Late Tides homer dooms Jumbo Shrimp in 3-2 loss

NORFOLK, Va. – Cody Morissette singled and drove in two but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp fell short Saturday in a 3-2 loss to the Norfolk Tides at Harbor Park.

With the score tied at two, Creed Willems drilled a home run off Jumbo Shrimp (6-8) reliever Zach McCambley (0-1) to lead off the seventh. That swing put the Tides (5-9) in front for good.

Norfolk grabbed an early lead in the second. Ryan Noda led off the second before Weston Wilson bopped a two-run shot for the game’s first runs.

Jacksonville rallied to tie in the fifth. Jesús Bastidas reached on an error with one out before Ethan O’Donnell doubled. Two batters later, Morissette found the equalize with a two-run single to square the score at two.

Bradley Blalock yielded just two runs on five hits without a walk in his 6.0 innings of work for the Jumbo Shrimp, striking out four.

Jacksonville and Norfolk battle in Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. series finale. LHP Braxton Garrett (0-0, 0.96 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Tides RHP Brandon Young (0-0, 1.80 ERA). Coverage begins at 12:50 p.m. on ESPN 690AM 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.