Garrett, Alderman lift Shrimp to series win

Garrett fires 6.0 no-hit innings, Alderman homers in ninth to lead Jacksonville to 2-0 victory in Norfolk

Braxton Garrett fired 6.0 no-hit innings in Sunday's win at Norfolk. (Wyatt Lucovsky/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

April 12, 2026

NORFOLK, Va. – Braxton Garrett tossed 6.0 no-hit innings and Kemp Alderman blasted a two-run home run in the ninth to break a scoreless tie on Sunday as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp earned a series win with a 2-0 triumph over the Norfolk Tides from Harbor Park. With the game

NORFOLK, Va. – Braxton Garrett tossed 6.0 no-hit innings and Kemp Alderman blasted a two-run home run in the ninth to break a scoreless tie on Sunday as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp earned a series win with a 2-0 triumph over the Norfolk Tides from Harbor Park.

With the game scoreless through eight innings, Matthew Etzel began the ninth with an infield single against Norfolk reliever Cameron Foster (0-1). Following a sacrifice bunt and fly out, Alderman crushed a 418-foot homer into left-center field, giving Jacksonville (7-8) the first and only runs of the game.

Garrett needed just 66 pitches to get through his six no-hit innings. He struck out six and walked one before yielding to Ryan Gusto (1-1). After Gusto pitched a perfect seventh and struck out Silas Ardoin for the first out of the eighth, Willy Vasquez singled to center for the Tides’ first knock of the ballgame, breaking up the no-hitter. Gusto wound up going 3.0 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win.

Following an off day on Monday, Jacksonville begins a six-game series from VyStar Ballpark against the Charlotte Knights with Tuesday’s 11:05 a.m. contest. LHP Dax Fulton (0-2, 11.57 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Knights LHP Doug Nikhazy (0-1, 7.36 ERA). Coverage begins at 10:50 a.m. on MLB.tv, Bally Live, 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.