Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (13-8) vs. Durham Bulls (15-6) vs. THE BULLS 2021 vs. Bulls ........................................................................4-5 Friday, May 28, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. ET in Jacksonville .............................................................0-3 Game No. 22 • Home Game No. 10 in Durham ...................................................................4-2 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, Fla. Since 2021 vs. Durham...........................................4-5 (.444) MiLB.tv • ESPN 690 AM • JaxShrimp.com • MiLB First Pitch App 2020 vs. Bulls ........................................................................0-0 in Jacksonville .............................................................0-0 RHP Elieser Hernández (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Drew Strotman (3-0, 3.05 ERA) in Durham ...................................................................0-0 BULLS SHUT OUT JUMBO SHRIMP 5-0 HERNÁNDEZ TO MAKE THIRD REHAB START JUMBO SHRIMP BY THE NUMBERS The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were blanked for the second Currently on its first four-game skid of the season, Record ................................................................................. 13-8 straight day in Thursday’s 5-0 loss to the Durham Bulls at Jacksonville turns to Miami Marlins right-hander Elieser Home Record .......................................................................4-5 121 Financial Ballpark. Durham got the scoring started in Hernández for his third injury rehabilitation start in Friday’s Road Record .........................................................................9-3 the second inning when Tristan Gray doubled in two runs. contests against Durham. Hernández has turned in two Current Streak .......................................................................L4 The Bulls added to their lead in the fifth on another two-run excellent starts in his first two outings, working 7.2 scoreless two-bagger, this time off the bat of Ryan Boldt. In the ninth innings and ceding only two hits and two walks against 12 Runs Scored .......................... 102 (4.9 per game)/7th-Most Runs Allowed ...........................95 (4.5 per game)/9th-Most inning, Wander Franco’s RBI fielder’s choice set the margin strikeouts. The Triple-A East Pitcher of the Week for May Run Differential...........................................................+7/T-9th at 5-0. Jacksonville mustered only five hits in the effort, 17-23, Hernández has posted a swinging-strike rate of 20.2 Pythagorean Record .......................................................11-10 with two coming from Deven Marrero. Corey Bird also percent, the seventh-best such mark of all Triple-A pitchers Southeast Division Standing/GB ............................... 3rd/2.5 reached base twice in the effort, and Rob Zastryzny pitched with at least 7.0 innings pitched this season. Current Standings Streak ......... 3rd, 2 days (5/26-present) 1.1 scoreless innings of relief in his Jumbo Shrimp debut. Long Standings Streak ......................1st, 7 days (5/18-5/24) Preston Guilmet chipped in with two scoreless frames out JESÚS WALKS Series Record ....................................................................3-0-0 of the bullpen. Jacksonville outfielder Jesús Sánchez has gotten off to Series Streak .........................................................................W3 a scorching start at the plate this season. The native of Jumbo Shrimp Sweeps .......................................................N/A I DON’T KNOW IS ON THIRD Higuey, in the Dominican Republic has at least one hit in 16 Sweeps of the Jumbo Shrimp...........................................N/A Jacksonville’s scoreless drought is at 24 innings as the club of the 19 games he has appeared in, going 32-for-76 at the heads into Friday’s contest against Durham. Moreover, the plate. Entering play on Friday, Sánchez leads Triple-A East Batting Average/Rank .............................................. .241/11th On-Base Percentage ............................................... .309/18th Jumbo Shrimp have not realistically come particularly close in batting average (.421), slugging percentage (.816), OPS Slugging Percentage ................................................... .414/9th to scoring during this scoreless stretch. Over the last 24 (1.266) and hits (32). Sánchez also ranks in a tie for first in OPS ............................................................................ .723/14th innings, Jacksonville has collectively gone 10-for-80 (.125) RBIs (20) and extra-base hits (13), second in triples (3), tied BABIP ......................................................................... .286/15th at the plate, with the club only pushing one baserunner for second in home runs (7), ninth in on-base percentage Strikeouts .................................................... 177/T-3rd-Fewest to third base, which came courtesy of a Durham error. (.450) and tied for ninth in runs scored (15). K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................22.8% Relatedly, the Jumbo Shrimp have been shut out in Walks .................................................................64/2nd-Fewest BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.2% consecutive games, something the team suffered through RUNNING OF THE BULLPEN Hits ................................................................................. 167/9th four times in 2019. In seven games from May 16-22, the Jumbo Shrimp bullpen Doubles ......................................................................... 33/11th worked 26.2 innings, yielding only two runs, one earned Triples ............................................................................. 6/T-3rd REGRESSION MONSTER for 0.34 ERA. Over that span, Jacksonville relievers ceded Home Runs ......................................................................25/9th The Jumbo Shrimp came out of the gates sizzling offensively, only 17 hits (5.7 H/9) and five walks (1.7 BB/9) against 27 Stolen Bases.....................................................................19/7th posting a team batting line of .292/.373/.514 (.887 OPS) strikeouts (9.1 K/9). However, over the last four contests, Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .690 with 61 runs scored over the season’s first 10 games. Jumbo Shrimp relief pitchers have surrendered 15 runs, Errors .....................................................................18/5th-Most However, lurking behind that excellent start at the plate 12 earned, on 22 hits in 17.1 innings for a 6.23 ERA (17 K, was a team batting average on balls in play of .349, far 9 BB). FIP ..........................................................................................3.99 above the baseball-wide average of .300. In the 11 games ERA ............................................................................... 3.82/5th since, Jacksonville has posted a team BABIP of just .230, BABIP .................................................................................. .310 MONTE’S INFERNO Strikeouts ....................................................................200/10th the lowest in Triple-A and third-lowest in all of Minor Jumbo Shrimp outfielder Monte Harrison has a hit in eight K% (MLB avg: ~24.2%)....................................................25.2% League Baseball. Relatedly, the club has scored only 41 runs consecutive contests, one shy of matching Jesús Sánchez Walks ..............................................................64/T-4th-Fewest during this most recent 10-game stretch behind a woeful (May 4-14) for the longest hitting streak for a Jacksonville BB% (MLB avg: ~8.6%) ......................................................8.1% .195/.248/.323 (.571 OPS) batting line. As a club that puts player in 2021. During this eight-game stretch, Harrison Hits Allowed .......................................................179/7th-Most the ball in play more than nearly every other squad in is 10-for-32 (.313/.343/.594) with five runs scored, three Home Runs ...........................................................25/8th-Most WHIP ............................................................................ 1.31/8th Triple-A East, BABIP is of particular importance to the Jumbo doubles, two home runs, and four RBIs. The native of Lee’s Shrimp; Jacksonville’s 177 strikeouts are tied for the third- Summit, Mo., has posted a 27.3 percent line drive rate, a fewest in the circuit, but the club’s .286 season BABIP ranks figure that leads the Jumbo Shrimp nearly six percentage SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS as only the 15th-highest such mark. points. Team W-L GB Nashville 15-5 -- THE WEEK AHEAD Durham 15-6 0.5 DATE TIME OPPONENT JUMBO SHRIMP STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sat. May 29 6:35 ET Durham LHP Braxton Garrett (2-0, 3.68) RHP David Hess (2-0, 2.45) Jacksonville 13-8 2.5 Sun. May 30 6:35 ET Durham RHP Josh A. Smith (1-0, 4.76) RHP Adrian De Horta (0-1, 10.45) Gwinnett 12-9 3.5 Mon. May 31 OFF DAY Memphis 8-13 7.5 Tue. June 1 7:05 ET at Gwinnett LHP Daniel Castano (0-2, 5.74) TBA Wed. June 2 7:05 ET at Gwinnett RHP Luis Madero (3-1, 3.14) TBA Charlotte 7-14 8.5 Thu. June 3 7:05 ET at Gwinnett TBA TBA Norfolk 7-14 8.5 Fri. June 4 7:05 ET at Gwinnett TBA TBA SHRIMP AND GRITS Luis Arcaya: 0-for-3 on Thursday in first game with Jacksonville Connor Justus: 1-for-4 in first two games with Jacksonville (.120/.150/.200, 2B in 17 G with Pensacola) Corey Bird: 1-for-17, 2 BB in last six games; 4-for-11,