Jumbo Shrimp fall 6-5 in 11 innings to Mets

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Troy Johnston homered and drove in two runs but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp fell 6-5 in 11 innings to the Syracuse Mets from VyStar Ballpark.

The Jumbo Shrimp (22-13) led 3-2 when Jon Singleton doubled to lead off the ninth for the Mets (16-19). Afrer a pop out and fly out, Luke Ritter and Billy McKinney each drew walks to load the bases. Diego Castillo’s walk scored the tying run for Syracuse.

A leadoff single in the 10th inning from Donovan Walton plated Luis De Los Santos, who started as the zombie runner. With one out in the bottom of the 10th, Andrew Pintar tied things at four with an RBI single against Mets reliever Austin Warren (3-0) to bring in zombie runner Harrison Spohn.

Syracuse broke through in the 11th. Zombie runner Jared Young moved to third on a ground out and after an intentional walk from Luarbert Arias (1-1), scored on an error. Diego Castillo then made it 6-4 with an RBI single.

In the bottom of the 11th, Brian Navarreto laced an RBI single with one out to pull Jacksonville within 6-5. However, Chris Devenski induced a fly out and then struck out the last batter of the game to claim his third save.

The Jumbo Shrimp grabbed the lead in their first at-bats. Pintar was hit by a pitch with one out in the first before stealing second. After a strikeout and walk, he scored on Johnston’s RBI single.

The Mets struck back in the second, tying things on a Ritter home run. An inning later, Luis De Los Santos went yard to give Syracuse its first lead.

The score remained 2-1 until the seventh. Johnston led off the inning with a long ball to even the score. Two batters later, Jack Winkler singled, followed by a Navarreto base knock. Following a strikeout, Jakob Marsee’s RBI single put the Jumbo Shrimp in front 3-2.

Jacksonville and Syracuse meet again in Thursday’s 7:05 p.m. contest from VyStar Ballpark. LHP Ryan Weathers (0-1, 6.75 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Mets RHP Dom Hamel (1-2, 4.20 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, Bally Live, ESPN 690 AM and www.ESPN690.com.

On a Coors Light Thirsty Thursday, fans can purchase $2 (16-oz.) and $3 (24-oz. drafts) at the Oasis concessions stand, underneath the stairs at the Craft Cave, and at the beer garden near the Tiki Terrace. $2 Coors Light cans are also available with all the hawkers throughout VyStar Ballpark. On Nurses Night, the Jumbo Shrimp will celebrate nurses all evening long, including via a discount ticket link here.

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.