Jacksonville shut out by Gwinnett, 2-0
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp mustered only one hit on Thursday in a 2-0 defeat to the Gwinnett Stripers from Gwinnett Field. The game was scoreless until the seventh inning. With one out, Jumbo Shrimp (55-54, 13-22) reliever Matt Pushard (1-3) walked Brett Wisely. Rowdy Tellez and Carlos
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp mustered only one hit on Thursday in a 2-0 defeat to the Gwinnett Stripers from Gwinnett Field.
The game was scoreless until the seventh inning. With one out, Jumbo Shrimp (55-54, 13-22) reliever Matt Pushard (1-3) walked Brett Wisely. Rowdy Tellez and Carlos Santana followed with base hits, with the latter bringing in Wisely for the game’s first run. A Kyle Farmer sacrifice fly made it 2-0 in favor of the Stripers (56-54, 19-17).
Cam Cannarella led off the game for Jacksonville with a single, but the Jumbo Shrimp failed to register another hit the rest of the way.
Jacksonville and Gwinnett meet again in Friday’s 7:05 p.m. contest. RHP Bradley Blalock (1-8, 6.27 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Stripers RHP Drue Hackenberg (1-0, 5.40 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.