Comeback bid falls short for Shrimp in 6-5 defeat
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s rally came up just short on Thursday in a 6-5 loss to the Gwinnett Stripers from Gwinnett Field. With the score tied at two, Ben Gamel led off the seventh with a double against Jumbo Shrimp (11-13) reliever Patrick Monteverde (0-2). Two batters
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s rally came up just short on Thursday in a 6-5 loss to the Gwinnett Stripers from Gwinnett Field.
With the score tied at two, Ben Gamel led off the seventh with a double against Jumbo Shrimp (11-13) reliever Patrick Monteverde (0-2). Two batters later, Jim Jarvis notched an RBI single to give the Stripers their first lead of the game. After a pitching change, Sean Murphy was hit by a pitch. Two batters later, Rowdy Tellez crushed a three-run home run to make it 6-2.
Jacksonville came storming back in the eighth. Kemp Alderman singled and Jacob Berry doubled with one out. Following a strikeout, Johnny Olmstead drew a walk to load the bases. Andrew Pintar brought in a pair with a base hit to put runners on the corners. Jesús Bastidas then smacked a ground-rule double to draw the Jumbo Shrimp within 6-5, but they could get no closer.
The Jumbo Shrimp inititally broke a scoreless tie in the fourth. Alderman doubled and Berry singled him in for the game’s first run to begin the inning. Nathan Martorella followed with a double to move Berry to third before an Olmstead sacrifice fly made it 2-0.
The score remained that way until the sixth. With one out, Tellez walked and then scored from first on Aaron Schunk’s double coupled with an error to move Schunk to third. A Brett Wisely sacrifice fly evened things at two.
Jacksonville and Gwinnett meet again in Friday’s 7:05 p.m. game. LHP Robby Snelling (1-1, 1.89 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Stripers RHP Lucas Braun (1-0, 2.45 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:50 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 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.