Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (2-0) vs. Norfolk Tides (0-2) vs. THE TIDES 2021 vs. Tides .......................................................................2-0 Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................2-0 Game No. 3 • Home Game No. 3 in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Norfolk .........................................2-0 (1.000) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Tides .......................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Cody Poteet (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Spenser Watkins (0-0, 0.00 ERA) in Norfolk ...................................................................0-0 SÁNCHEZ, DÍAZ POWER SHRIMP TO 10-7 TRIUMPH SECOND HELPINGS JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS Jesús Sánchez notched a career-high five hits, including Jacksonville’s 21 runs through the season’s first two games Record ....................................................................................2-0 a home run, and drove in four while and Lewin Díaz hit a are the most in Triple-A while also ranking fourth among the Home Record .......................................................................2-0 long ball and also compiled four RBIs Wednesday in the 120 teams that make up Minor League Baseball. The Jumbo Road Record .........................................................................0-0 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s 10-7 win over the Norfolk Shrimp’s offensive prowess has mainly been powered by Current Streak .....................................................................W2 Tides. Sánchez’s RBI triple in the first inning represented gigantic second innings; Jacksonville has tallied nine the game’s first run. After two Tides runs in the second, the second-inning runs thus far, a figure that is more than six Runs Scored ..................................21 (10.5 per game)/Most Runs Allowed ....................... 12 (6.0 per game)/T-6th-Most Jumbo Shrimp plated four runs in their half of the frame, teams have mustered on the entire season. As a team, the Run Differential...............................................................+9/1st highlighted by Díaz’s two-run double. Norfolk scored twice Jumbo Shrimp are 10-for-16 in the second inning this year, Pythagorean Record ............................................................2-0 in the third, and Jacksonville finally answered in the fifth slashing .625/.684/.750. Southeast Division Standing/GB .............................T-1st/0.0 when Sánchez clobbered a two-run long ball of his own. The Current Standings Streak ............ 1st, 2 days (5/4-present) Tides plated a run in the sixth, and again the Jumbo Shrimp YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Long Standings Streak .................. 1st, 2 days (5/4-present) responded, with Díaz capping a three-run inning with a two- Though the Jumbo Shrimp offense deserves most of the Series Record ....................................................................0-0-0 run bomb. Two runs in the ninth put the score at 10-7, but credit for the team’s 2-0 start, Jacksonville’s pitching staff Series Streak ........................................................................N/A the Tides could get no closer. has helped itself by not lending free passes to opposing Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A hitters. AfterBraxton Garrett walked the first batter of the Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A BLACK DEATH LINEUP season on Tuesday, Jumbo Shrimp pitchers went 58 hitters Through the season’s first two games, Jacksonville’s 21 runs in a row without issuing a free pass. In total, Jacksonville’s Batting Average/Rank ................................................. .365/1st On-Base Percentage .................................................. .440/1st scored leads Triple-A, with the club also ranking first in two walks through the season’s first two games are tied for Slugging Percentage .................................................... .649/1st batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.440), slugging the fewest total in the Triple-A East League. Jumbo Shrimp OPS ............................................................................ 1.089/1st percentage (.649), OPS (1.089), hits (27) and doubles (sev- pitchers have walked just 2.5 percent of opposing hitters. BABIP .......................................................................... .404/2nd en). Several reasons may in part explain the club’s searing Strikeouts .............................................................. 13/T-Fewest offensive start. For one, the Jumbo Shrimp are receiving THREE IS A WINNING STREAK K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................15.5% production from every single part of the lineup; in each Walks ....................................................................9/T-7th-Most On Tuesday, Jacksonville won on Opening Day for the BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ....................................................10.7% of the campaign’s first two contests, each position player first time since 2017. The Jumbo Shrimp followed that up Hits .................................................................................... 27/1st in the lineup has reached base at least once. Additionally, Wednesday by winning again to improve to 2-0, marking Doubles .............................................................................. 7/1st Jacksonville is putting the ball in play with frequency; the the first time since 2016 that Jacksonville has begun the Triples ............................................................................. 1/T-4th Jumbo Shrimp’s 13 strikeouts are tied for the fewest in the season undefeated in the first two games. With a victory on Home Runs .................................................................... 4/T-3rd Triple-A East League, and the club’s 15.5 percent strikeout Thursday, the Jumbo Shrimp would start a campaign 3-0 for Stolen Bases................................................................... 1/T-6th rate is far below the MLB average of roughly 24 percent. the first time since 2013. In 2019, the longest winning streak Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .696 When Jacksonville batters have put the ball in play, they are for the Jumbo Shrimp was five straight games, which they Errors ................................................................... 2/T-3rd-Most batting .404. accomplished from April 24-28 and again on June 22-26. FIP ..........................................................................................4.94 BASH BROTHERS AN ERA OF UNMATCHED SUCCESS ERA ............................................................................. 5.50/12th Jacksonville first baseman Lewin Díaz and outfielder Jesús BABIP .................................................................................. .304 Jacksonville fielded a Double-A club in the Southern League Strikeouts ...................................................................15/T-16th Sánchez have each gotten off to a pair of scorching starts to from 1970-2019, an era of virtually unequaled success in K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................18.8% begin the season. In fact, Díaz and Sánchez have driven in the city’s history. During their 50 seasons in the South- Walks ........................................................................2/T-Fewest 16 of the Jumbo Shrimp’s 21 runs on the season. Sánchez is ern League, Jacksonville made 20 playoff appearances, BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................2.5% 7-for-10 on the season with one triple, two home runs and a winning 13 DIvision Series’, both Southern League records. Hits Allowed ..................................................21/T-4th-Fewest Triple-A-leading nine RBIs. His seven hits leads all of Jacksonville also won six championships, finishing as the Home Runs ......................................................... 4/T-3rd-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.28/7th Triple-A. Meanwhile, Díaz’s five runs scored leads Triple-A. runner-up a league-best eight times. The city’s clubs played He has also collected four extra-base hits to tie for the in a Southern League-record 122 playoff games during Triple-A lead. The Santiago, D.R., native is 4-for-9 with two this span, compiling a 64-58 (.525) record in the Southern SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS doubles, two homers and seven RBIs to start the season. League postseason. Team W-L GB Jacksonville 2-0 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 2-0 -- DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Fri. May 7 7:05 ET Norfolk RHP Nick Neidert (0-0, 0.00) LHP Keegan Akin (0-0, 0.00) Charlotte 1-1 1.0 Sat. May 8 6:35 ET Norfolk RHP Josh A. Smith (0-0, 0.00) LHP Bruce Zimmerman (0-0, 0.00) Gwinnett 1-1 1.0 Sun. May 9 3:05 ET Norfolk LHP Braxton Garrett (0-0, 4.91) LHP Alex Wells (0-0, 0.00) Memphis 0-2 2.0 Mon. May 10 OFF DAY Tue. May 11 6:35 ET at Durham TBA TBA Nashville 0-2 2.0 Wed. May 12 1:05 ET at Durham TBA TBA Norfolk 0-2 2.0 Thu. May 13 6:35 ET at Durham TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Eddy Alvarez: 3-for-7, .429, 3 BB (.600 OBP) to start season Luis Marte: .260/.294/.346, 12 2B, 5 HR, 33 RBIs in 86 G with Triple-A