Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (22-16) at Charlotte Knights (15-23) vs. THE KNIGHTS 2021 vs. Knights ...................................................................1-2 Friday, June 18, 2021 - 7:04 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 Game No. 39 • Road Game No. 22 in Charlotte ................................................................1-2 Truist Field • Charlotte, N.C. Since 2021 vs. Charlotte ........................................1-2 (.333) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Knights ...................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Parker Bugg (1-0, 5.21 ERA) vs. RHP Jonathan Stiever (2-2, 5.19 ERA) in Charlotte ................................................................0-0 JACKSONVILLE OVERPOWERED BY CHARLOTTE 9-3 SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Bryson Brigman homered on Thursday, but the Jacksonville Jacksonville has gone just 8-for-39 (.205) with runners in Record ...............................................................................22-16 Jumbo Shrimp gave up five long balls in a 9-3 loss to the scoring position through the first three games of its series Home Record .................................................................... 7-10 Charlotte Knights. Charlotte smacked two of them in the with Charlotte, a set in which the Jumbo Shrimp have been Road Record ...................................................................... 15-6 second, courtesy of Tim Beckham and Nate Nolan, to go outscored 24-11 while stranding 31 runners on base. On the Current Streak .......................................................................L2 up 2-0. A Lorenzo Quintana sacrifice fly and Zack Zehner season, Jacksonville is slashing .249/.318/.396 (.714 OPS) RBI single in the top of the third equalized things. However, with runners in scoring position. However, with ducks on Runs Scored ........................174 (4.6 per game)/12th-Most Runs Allowed ........................ 191 (5.0 per game)/8th-Most in the bottom of the frame,Jake Burger drilled a two-run the pond and two outs, the club’s batting line has cratered Run Differential....................................................... -17/T-11th homer and Mikie Mahtook cracked a three-run blast to to .199/.280/.318, which works out to a .598 OPS that Pythagorean Record .......................................................17-21 put the Knights in front 7-2. Brigman’s solo shot came in places 28th out of the 30 Triple-A teams. Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................... 3rd/3.0 the seventh inning, but in the eighth, Mahtook clubbed a Current Standings Streak .......3rd, 23 days (5/26-present) two-run long ball to get the margin to 9-3. Jumbo Shrimp ‘PEN PALS Long Standings Streak .............3rd, 23 days (5/26-present) reliever Preston Guilmet pitched two scoreless innings and Jumbo Shrimp starting pitchers have made it through 5.0 Series Record ....................................................................4-2-0 struck out five in the loss. innings just once in their last six games, failing to even reach Series Streak ...........................................................................L1 4.0 innings in three of those affairs. During this stretch, Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A POWER OUTAGE Jacksonville lid-lifters have yielded 25 runs, 21 earned, on Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A Jacksonville was felled 9-3 by Charlotte on Thursday in a 25 hits in 26.0 innings pitched for a 7.27 ERA. They have game in which the Knights out-homered the Jumbo Shrimp struck out 26 (9.0 K/9) against 13 walks (4.5 BB/9). Through Batting Average/Triple-A East Rank ....................... .251/7th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .324/14th 5-1. That contest continued a theme for the series and a 38 games on the season, Jacksonville relievers have actually Slugging Percentage ................................................. .417/11th worrisome trend for the Jumbo Shrimp. Charlotte has out- accounted for more innings (170.1 - 50.2 percent) than the OPS ............................................................................ .741/10th homered Jacksonville by a margin of 11-1 during the first club’s starters (168.2). In 2019, the Jumbo Shrimp bullpen BABIP ......................................................................... .303/11th three game of the series. And while the Jumbo Shrimp’s 43 worked just 462.0, or 38.7 percent, of the club’s 1,192.2 Strikeouts ........................................................327/3rd-Fewest home runs on the season rank in the middle of the pack of innings. K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................22.6% Triple-A East, 30 of those were clubbed by players who are Walks ...............................................................123/3rd-Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.5% no longer on the active roster. Over the last eight games, WHAT THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS SAY Hits ................................................................................. 322/5th Jacksonville has slugged just .381 as a team, a mark that Jacksonville has played the fewest amounts of “close” Doubles ......................................................................... 57/13th ranks as the sixth-lowest in Triple-A East. The Jumbo Shrimp games, affairs decided by no more than three runs, in all Triples .......................................................................... 13/T-2nd had the sixth-highest slugging percentage (.426) through of Triple-A East. The Jumbo Shrimp have excelled in these Home Runs ................................................................... 43/12th the season’s first 30 games. contests, though, going 13-5 (.722), which is the best such Stolen Bases.....................................................................35/6th mark in the league. That success might explain why the Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .693 BRIG MAN ON CAMPUS club’s actual record of 22-16 (.579) is so much better than Errors .....................................................................28/7th-Most Jacksonville infielder Bryson Brigman has reached base its 17-21 (.447) Pythagorean record, which estimates what in 15 of the 17 contests he has played in since May 28. a team’s record should be based on how many runs it has FIP ..........................................................................................4.45 During that span, the San Jose, Calif., native has sizzled at scored and allowed. Jacksonville is just 6-11 (.545) in games ERA ............................................................................... 4.30/7th the plate, going 29-for-70 (.414/.462/.700). Since this hot decided by at least five runs. They’ve lost nine of their last BABIP .................................................................................. .307 Strikeouts ...................................................................... 368/9th streak began on May 28, Brigman is tied for the Triple-A East 11 of these “blowout” affairs. More bad news for the Jumbo K% (MLB avg: ~24.1%)....................................................25.1% lead in triples (3) while ranking second in batting average Shrimp is that nearly every team throughout each level Walks ...............................................................133/7th-Fewest (.414), tied for third in runs scored (16), fifth in both on- in the history of professional baseball goes about .500 in BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................9.1% base percentage (.462), seventh in OPS (1.162), eighth in games decided by three runs or fewer. Hits Allowed .......................................................328/6th-Most slugging percentage (.700) and tied for 12th in doubles (5). Home Runs ...........................................................54/3rd-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.36/9th Interestingly, on the season, Brigman has enjoyed success SHRIMP TAILS despite a line drive rate of 16.1 percent that ranks as the Lorenzo Quintana has reached base in six of his first 11 24th-lowest out of 166 qualified Triple-A hitters. His 35.2 plate appearances with the Jumbo Shrimp... Brian Miller SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS percent pull rate is the 16th-lowest. has a .438 OBP in his last 10 games. Team W-L GB Durham 25-13 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Nashville 25-13 -- DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sat. June 19 7:04 ET at Charlotte LHP Brandon Leibrandt (0-0, 0.00) RHP Jimmy Lambert (1-0, 4.22) Jacksonville 22-16 3.0 Sun. June 20 2:05 ET at Charlotte LHP Shawn Morimando (1-2, 6.35) TBA Gwinnett 20-19 5.5 Mon. June 21 OFF DAY Norfolk 15-21 9.0 Tue. June 22 7:05 ET Durham TBA TBA Wed. June 23 7:05 ET Durham LHP Eric Stout (0-1, 12.96) TBA Charlotte 15-23 10.0 Thu. June 24 7:05 ET Durham TBA TBA Memphis 15-24 10.5 Fri. June 25 7:05 ET Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Corey Bird: 4-for-15, 2B, R, 2 BB in last four games; 1-for-12 skid in previous three games Brian Miller: 13-for-37, .325/.438/.400, 2B, 3B, 3 RBIs, 7 R, 7 BB in last 10 G; 10-for-73, .137, 3 2B, 2 RBIs in prev. 22 G Bryson Brigman: 29-for-70 (.414/.462/.700), 5 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR,