Jacksonville snaps four-game skid behind seventh inning rally

Brian Navarreto smashed go-ahead blast in 4-3 win against Rochester

Brian Navarreto smashed a go-ahead home run in Jacksonville's 4-3 win against Rochester

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

August 28, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A late Brian Navarreto blast helped the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp secure a Thursday win against the Rochester Red Wings, 4-3, from VyStar Ballpark. Locked in a 2-2 tie in the seventh, Brian Navarreto (5) smashed a go-ahead solo home run, giving Jacksonville (76-52, 29-24) a 3-2 lead.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A late Brian Navarreto blast helped the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp secure a Thursday win against the Rochester Red Wings, 4-3, from VyStar Ballpark.

Locked in a 2-2 tie in the seventh, Brian Navarreto (5) smashed a go-ahead solo home run, giving Jacksonville (76-52, 29-24) a 3-2 lead. Nathan Martorella doubled in the ensuing at bat. Jack Winkler reached first on a fielder’s choice, advancing Martorella to third. With two runners on, Shane Sasaki cracked a sacrifice fly, extending the lead to 4-2.

Rochester (50-76, 23-31) rallied in the ninth. With two outs, Fransico Mejia singled. Following a mound visit, Nasim Nuñez laced an RBI double, making it 4-3.

The Jumbo Shrimp opened the scoring in the home half of the first. With one out, Jacob Berry smacked a double. Two batters later, Deyvison De Los Santos blooped an RBI single, giving Jacksonville a 1-0 lead.

The Red Wings answered in the top of the second. Andrew Pinckney worked a leadoff walk. With a runner on first, Trey Lipscomb (9) smashed a two-run home run, making it 2-1.

The Shrimp tied up the game in the third. Sasaki singled to start the frame. He advanced to second on a groundout, moving to third later in the inning via a wild pitch. With a runner in scoring position, Berry cracked an RBI single, tying the game at two.

Jacksonville and Rochester continue their series Friday at 7:05 p.m. LHP Dax Fulton (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will start for the Jumbo Shrimp and RHP Adrian Sampson (3-4, 4.52 ERA) will counter for the Red Wings. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 AM and ESPN690.com.

Gates open at 6 p.m. for Friday Night Fireworks! Join the Jumbo Shrimp for Friday Night Lites with $2, 12oz. Miller Lites and $1 off craft beer in the Craft Cave. It is also Red Shirt Friday. The Jumbo Shrimp players and staffs will wear red in support of the military, and fans who wear red save $1 on their ticket at the box office or can donate the $1 to Helping Hands for Heroes.

International League Championship Series: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp clinched the first half of the 2025 season with a 47-28 record and will host the International League Championship series at VyStar Ballpark from September 23-24, 25(If necessary).Playoff packages are already on sale and can be found [*HERE**](https://mlb.tickets.com/?agency=MILB_MPV&orgid=56689&packageId=60451&packageListId=60447#/event/PKG/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=55&maxPrice=65&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false).

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.