloway (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Wright (1-2, 3.86 ERA) in Gwinnett .................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP BLANK STRIPERS 5-0 ZERO DARK THIRTY JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Lewin Díaz doubled and homered to back a dominant Jacksonville pitchers Braxton Garrett, Preston Guilmet and Record ...............................................................................17-11 pitching outing on Friday from Braxton Garrett, Preston Alexander Guillen combined to shut out Gwinnett 5-0 on Home Record .......................................................................5-7 Guilmet and Alexander Guillen in the Jacksonville Jumbo Friday in Georgia. The blanking was the fourth this season Road Record ...................................................................... 12-4 Shrimp’s 5-0 victory at the Gwinnett Stripers from Coolray by Jumbo Shrimp pitchers, tied with Durham for the most Current Streak .....................................................................W2 Field. A four-run second inning spurred the Jumbo Shrimp in Triple-A. Interestingly, Jacksonville has also been shut out early on. A Deven Marrero single coupled with a Stripers three times, which is also tied for the most in Triple-A. The Runs Scored ........................129 (4.6 per game)/10th-Most Runs Allowed ........................ 127 (4.5 per game)/7th-Most error plated the first two runs in the frame. Later in the seven combined shutout for the Jumbo Shrimp this season Run Differential............................................................+2/11th inning, Bryson Brigman doubled in a pair to make it 4-0. are tied with High-A Wilmington and Low-A Fort Myers for Pythagorean Record .......................................................14-14 The score remained that way until the seventh, when Díaz the most in Minor League Baseball. Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................... 3rd/4.5 homered to get the margin in favor of Jacksonville at 5-0. Current Standings Streak .......3rd, 10 days (5/26-present) Garrett spun five scoreless innings, striking out five. Guilmet GETTIN’ BRIGGY WIT IT Long Standings Streak .............3rd, 10 days (5/26-present) pitched three scoreless frames with three punchouts before Jacksonville manager Al Pedrique has slotted Bryson Series Record ....................................................................3-1-0 giving way to Guillen, who twirled a scoreless ninth for the Brigman anywhere from first through fifth in the lineup over Series Streak ...........................................................................L1 Jumbo Shrimp’s fourth shutout win of the season. the past five contests, which coincides with a hot streak for Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A the San Jose, Calif., native. Over the last six games, Brigman Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A WE DIDN’T *START* THE FIRE is 10-for-30 (.333) with three doubles, a home run, three In five games from May 25-29, Jacksonville starters posted RBIs, two runs scored and two walks. Interestingly, on the Batting Average/Triple-A East Rank ....................... .253/6th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .324/12th a 6.57 ERA (20 R, 18 ER) with 33 hits allowed (12.0 H/9) season, Brigman is posting a career-high fly ball rate (40.7 Slugging Percentage ................................................... .418/7th in 24.2 innings pitched. Moreover, Jumbo Shrimp starting percent) by about five percentage points while also pulling OPS .............................................................................. .742/8th pitchers struck out only 20 (7.3 K/9) against 12 walks (4.4 the ball (33.9 percent) at a career-low rate by about four BABIP ......................................................................... .305/11th BB/9) during that span. Fortunately for the Jumbo Shrimp, percentage points. Prior to this run, Brigman had been in a Strikeouts ........................................................239/4th-Fewest though, the club has received stronger starting pitcher of 3-for-25 skid in the previous eight contests. K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................22.7% late. Over the last five contests, Jacksonville lid-lifters have Walks .................................................................90/3rd-Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.5% collectively tossed 26.2 innings, ceding eight runs, seven RISP-Y BUSINESS Hits ................................................................................. 237/3rd earned, on 21 hits (7.1 H/9) for a 2.70 ERA. Jumbo Shrimp Jacksonville stranded seven runners on base in Friday’s 5-0 Doubles ............................................................................46/7th starters have combined for 23 strikeouts (7.8 K/9) against 10 win over Gwinnett, but the club has still stranded at least Triples .................................................................................8/3rd walks (3.4 BB/9), surrendering two runs or fewer in four of nine runners on base five times in the last seven games. Home Runs ................................................................31/T-10th those last five games. Meanwhile, over the last 11 contests, a span in which Stolen Bases................................................................. 23/T-6th Jacksonville has gone just 4-7, the Jumbo Shrimp are just 21- Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .685 I’M LIKE A BIRD, I ONLY FLY AWAY for-95 (.221) when hitting with runners in scoring position. Errors .....................................................................20/6th-Most Jacksonville outfielder Corey Bird collected went hitless in On the season as a team with runners in scoring position, eight of 10 games from May 13 through May 26, going just Jacksonville is slashing .254/.315/.404 (.719 OPS). In all FIP ..........................................................................................3.94 4-for-29 (.129) at the plate during that span. However, in other situations, the Jumbo Shrimp have collectively hit ERA ............................................................................... 3.96/7th the eight games since that point, the Elkview, W. Va., native better, posting a batting line of .252/.327/.423 (.770 OPS). BABIP .................................................................................. .315 Strikeouts ....................................................................265/11th has found a resurgence offensively. Bird has three multi-hit K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................24.8% games in his last eight contests, including his first career SHRIMP TAILS Walks ................................................................. 90/7th-Fewest multi-home run game on Sunday against Durham. All told, Jacksonville pitchers issued just two walks on Friday at BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.4% the Marshall University product is 9-for-29 (.310/.412/.690) Gwinnett, snapping a run of 11 straight games with at least Hits Allowed ...................................................... 242/3rd-Most with three doubles, one triple, two home runs, four RBIs, three free passes issued... Lewin Díaz homered for the first Home Runs .....................................................31/T-10th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.34/9th three runs scored, five walks and a stolen base during this time in 67 at-bats on Friday. His previous bomb came all the run. Bird’s has posted the highest fly ball rate of his career way back on May 13 in game one of a twin bill at Durham... by more than 20 points at 59.6 percent, the fourth-highest One more victory over the Stripers will net Jacksonville its SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS of the 187 qualified hitters in Triple-A. third series win of the season. Team W-L GB Nashville 21-6 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 18-9 3.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sun. June 6 1:05 ET at Gwinnett LHP Daniel Castano (1-2, 4.98) RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (0-0, 3.12) Jacksonville 17-11 4.5 Mon. June 7 OFF DAY Gwinnett 15-13 6.5 Tue. June 8 7:05 ET Norfolk LHP Shawn Morimando (0-1, 6.75) TBA Memphis 11-16 10.5 Wed. June 9 7:05 ET Norfolk RHP Luis Madero (4-1, 2.33) TBA Thu. June 10 7:05 ET Norfolk LHP Braxton Garrett (3-1, 3.28) TBA Norfolk 10-16 10.5 Fri. June 11 7:05 ET Norfolk TBA TBA Charlotte 9-18 12.0 Sat. June 12 6:35 ET Norfolk TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Corey Bird: 9-for-29 (.310), 3 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBIs, 5 BB in last 8 G, including first career multi-HR game (0-for-14 skid in prev. 5