Jumbo Shrimp club five homers in blowout win
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jonah Bride clubbed two homers and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp hit five in their 16-4 drubbing of the Norfolk Tides Wednesday night at 121 Financial Ballpark. Jacksonville took the game wire-to-wire as they plated five runs in the first and never looked back. Jonathan Davis walked to
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jonah Bride clubbed two homers and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp hit five in their 16-4 drubbing of the Norfolk Tides Wednesday night at 121 Financial Ballpark.
Jacksonville took the game wire-to-wire as they plated five runs in the first and never looked back. Jonathan Davis walked to lead off the inning and scored two batters later on a two-run homer from Bride (4) off Norfolk (7-10) starter John Means (L, 0-2). Troy Johnston swatted a base hit and scored on a double from Dane Myers to increase the lead to 3-0. In the ensuing at-bat Victor Mesa Jr. (3) blasted a two-run homer giving Jacksonville a 5-0 advantage.
The Tides answered back two innings later in the top of the third. Errol Robinson led off with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Two batters later, Heston Kjerstad walked and Robinson stole third. With runners at the corners, Coby Mayo drove in Robinson with a base hit and Kjerstad went first to third. Kyle Stowers grounded out in the next at-bat but Kjerstad scored from third to make it 5-2. Following a walk to Peyton Burdick, Mayo scored from third on a base hit from Michael Pérez to bring Norfolk within two.
Jacksonville kept adding to their lead in the fourth. With one out, Bride was hit by a pitch and Johnston singled. With two men on, a passed ball allowed both runners to advance to second and third. Mesa Jr. brought them in with a two-run double, pushing the lead up to 7-3.
The Jumbo Shrimp blew the game open in the fifth, sending 11 men to hit and scoring six runs with two outs. Marty Costes (1) led off the inning with a solo home run. Three batters later, José Devers singled and was driven in on Bride’s second big fly of the day for a six-run advantage. Johnston, Myers and Mesa Jr. knocked consecutive singles to load the bases. Will Banfield doubled home two runs and Costes followed with a two-run single, pushing the advantage to 14-3.
The Tides plated their final run in the top of the seventh. Connor Norby started the inning with a double and scored two batters later on a ground out by Mayo to make it a 10-run deficit, 14-4.
The Jumbo Shrimp plated their final runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jonathan Guzman singled and Devers (3) blasted a two-run homer as Jacksonville took a commanding 16-4 lead.
Jacksonville faces off with Norfolk again in Thursday’s 7:05 p.m. contest. RHP Yonny Chirinos (01-2, 5.06 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Tides LHP Bruce Zimmerman (1-1, 7.53 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 AM and www.ESPN690.com.
Gates open at 6 p.m. for Coors Light Thirsty Thursday. Join the Jumbo Shrimp for $2 16-oz. or $3 24-oz. drafts at various locations throughout the ballpark.
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.