Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (7-4) at Durham Bulls (7-4) vs. THE BULLS 2021 vs. Bulls ........................................................................3-2 Sunday, May 16, 2021 - 5:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 Game No. 12 • Road Game No. 6 in Durham ...................................................................3-2 Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, N.C. Since 2021 vs. Durham...........................................3-2 (.600) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Bulls ........................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 LHP Shawn Morimando (0-0, 4.70 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Ryan (1-1, 3.60 ERA) in Durham ...................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP FALL 14-3 TO BULLS THE TWO TOWERS JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS The Durham Bulls blasted four home runs on Saturday Though Jacksonville lost 14-3 on Saturday at Durham - the Record ....................................................................................7-4 to overpower the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 14-3 from club’s worst magin of defeat since a 17-1 thumping at Home Record .......................................................................4-2 Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Nathan Lukes’ RBI single Mississippi on June 24, 2018 - the Jumbo Shrimp are still Road Record .........................................................................3-2 opened up the scoring in the second. Later in the frame, in position to take their series with the Bulls by winning Current Streak .......................................................................L1 Wander Franco crushed a grand slam to make it 5-0. Sunday’s finale. Thus, after winning four of six with Norfolk Esteban Quiroz added a solo shot in the third and the Bulls to start the year, the Jumbo Shrimp are in rare position Runs Scored .............................64 (5.8 per game)/4th-Most Runs Allowed ...........................59 (5.4 per game)/7th-Most scored twice more in the fifth to go up 8-0. The Jumbo of winning their first two sets of the season. Jacksonville Run Differential.............................................................. +5/7th Shrimp finally got on the board in the sixth on Monte has not started a campaign with two consecutive series Pythagorean Record ............................................................6-5 Harrison’s RBI ground out. However, Taylor Walls answered wins since three of five from Jackson and four of five from Southeast Division Standing/GB ........................... T-2nd/1.0 with a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth. Durham scored Huntsville in 2013. Current Standings Streak ...........2nd, 1 day (5/15-present) once more in the seventh, but after Jacksonville plated a Long Standings Streak ....................... 3rd, 3 days (5/8-5/10) pair in the top of the eighth, the Bulls added four runs in the NEARLY EVEN STEVEN Series Record ....................................................................1-0-0 bottom of the frame, highlighted by Vidal Bruján’s three- Jacksonville pitchers have worked 94.0 innings on the Series Streak .........................................................................W1 run bomb to make it 14-3. season, and they have been nearly perfectly divided Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A between the club’s starters and relievers. In 47.1 innings, Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A NEED FOR SPEED Jumbo Shrimp starters are 3-2 with a 5.13 ERA, yielding 46 Entering play on Thursday, the Jumbo Shrimp had stolen just Batting Average/Rank ................................................ .277/3rd hits (8.7 H/9) and 22 walks (4.2 BB/9) to go along with 53 On-Base Percentage ................................................. .357/5th two bases as a team, ranking in a tie for 17th in the 20-team strikeouts (10.1 K/9). Meanwhile, the bullpen has worked Slugging Percentage ................................................... .490/4th Triple-A East. Moreover, Jacksonville had swiped just those 46.2 frames, posting a 4-2 record and a 4.24 ERA. Jumbo OPS .............................................................................. .847/4th lone two bags while getting caught stealing three times. In Shrimp relievers have collected 59 strikeouts (11.4 K/9) BABIP ........................................................................... .337/6th game one of Thursday’s doubleheader Brian Miller reached against only 11 walks (2.1 BB/9) and 47 hits allowed (9.1 Strikeouts .......................................................... 96/5th-Fewest base four times and scored three runs thanks to a career- H/9). Perhaps the biggest difference between the two K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................23.4% high four stolen bases. Jazz Chisholm also added a theft in Walks ................................................................. 41/6th-Fewest parts of the club’s staff is that Jumbo Shrimp starters are BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ....................................................10.0% the contest to give the club five in the seven-inning game. recording more ground ball outs; Jacksonville starters have Hits ................................................................................. 100/4th Meanwhile, on Friday at Durham, the Jumbo Shrimp added recorded 1.66 ground-outs-per-air-out, a figure that places Doubles ............................................................................22/4th three more steals, with two coming from Monte Harrison. third among all starting units in Triple-A East. The club’s Triples ..............................................................................5/T-1st Jacksonville has rocketed into a tie for fourth in Triple-A East relievers have registered a 0.58 mark, the lowest among Home Runs .................................................................. 15/T-5th with 10 stolen bases. all Triple-A East bullpens. In 2019, Jumbo Shrimp starting Stolen Bases................................................................. 10/T-4th pitchers worked 730.2 of the club’s 1,192.2 innings, or 61.3 Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .690 JESÚS WALKS percent. Errors ....................................................................13/2nd-Most Jacksonville outfielder Jesús Sánchez has gotten off to a scorching start at the plate this season. The native of SHRIMP SKEWERS FIP ..........................................................................................4.50 Higuey, in the Dominican Republic has hit in eight of the Durham is trying to force a set split after winning Saturday’s ERA ............................................................................. 4.60/13th nine games he has appeared in, going 17-for-35 at the plate. BABIP .................................................................................. .310 game. The Bulls are currently tied with the Jumbo Shrimp Strikeouts ...................................................................... 112/8th Entering play on Sunday, Sánchez ranks first in Triple-A East at 7-4, one game back of Gwinnett... Right-hander Luis K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................27.4% in RBIs (15), second in both slugging percentage (1.057) Madero was assigned to Jacksonville from Miami. He Walks ...............................................................33/T-2ndFewest and OPS (1.583), tied for second in home runs (5), third enjoyed his major league debut on May 10 at Arizona, BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.1% in batting average (.486), tied for third in hits (17) and notching two scoreless innings of relief... Lewin Díaz has Hits Allowed .........................................................93/9th-Most fifth in on-base percentage (.526). Nearly one-quarter of opted to go to the opposite field quite frequently in 2021. Home Runs ...........................................................18/5th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.34/7th Jacksonville’s runs this year have been plated by Sánchez, The first baseman’s 48.7 percent opposite-field rate is an and he has combined with Jumbo Shrimp first baseman even 14th in Triple-A out of 228 qualified hitters. Somewhat Lewin Díaz to drive in 27 of Jacksonville’s 64 runs on the surprisingly, his BABIP is just .229, which is 49th-lowest... SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS season, a total of 42.2 percent. Please note that Jazz Chisholm’s rehab stint is complete. Team W-L GB Gwinnett 8-3 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Jacksonville 7-4 1.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Mon. May 17 OFF DAY Durham 7-4 1.0 Tue. May 18 6:35 ET at Norfolk RHP Nick Neidert (1-0, 1.80) TBA Nashville 6-4 1.5 Wed. May 19 6:35 ET at Norfolk LHP Daniel Castano (0-1, 11.25) TBA Charlotte 5-6 3.0 Thu. May 20 12:05 ET at Norfolk RHP Josh A. Smith (1-0, 3.12) TBA Fri. May 21 7:05 ET at Norfolk TBA TBA Memphis 3-8 5.0 Sat. May 22 7:05 ET at Norfolk TBA TBA Norfolk 3-8 5.0 Sun. May 23 1:05 ET at Norfolk 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: 10-for-42, .238/.273/.381, 2B, 3B, HR, 9 RBIs in first 10 games with Jacksonville Eddy Alvarez: Reached base multiple