Bullpen stars in 6-2 win at Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va. – Both Deyvison De Los Santos and Joe Mack homered and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp bullpen worked 7.0 shutout innings Tuesday to overtake the Norfolk Tides 6-2 from Harbor Park.

Norfolk (3-7) led 2-0 when Jared Serna singled with one out in the third inning against Tides reliever Ryan Long (0-1). Serna sprinted to score Jacksonville’s (4-7) first run of the game on an Andrew Pintar RBI triple.

The Jumbo Shrimp were able to even the score an inning later. Kemp Alderman jumpstarted the inning with a base hit before advancing to second on a ground out. Two batters later, Jesús Bastidas singled Alderman in with a base knock to even things at two.

In the fifth, Jacksonville took their first lead of the game when De Los Santos’ solo homer went the other way to right against Long.

The Jumbo Shrimp tallied a run in their fourth consecutive frame one inning later. Alderman led off with a triple and scored two batters later on a Jacob Berry sacrifice fly.

Mack’s long ball came in the eighth against Norfolk reliever Cameron Foster.

In the ninth, Berry led off with a single before stealing both second and third. He scored on a Bastidas sacrifice fly to get the score to 6-2.

The Tides’ lone runs came in the first. Jonathan Rodriguez walked with two outs before Creed Willems launched a two-run home run.

Norfolk mustered only two hits the rest of the evening. Luis Palacios (1-0) tossed 3.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts in his season debut to earn the win. William Kempner fanned four in 2.0 innings and Cade Gibson and Jack Ralston each added a shutout frame to seal the victory.

The series continues with Wednesday’s 6:35 p.m. first pitch. LHP Dax Fulton (0-2, 30.38 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Tides RHP Dean Kremer (0-1, 5.79 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. on ESPN 690AM and www.ESPN690.com.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The 2025 International League and Triple-A National Champions, the Jumbo Shrimp call VyStar Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.