Winning streak snapped as late rally falls short
DURHAM, N.C. – Joe Mack homered, but the Durham Bulls halted the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory in Tuesday’s series opener from Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth. Carson Williams led off the inning with a double
DURHAM, N.C. – Joe Mack homered, but the Durham Bulls halted the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory in Tuesday’s series opener from Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth. Carson Williams led off the inning with a double against Jumbo Shrimp (21-7) reliever Matt Pushard (0-2). Two batters later, Eloy Jiménez singled for the game’s first run. After a Tre’ Morgan single, Coco Montes singled home Jiménez to put the Bulls (17-11) ahead 2-0.
Montes his a solo shot with two outs in the sixth inning to widen the gap to 3-0.
Jacksonville was held scoreless until the ninth. Maximo Acosta led off the inning with a single before Mack crushed his second Triple-A home run to draw the Jumbo Shrimp within 3-2. However, the next three batters struck out to end the game.
Jacksonville and Durham meet again in Wednesday’s 6:35 p.m. first pitch. RHP Freddy Tarnok (2-0, 3.26 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Bulls RHP Logan Workman (3-1, 2.08 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. 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 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.