Jacksonville walked off by Memphis Saturday afternoon

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Despite clubbing three home runs, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp couldn’t outlast the Memphis Redibrds in a 6-5 walk off loss Saturday afternoon at AutoZone Park.

Tied at five, Memphis (10-8) got a one-out double from Bryan Torres. Two batters later, Matt Koperniak doubled off Jacksonville (14-6) reliever Matt Pushard (L, 0-1) scoring Torres to seal the Redbirds’ walk off win.

The Redbirds opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Masyn Winn (2) crushed a solo homer off Jumbo Shrimp starter Adam Mazur.

Two innings later, Winn clobbered his second big fly of the game increasing the Memphis lead to 2-0.

The Jumbo Shrimp responded immediately in the top of the fourth. Troy Johnston led off the inning with a base knock and stole second. Two batters later, Heriberto Hernandez (4) blasted a two-run homer, evening the game at two.

Jacksonville took their first lead of the game in the top of the fifth. Jakob Marsee (2) started the inning with a solo shot putting the Jumbo Shrimp ahead 3-2.

Memphis flipped the script in the bottom of the sixth. José Fermín started the inning with a single and two batters later, José Barrero (2) walloped a two-run home run giving the Redbirds a 4-3 advantage.

The Jumbo Shrimp went punch-for-punch with the Redbirds, tying the game in the top of the seventh. Andrew Pintar singled and Jack Winkler drew a walk. With runners on first and second, Marsee bunted the runners to second and third. Maximo Acosta drove in the tying run on a sac fly.

Memphis began the top of the eighth with a pitching change. Deyvison De Los Santos (1) greeted new Redbirds reliever Roddery Muñoz (W, 1-0) with a solo home run putting Jacksonville ahead 5-4.

The Redbirds battled back in the bottom of the eighth. Fermín began the inning with a double. Three batters later, Ryan Vilade reached on a throwing error and Fermín scored the tying run.

Jacksonville and Memphis conclude their series with Sunday’s 2:05 p.m. ET contest. RHP Anderson Pilar (0-0, 0.00 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Redbirds RHP Sem Robberse (1-1, 3.75 ERA). Coverage begins at 1:50 p.m. ET on ESPN 690 AM 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.