Jacksonville blanked by Gwinnett in Sunday rubber match

Cabrera goes three scoreless frames in rehab start

Edward Cabrera tosses three scoreless innings in rehab start in Sunday's loss to Gwinnett. (Wyatt Lucovsky/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

March 31, 2024

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Following a close Saturday night loss, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were bested in Sunday’s rubber match 10-0 against the Gwinnett Stripers at 121 Financial Ballpark. Following four quiet innings, the Gwinnett (2-1) bats woke up in the fifth against Jacksonville (1-2) pitching. Skye Bolt reached on an

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Following a close Saturday night loss, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were bested in Sunday’s rubber match 10-0 against the Gwinnett Stripers at 121 Financial Ballpark.

Following four quiet innings, the Gwinnett (2-1) bats woke up in the fifth against Jacksonville (1-2) pitching. Skye Bolt reached on an error. J.P. Martinez then was hit by a pitch from reliever Roddery Muñoz (0-1) and David Fletcher worked a walk to load the bases. Phillip Evans brought home the game's first run on a walk. Eli White then singled home Martinez to extend the lead. Muñoz issued his second bases-loaded walk of the inning to Leury Garcia. Two batters later, Andrew Velazquez laced a two-run single into center to bring the Stripers’ run total to five.

Gwinnett’s bats continued their impressive offensive day in the seventh. Up 5-0, White pulled a double down the left field line. Following two walks from Garcia and Alejo Lopez, Velazquez brought home his third run of the game on a sacrifice fly. With runners on first and second, Ryan Casteel (1) cracked a three-run home run for a nine-run advantage. Bolt (1) then went back-to-back, making it a 10-0 ball game.

Edward Cabrera went three scoreless in his season debut. He walked four and allowed two hits, but struck out two and escaped two bases loaded jams. Bryce Elder (W, 1-0) opposed Cabrera and stifled Jumbo Shrimp hitters the entire day. He went 6.1 shutout innings, collecting seven strikeouts along the way.

Jacksonville will begin their first road series of the season with a trip to North Carolina to play the Durham Bulls starting Tuesday, April 2, at 6:35 .pm. Coverage begins on ESPN 690 and espn690.com at 6:20 p.m.

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.