Jumbo Shrimp blanked by Tides 5-0

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were shutout by the Norfolk Tides 5-0 Friday night in front of 5,060 fans at 121 Financial Ballpark.

Norfolk (60-70, 24-21) opened the scoring on Jumbo Shrimp (61-67, 26-27) starter Jeff Lindgren (L, 0-1) in the first inning. Jud Fabian singled to lead off the inning. Forrest Wall drew a walk which moved Fabian to second. The next batter Coby Mayo reached on an error to load the bases. The very next pitch, Fabian was picked off at third base by catcher Will Banfield. A groundout by Daniel Johnson moved Wall to third base and put Johnson aboard. With two outs, Nick Maton (16) crushed a three-run home run to give the Tides a 3-0 lead.

The Tides continued their scoring in the third inning. Wall cracked a leadoff single. A batter later, Johnson doubled moving Wall to third. Maton followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Wall and increased the lead to 4-0.

In the fourth inning the Tides added to their lead. With two outs, consecutive singles by Maverick Handley and Fabian netted Norfolk runners on the corners. Wall followed with an RBI infield single that scored Handley which increased the lead to five runs.

Jumbo Shrimp reliever Austin Roberts entered the game in the fifth inning. The right hander tossed three innings of no hit ball while fanning three Tides.

Norfolk reliever Nolan Hoffman (W, 6-3) tallied three strikeouts in two innings of work.

The series between the Jumbo Shrimp and the Tides resumes Saturday at 6:35 p.m. Norfolk will hand the ball to LHP Trevor Rogers (0-1, 20.77) who faces the Marlins organization for the first time since being traded to the Orioles. Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 AM and ESPN690.com.

Gates open at 5 p.m. for a Saturday giveaway. The first 2,000 fans through the gates will receive a free Jumbo Shrimp crossbody bag presented by Darley’s plumbing. Fans also stick around after the game for Saturday Night Fireworks, presented by Darley’s Plumbing.

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.