Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (5-2) at Durham Bulls (5-2) vs. THE BULLS 2021 vs. Bulls ........................................................................1-0 Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 1:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 Game No. 8 • Road Game No. 2 in Durham ...................................................................1-0 Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, N.C. Since 2021 vs. Durham...........................................1-0 (.000) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Bulls ........................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Nick Neidert (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Adrian De Horta (0-0, 19.29 ERA) in Durham ...................................................................0-0 JUMBO SHRIMP HOLD ON TO WIN SERIES OPENER BASH BROTHERS JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Jesús Sánchez crushed a two-run home run in the first Jacksonville first baseman Lewin Díaz and outfielder Jesús Record ....................................................................................5-2 inning on Tuesday and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Sánchez have each gotten off to a pair of scorching starts Home Record .......................................................................4-2 scored two more in the fourth before holding off the to begin the season. In fact, Díaz and Sánchez have driven Road Record .........................................................................1-0 Durham Bulls 4-3 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.Jazz in 24 of the Jumbo Shrimp’s 46 runs on the season (52.2 Current Streak .....................................................................W2 Chisholm doubled to lead off the game. Three batters later, percent). Sánchez is 16-for-28 (.571) on the season with Sánchez smoked a two-run shot for the game’s first runs. two triples, four home runs and a Triple-A-leading 14 RBIs. Runs Scored .............................48 (6.9 per game)/4th-Most Runs Allowed ....................... 33 (4.7 per game)/9th-Fewest The score remained that way until the fourth. Lewin Díaz His 16 hits, 1.179 slugging percentage and 1.779 OPS also Run Differential............................................................+15/4th and Sánchez each drew walks to start the frame. After a foul lead Triple-A. Sánchez also places second in batting average Pythagorean Record ............................................................5-2 out, Monte Harrison bashed a two-run triple to widen the (.571) and fifth in on-base percentage (.600). Meanwhile, Southeast Division Standing/GB .............................T-1st/0.0 gap to 4-0. The Bulls scored a run in the fourth on Taylor Díaz’s ranks in a tie for fourth in Triple-A East in runs (8), tied Current Standings Streak ............1st, 1 day (5/11-present) Walls’ RBI ground out, another in the seventh on Wander for fifth in RBIs (10) and tied for sixth in home runs (3). The Long Standings Streak ....................... 3rd, 3 days (5/8-5/10) Franco’s sacrifice fly and one more in the eighth on a Dalton Santiago, D.R., native is 9-for-29 (.310/.394/.690). Series Record ....................................................................1-0-0 Kelly home run. However, Steven Okert pitched a perfect Series Streak .........................................................................W1 ninth inning for his second save. YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A Though the Jumbo Shrimp offense deserves most of the Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A EVEN STEVEN credit for the team’s 5-2 start, Jacksonville’s pitching staff Jacksonville pitchers have worked an even 64.0 innings on has helped itself quite a bit by not lending free passes to Batting Average/Rank ............................................... .298/2nd On-Base Percentage ................................................. .375/4th the season, and they have been perfectly divided thus far opposing hitters. Helped in the season’s first series of the Slugging Percentage ................................................... .525/4th between starters and relievers. Jumbo Shrimp starters are year by a streak of 58 hitters in a row without issuing a OPS .............................................................................. .899/3rd 2-0 with a 3.34 ERA, yielding 26 hits (7.3 H/9) and 15 walks base on balls, Jacksonville’s 20 walks through the season’s BABIP .......................................................................... .349/2nd (4.2 BB/9) to go along with 34 strikeouts (9.6 K/9) in 32.0 first seven games mark the second-fewest total in Triple-A Strikeouts .......................................................... 58/4th-Fewest innings. Interestingly, the Jacksonville bullpen has posted East. Jumbo Shrimp pitchers have walked just 7.4 percent of K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................23.2% an inferior ERA (4.22), but owns better peripheral numbers, opposing hitters. Walks ...................................................................28/11th-Most BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ....................................................10.2% with 39 strikeouts (11.0 K/9) against only five walks (1.4 Hits ................................................................................... 72/3rd BB/9) and 32 hits (9.0 H/9) ceded in their 32.0 innings. STEADY EDDY Doubles ........................................................................ 14/T-4th Perhaps the other biggest difference is that Jumbo Shrimp Jacksonville infielder Eddy Alvarez singled and was hit by Triples ................................................................................. 4/1st starters are recording more ground ball outs; Jacksonville a pitch on Tuesday, marking the sixth time in seven games Home Runs .................................................................. 11/T-5th starters have recorded 1.28 ground-outs-per-air-out, with that the Miami native has reached base multiple times. Stolen Bases................................................................. 2/T-17th the bullpen posting a 0.70 mark. In 2019, Jumbo Shrimp Alvarez has been a quiet force at the plate for the Jumbo Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .707 starting pitchers worked 730.2 of the club’s 1,192.2 innings, Shrimp; his nine walks are tied for the Triple-A East lead, Errors ........................................................................... 8/T-Most or 61.3 percent. and when combined with his six hits and three hit-by- pitches, give him a .515 on-base percentage that ranks FIP ..........................................................................................4.00 ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON ninth in the league. Alvarez has drawn at least two walks in ERA ............................................................................... 3.94/9th Jacksonville has scored first in six of its first seven games four of the season’s seven contests to this point, posting a BABIP .................................................................................. .293 Strikeouts .........................................................................73/7th of the season. However, the club has faced some dicey walk percentage of 31.7 that is the third-highest such mark K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................27.1% situations late in games trying to hold on to that lead. Of of any qualified Triple-A player. He has also logged three Walks .................................................................20/2nd-Fewest the 32 runs the club has surrendered, 14 (43.8 percent) starts at second base, two starts at third base, one start at BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................7.4% have come in either the seventh, eighth or ninth inning. In shortstop and one start as the team’s designated hitter. Hits Allowed ..................................................... 58/T-7th-Most particular, the ninth inning has given Jumbo Shrimp pitching Home Runs ....................................................... 10/T-7th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.22/4th trouble; Jacksonville has ceded seven runs, all earned, on SHRIMP SKEWER 13 hits in the ninth innings this season. Interestingly, Jumbo Jazz Chisholm went 1-for-3 with a double and Jorge Shrimp pitchers have combined to fan 13 batters without a Alfaro was 0-for-3 Tuesday in the first game of their rehab SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS walk in the ninth frame. assignments. Team W-L GB Jacksonville 5-2 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 5-2 -- DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Thu. May 13 6:35 ET at Durham LHP Daniel Castano (0-0, 0.00) RHP Drew Strotman (1-0, 0.00) Gwinnett 5-2 -- Fri. May 14 6:35 ET at Durham RHP Josh A. Smith (0-0, 3.60) TBA Nashville 3-3 1.5 Sat. May 15 6:35 ET at Durham LHP Braxton Garrett (1-0, 6.23) RHP Chris Ellis (0-0, 9.31) Charlotte 2-5 3.0 Sun. May 16 5:05 ET at Durham LHP Shawn Morimando (0-0, 4.70) RHP Joe Ryan (1-0, 0.00) Mon. May 17 OFF DAY Memphis 2-5 3.0 Tue. May 18 6:35 ET at Norfolk TBA TBA Norfolk 2-5 3.0 Wed. May 19 6:35 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: 8-for-27, .296/.321/.519, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBIs in first six games