Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (4-5) at Pensacola Blue Wahoos (6-3) vs. THE BLUE WAHOOS Sunday, April 14, 2019 - 2:05 p.m. 2019 vs. Blue Wahoos ......................................... 1-3 in Jacksonville ................................................ 0-0 Game No. 10 • Road Game No. 5 in Pensacola ................................................... 1-3 Admiral Fetterman Field at Blue Wahoos Stadium • Pensacola, Fla. MiLB.tv • Sunny 102.3 FM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch • TuneIn 2018 Regular Season vs. Blue Wahoos ............ 9-9 in Jacksonville ................................................ 6-2 RHP Cody Poteet (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Andro Cutura (0-1, 1.80 ERA) in Pensacola ................................................... 3-7 JACKSONVILLE TAKES PITCHERS’ DUEL 1-0 DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp earned a 1-0 victory Jacksonville committed an error on Saturday and the Record ....................................................................................4-5 Saturday at the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. The game was club’s eight on the season rank in the bottom half of the Home Record .......................................................................3-2 scoreless into the eighth inning. With two outs, Magneuris Southern League. The Jumbo Shrimp have also played Road Record .........................................................................1-3 Sierra singled and stole second. After a walk, Justin Twine just two miscue-free games on the season, but there is an Current Streak .....................................................................W1 collected an RBI single for what turned out to be the game’s argument for the Jumbo Shrimp being a strong defensive only run. Jacksonville starter Jordan Yamamoto surrendered team. Jacksonville has converted 74.3 percent of batted Runs Scored ....................................... 17 (1.9 per game)/9th Runs Allowed .....................................21 (2.3 per game)/2nd just one hit in five innings, striking out four against two balls put in play into outs this season. For perspective, the Run Differential............................................................... -4/6th walks. The right-hander yielded to Jordan Milbrath, who Oakland Athletics’ 73.0 mark led Major League Baseball in Pythagorean Record ............................................................4-5 earned the win with four punchouts in two innings. Dylan 2018. The Shrimp’s strong early defensive numbers, coupled Southern Division Standing/GB................................. 3rd/2.0 Lee registered his first save of the season with two more with the small sample size of one week of play, can partly Current Standings Streak .......................................3rd, 1 day scoreless frames to secure the first shutout of the season explain why the club’s 3.10 FIP, an ERA estimator based on Long Standings Streak ..........................3rd, 3 days (4/6-4/8) for the Jumbo Shrimp. strikeouts, walks and home runs, is significantly higher than Series Record ....................................................................1-1-0 their actual 2.28 ERA. Series Streak ...........................................................................L1 SIERRA NEVADA Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps ............................................................ 0 Jacksonville outfielder Magneuris Sierra singled, stole a A SONG OF FIRE AND ICE Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp................................................ 0 base, walked twice and scored the only run of the game Jacksonville’s offense has mustered only 17 runs (1.9 per on Saturday, continuing a hot start to the season. The San game) through nine games, the second-fewest in the Batting Average/Rank ................................................ .201/9th On-Base Percentage ................................................. .276/9th Cristobal, Dominican Republic native is currently riding a Southern League. The club also ranks near the bottom of Slugging Percentage ................................................... .255/9th seven-game hitting streak in which he is batting 9-for-26 the circuit in batting average (.201, 9th), on-base percentage OPS .............................................................................. .531/9th (.346/.433/.500) with four doubles, an RBI, four walks and (.276, 9th), slugging percentage (.255, 9th) and OPS (.531, BABIP .................................................................................. .293 one hit-by-pitch. Sierra is tied for the Southern League 9th). The Jumbo Shrimp have been salvaged early on by a Strikeouts ..................................................................... 88/Most lead in doubles (4) while ranking in a tie for fifth in hits (5), red-hot pitching staff that has ceded only 21 runs (2.3 per K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................27.9% eighth in OBP (.412) and 10th in average (.310). game). Jacksonville leads the Southern League in WHIP Walks ............................................................................ 24/T-8th BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................7.6% (1.03) and strikeouts (88) while placing second in ERA (2.28) Hits ....................................................................................56/5th YOU ALWAYS CALL ME ON THE BULLPEN PHONE and tying for third in hits allowed (52). Doubles ........................................................................ 11/T-4th Of the 79.0 innings the Jumbo Shrimp have pitched this Triples .................................................................................2/4th season, a staggering 53.6 percent (42.1 frames) have been STRANDED AT THE DRIVE-IN Home Runs ......................................................................0/10th tossed by Jacksonville relievers. The heavy workload in the Jacksonville went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position Stolen Bases................................................................... 6/T-5th early portion of the season has not yet affected the club’s on Saturday, stranding a total of six men. Through nine Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .743 results out of the bullpen. Jumbo Shrimp relief pitchers games on the season, the Jumbo Shrimp are just 11-for-85 Errors ....................................................................8/T-4th-Most have ceded just six runs, five earned, on 21 hits (4.5 H/9) (.129/.227/.165) with ducks on the pond. The good news is on the campaign for a 1.06 ERA. They have combined for 47 that, throughout every single level in the history of baseball, FIP ..........................................................................................3.10 strikeouts (10.0 K/9) while walking only 11 opposing batters situational hitting numbers normalize with bigger sample ERA ...............................................................................2.28/2nd (2.3 BB/9). sizes as the season goes on. For example, the 2018 Shrimp BABIP .................................................................................. .257 Strikeouts ......................................................................... 88/1st hit .224/.317/.350 (.667 OPS) with runners in scoring K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................28.2% THE CHICKS DON’T DIG THIS position, almost exactly akin to their overall batting line of Walks ................................................................. 29/5th-Fewest The Jumbo Shrimp and Richmond Flying Squirrels (San .235/.312/.361 (.673 OPS). BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................9.3% Francisco Giants) are the only two Double-A clubs yet to hit Hits Allowed ..................................................... 52/5th-Fewest a home run so far during the 2019 campaign. Even though SHRIMP SCOPES Home Runs ......................................................... 5/T-3rd-Most WHIP .............................................................................1.03/1st Jacksonville has not hit a ball to clear the fence thus far, the Four of the first nine games for Jacksonville on the season Jumbo Shrimp have hit their fair share of doubles; have ended in a shutout, with the Jumbo Shrimp winning Jacksonville’s 11 two-baggers are tied for fourth in the just one of those contests... Five of Jacksonville’s nine FIRST HALF STANDINGS Southern League. contests have been decided by just one run. SOUTHERN Pensacola 6-3 -- Biloxi 5-4 1.0 THE WEEK AHEAD Jacksonville 4-5 2.0 Mobile 3-4 2.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Mississippi 2-4 3.0 Mon. April 15 7:05 ET Birmingham RHP Dustin Beggs (0-0, 4.91) TBA Tue. April 16 12:05 ET Birmingham LHP McKenzie Mills (0-1, 7.20) RHP Jimmy Lambert (0-1, 2.70) NORTHERN Wed. April 17 7:05 ET Birmingham RHP Robert Dugger (0-2, 11.25) LHP Bernardo Flores (0-1, 1.13) Tennessee 5-3 -- Thu. April 18 7:05 ET Birmingham RHP Jorge Guzman (0-1, 2.45) RHP Felix Paulino (1-0, 1.54) Chattanooga 4-3 0.5 Fri. April 19 7:05 ET Birmingham RHP Jordan Yamamoto (0-1, 1.80) TBA Montgomery 4-4 1.0 Sat. April 20 7:35 ET at Biloxi TBA TBA Birmingham 4-5 1.5 Sun. April 21 3:35 ET at Biloxi TBA TBA Jackson 3-5 2.0 SHRIMP AND GRITS Corey Bird: Assigned to JAX Saturday from High-A Jupiter (.203/.324/.230 in 2018) Brian Miller: Reached in five of last seven (6-for-25, .240, 2B, 3B, 4 RBIs, BB) Bryson Brigman: Reached in five of last six (4-for-17, .235, 2 2B, 4 BB, .381 OBP) Anfernee Seymour: Reached