Jacksonville completes six-game sweep of Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp completed their six-game sweep of the Rochester Red Wings with a 5-4 win in 10 innings Sunday afternoon at Innovative Field.

With the game tied at four, Brian Navarreto began the 10th inning at second for Jacksonville (43-26). Albert Almora drew a walk and Jacob Berry was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. Troy Johnston reached on a fielder’s choice, scoring Navarreto from third putting the Jumbo Shrimp ahead 5-4.

After two scoreless frames, the Jumbo Shrimp opened the scoring in the top of the third. A double coupled with a fielding error allowed Navarreto to reach third. Almora drove in Navarreto with a sac fly off Rochester (22-45) starter Seth Shuman. Two batters later, Johnston doubled and went to third on a base hit from Jakob Marsee. A wild pitch plated Johnston as the second run for Jacksonville.

The Red Wings quickly responded in the bottom of the third. With one out, Nasim Nuñez singled and stole second. Daylen Lileplated Nuñez on a base hit, cutting the deficit to one. Brady House followed with an RBI double, tying the game at two.

Rochester grabbed the lead in the bottom of the fifth. Lile began the inning with a double and scored on a base hit from House in the next at-bat, putting the Red Wings ahead 3-2.

Jacksonville tied the game in the top of the sixth. With two outs, Graham Pauley (3) clobbered a solo home run, tying the game at three.

The Jumbo Shrimp took their second lead in the top of the ninth. With one out, Matt Mervis singled and went to second on a groundout from Andrew Pintar. Maximo Acosta doubled home Mervis giving Jacksonville a 4-3 advantage.

The Red Wings managed to tie the game again in the bottom of the ninth. Drew Millas started the frame with a walk and stole second. Nuñez plated Millas with a base hit, tying the game at four.

Following an off day on Monday, Jacksonville continues their two-week road trip with a six-game series against the Syracuse Mets that begins Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. Coverage begins at 6:20 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.