Late Bulls homer upends Jumbo Shrimp

Blalock tossed 5.2 scoreless innings for Jacksonville in 3-2 loss

Bradley Blalock struck out seven in 5.2 scoreless innings on Tuesday at Durham. (Wyatt Lucovsky/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

June 16, 2026

DURHAM, N.C. – Bradley Blalock worked 5.2 shutout innings, but Carson Williams’ two-out, go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth vaulted the Durham Bulls 3-2 over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Tuesday’s series opener from Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Jumbo Shrimp (37-32) led 2-0 going to the eighth. Jacksonville

DURHAM, N.C. – Bradley Blalock worked 5.2 shutout innings, but Carson Williams’ two-out, go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth vaulted the Durham Bulls 3-2 over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Tuesday’s series opener from Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

The Jumbo Shrimp (37-32) led 2-0 going to the eighth. Jacksonville reliever Zach Pop (0-2) was able to nab the first two outs before walking Johnny DeLuca and yielding a single to Logan Driscoll. On an 0-2 pitch, Williams blasted a three-run homer to give the Bulls (28-42) their first lead of the day.

Alexander Alberto worked a perfect ninth to earn the save in his Triple-A debut.

The only runs of the game for the Jumbo Shrimp came in the third inning. Jacob Berry began the frame with a double. He stole third and then scored on Andrew Pintar’s RBI two-bagger. Two batters later, Griffin Conine lashed an RBI single to bring in Pintar and widen the gap to 2-0.

Blalock fanned seven without a walk in his 5.2 scoreless frames, scattering four hits. Stephen Jones struck out four in 1.1 shutout innings.

Trevor Martin (2-0) earned the win with a blank eighth inning.

Jacksonville and Durham play in Wednesday’s 12:05 p.m. ET matinee. LHP Braxton Garrett (1-2, 2.15 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Bulls RHP Brody Hopkins (1-5, 4.09 ERA). Coverage begins at 11:50 a.m. ET on ESPN 690 AM and www.ESPN690.com.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The 2025 International League and Triple-A National Champions, the Jumbo Shrimp call 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.