Five-run Durham first overpowers Jacksonville
DURHAM, N.C. – A five-run Durham first inning on Thursday pushed the Bulls by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 10-3 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Jumbo Shrimp (21-9) starter Adam Mazur (2-2) walked Carson Williams to begin the game before Eloy Jiménez singled. Bob Seymour then blasted a three-run home run
DURHAM, N.C. – A five-run Durham first inning on Thursday pushed the Bulls by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 10-3 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Jumbo Shrimp (21-9) starter Adam Mazur (2-2) walked Carson Williams to begin the game before Eloy Jiménez singled. Bob Seymour then blasted a three-run home run to put the Bulls (19-11) in front. After a fly out, Tre’ Morgan walked. Two batters later, Tristan Peters cracked a two-run long ball to make it 5-0.
Williams led off the second with a base hit. An error put Jiménez on before Seymour struck again, bringing in Williams with an RBI double. Seymour then hit his second homer of the game in the fourth to widen the gap to 7-0.
Jacksonville finally got on the board in the fifth. Durham starter Joe Rock (2-2) yielded a leadoff single to Jack Winkler, who stole second base. Winkler scored on Andrew Pintar’s single.
The Jumbo Shrimp got within 7-2 when Heriberto Hernandez homered in the sixth. However, in the bottom of the sixth, the Bulls got the run back when Williams went deep, putting things at 8-2.
Kenny Piper led off the Durham seventh with a single. Two batters later Jamie Westbrook did the same before Williams walked to load the bases. Jiménez plated two runs with a single, pushing the score to 10-2.
In the ninth, Brian Navarreto led off by triping to right. He scored on a Harrison Spohn RBI ground out, setting the final score at 10-3.
Jacksonville and Durham meet again in Friday’s 6:35 p.m. contest. 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.