Jacksonville capitalizes on late mistakes in 4-3 win
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Adam Mazur tied a career-high nine strikeouts and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp took advantage of late inning mistakes in their 4-3 win over the Rochester Red Wings Wednesday night at Innovative Field. Trailing 3-1 in the top of the ninth, Jacksonville (39-26) benefitted from late-game mistakes from
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Adam Mazur tied a career-high nine strikeouts and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp took advantage of late inning mistakes in their 4-3 win over the Rochester Red Wings Wednesday night at Innovative Field.
Trailing 3-1 in the top of the ninth, Jacksonville (39-26) benefitted from late-game mistakes from Rochester (22-41). Jakob Marsee (4) started the inning off with a solo homer off Red Wings reliever Patrick Weigel (L, 4-4). Joe Mack followed with a base hit and Graham Pauley walked. Two batters later, Andrew Pintar was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. In the ensuing at-bat, Albert Almora was hit by a pitch, scoring the tying run. With the bases still loaded, a wild pitch scored Pauley from third, putting the Jumbo Shrimp ahead 4-3.
The Red Wings opened the scoring in the bottom of the second. Yohandry Morales drew a walk and Nick Schnell singled two batters later. With two runners aboard, Drew Millas swatted an RBI single putting Rochester ahead 1-0.
Jacksonville evened the game in the top of the fourth. Troy Johnston started the frame with a base hit and went to second on a balk. A sacrifice bunt coupled with a sac fly plated Johnston as the tying run.
Rochester regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth. Jackson Cluff and J.T. Arruda started the inning with consecutive singles. Two batters later, Darren Baker dropped a sacrifice bunt, scoring Cluff from third, giving the Red Wings a 2-1 lead. Arruda went to second on the bunt and scored on a base hit from Brady House, pushing the lead to 3-1.
Jacksonville and Rochester continue their series in Thursday’s 1:05 p.m. contest. The Jumbo Shrimp will hand the ball to RHP Connor Gillispie (2-0, 4.38 ERA) and the Red Wings will counter with RHP Adrian Sampson (1-1, 5.76 ERA). Coverage begins at 12:50 p.m. on ESPN 690 and 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 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.