Jacksonville wins low-scoring affair against Gwinnett

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – A strong outing from Morgan McSweeney and a home run from Deyvison De Los Santos helped the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp secure a win against the Gwinnett Stripers, 3-2, Friday night from Coolray Field.

Locked in a 1-1 tie in the sixth, Joe Mack cracked a leadoff double for Jacksonville (57-36, 10-8). Three batters later, Victor Mesa Jr. nubbed an RBI single, giving the Jumbo Shrimp a 2-1 lead over Gwinnett (37-57, 8-11).

Leading by a run, De Los Santos (10) walloped a two-out solo home run in the eighth, extending Jacksonville’s lead, 3-1.

Gwinnett rallied in the ninth. With two outs, Eddys Leonard (12) clobbered a solo home run, making it 3-2.

The Jumbo Shrimp struck first in the top of the first. Troy Johnston smacked a leadoff double. Jakob Marsee walked, and both runners advanced on a double steal. With runners at first and second, De Los Santos rolled an RBI groundout, giving Jacksonville a 1-0 lead.

The Stripers answered in the bottom of the fifth. With one out, Leonard ripped a double, advancing to third one batter later on a groundout. With a runner in scoring position, Jason Delay laced an RBI knock, evening the score at one.

McSweeney tossed five stellar innings against Gwinnett. The righty recorded four strikeouts and allowed only a run, securing his third win of the season.

Jacksonville and Gwinnett continue their series Saturday at 6:05 p.m. LHP Patrick Monteverde (3-3, 4.62 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Jumbo Shrimp and RHP JR Ritchie (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will counter for the Stripers. Coverage begins at 5:50 p.m. on ESPN 690, and ESPN690.com.

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.