Jacksonville wins 4-2, earns first series victory of 2024

Devers, López each log three hits in triumph over Durham

José Devers went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and RBI on Sunday in a win at Durham. (Wyatt Lucovsky/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

April 7, 2024

DURHAM, N.C. – José Devers and Otto López each lashed three hits and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp earned a series win with a 4-2 victory on Sunday over the Durham Bulls from Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Jacksonville (5-4) opened up the scoring in the second. Tristan Gray walked and Dane

DURHAM, N.C. – José Devers and Otto López each lashed three hits and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp earned a series win with a 4-2 victory on Sunday over the Durham Bulls from Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Jacksonville (5-4) opened up the scoring in the second. Tristan Gray walked and Dane Myers singled. After a ground out, Jhonny Pereda walked to load the bases. A passed ball allowed Gray to scamper home for the game’s first run. Durham (3-6) starter Jake Odorizzi (0-2) then yielded a bloop RBI double to left off the bat of Devers to make it 2-0. López then legged out a fielder’s choice to plate Pereda and add to the lead at 3-0.

The score remained that way until the fifth. Braxton Garrett, making a rehab start for the Jumbo Shrimp, had retired 11 in a row before ceding a home run to Niko Goodrum. A Ruben Cardenas double chased Garrett from the game, and two batters later, Ronny Simon notched an RBI single to pull the Bulls within 3-2. Garrett went 4.1 innings, giving up two runs on three hits with five strikeouts.

After Durham stranded the bases loaded in the sixth, Devers tripled to jumpstart the seventh. After a ground out, he scored on López’s RBI single to get the margin to 4-2.

Declan Cronin pitched 1.2 scoreless innings before ceding to Eli Villalobos (1-0), who struck out three in 2.0 perfect innings. Emmanuel Ramirez tossed a scoreless ninth for his second save.

Following Monday’s off day, Jacksonville returns home Tuesday for a 7:05 p.m. contest that begins a six-game series against the Charlotte Knights. LHP Patrick Monteverde (1-0, 5.40 ERA) makes the start for the Jumbo Shrimp. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 AM and www.ESPN690.com.

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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 121 Financial 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.