Five-run Sounds sixth sinks Jumbo Shrimp

NASHVILLE – A five-run Nashville sixth inning propelled the Sounds by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 9-5 in Tuesday’s series opener from First Horizon Park.

The Jumbo Shrimp (58-61, 23-21) held a 5-3 lead that evaporated in the bottom of the sixth. Jacksonville starter Jonathan Bermúdez (1-2) yielded a single to Christian Arroyo and a double to Brewer Hicklen to begin the frame. Wes Clark promptly tied the game with a two-run single to end Bermúdez’s night. New reliever Raffi Vizcaino gave up singles to Owen Miller and Brian Navarreto to load the bases before issuing a walk to Carlos Rodriguez that put the Sounds (63-57, 25-20) in front. Two more bases-loaded walks in the inning put the score at 8-5.

In the eighth, Isaac Collins socked a solo home run to make it 9-5. The Jumbo Shrimp failed to muster a hit after the third inning.

Jacksonville, though, was able to build an early lead. Forrest Wall began the game with a single and Javier Sanoja walked. Two batters after that, Deyvison De Los Santos’ single plated the contest’s first run.

Singles by Griffin Conine and Nick Gordon put runners on the corners to start the second. An RBI ground out off the bat of José Devers put the tally at 2-0.

Nashville got on the board in the bottom of the second. Back-to-back two-out doubles by Miller and Navarreto halved the Jumbo Shrimp advantage.

With one out in the third, Troy Johnston, De Los Santos and Tristan Gray each singled to load the bases. Agustín Ramírez earned a free pass with the bases loaded, and after a pop out, Gordon cashed in two more runs with a base hit to widen the gap to 5-1.

The Sounds began chipping away in the bottom of the third. Freddy Zamora drew a leadoff walk and scored from first on a Collins two-bagger. After a fly out, Collins stole third and scored on an Arroyo sacrifice fly to bring Nashville within 5-3.

Jacksonville and Nashville meet again in Wednesday’s 7:35 p.m. ET contest. RHP Adam Mazur (0-1, 6.92 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Sounds RHP Logan Henderson (1-1, 0.90 ERA). Coverage begins at 7:20 p.m. ET on ESPN 690 AM 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 team calls 121 Financial 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.