Jacksonville blanked by Sugar Land in near no-hitter

Alderman’s leadoff single spoils no-hitter in ninth inning

Josh Ekness strikes out four over three innings in Jacksonville's 5-0 loss to Sugar Land Friday night. (Wyatt Lucovsky/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

April 3, 2026

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (1-6) dropped their fourth consecutive game to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (6-1) 5-0 on Friday night at VyStar Ballpark. Spencer Arrighetti tossed 4.1 hitless innings in his second start of the season. Jose Fleury, Tom Cosgrove (W, 1-1), Anthony Maldonado, Alimber Santa

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (1-6) dropped their fourth consecutive game to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (6-1) 5-0 on Friday night at VyStar Ballpark.

Spencer Arrighetti tossed 4.1 hitless innings in his second start of the season. Jose Fleury, Tom Cosgrove (W, 1-1), Anthony Maldonado, Alimber Santa and Hudson Leach combined to blank the Jumbo Shrimp across the rest of the game, with Leach relinquishing the no-hitter on a Kemp Alderman leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth.

Robby Snelling (L, 0-1) went four innings in his second start of the year and struck out seven. After striking out Taylor Trammell to lead off the game, Snelling allowed a single to Jack Winkler and a two-run home run to Cavan Biggio to start the Sugar Land scoring. Later in the inning, Jax Biggers singled home a run to bring the score to 3-0 after a pair of walks set up a two-on, two-out situation.

Against Jacksonville reliever Tyler Zuber, the Space Cowboys led off the top of the fifth with a hit by pitch to Trammell, who stole second and came around to score on a Biggio RBI single to push the lead to 4-0.

The Space Cowboys tacked one more insurance run in the ninth after Kellen Strahm walked, Parker Chavers singled and Winkler drove a base hit to bring around Strahm and stake Sugar Land to a 5-0 advantage.

The series continues Saturday with right-hander Bradley Blalock (0-0, 0.00) on the mound for Jacksonville. He is opposed by Sugar Land righty Peter Lambert (0-0, 2.25).

Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 and espn690.com.

Gates open at 5:00 p.m. and fans can enjoy Saturday Night Fireworks presented by Birken Construction and celebrate Jumbo Shrimp mascot Southpaw’s 30th birthday with a southpaw onesie giveaway, presented by Miller Electric and Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront.

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.