Jumbo Shrimp drop series finale against Knights

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp wrapped up their second homestand of the season with a 9-4 loss to the Charlotte Knights on Sunday afternoon at VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville in front of 5,531 fans.

The Knights (9-12) jumped on Jumbo Shrimp (11-10) starting pitcher Ryan Gusto (L, 1-2) in the top of the first inning. The ballgame began with back-to-back walks, setting up an RBI double from Jarred Kelenic to break open the scoring. Oliver Dunn and Jacob Gonzalez followed up with a pair of fielder’s choice ground balls to bring in one run each and Michael Turner added an RBI double later in the frame to push the early Charlotte lead to 4-0.

The Jumbo Shrimp bats came to life in the bottom of the first when Joe Mack (3) launched a solo home run cutting the lead to 4-1.

Jacksonville embarked on a two-out rally in the bottom of the second after Andrew Pintar walked and Bennett Hostetler and Cody Morissette provided back-to-back run-scoring doubles cutting the deficit to 4-3.

Charlotte responded in the top of the third with a two-run shot from Drew Romo (4) improving Charlotte’s lead to 6-3.

Another two-run home run from Gonzalez (4) in the top of the seventh sent the Knights to an 8-3 lead.

Charlotte added one more insurance run in the ninth after Caden Connor was hit by a pitch to start the frame. He later scored on a sacrifice fly from Gonzalez putting Charlotte ahead 9-3.

Jacksonville scratched across one run in the ninth drawing the margin to 9-4 after Pintar doubled and later scored on a Morissette RBI single.

Tyler Schweitzer (W, 1-1) earned the victory for Charlotte after tossing 2.2 innings in relief.

Following an off day tomorrow, the Jumbo Shrimp hit the road for a six-game series against the Gwinnett Stripers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.

Coverage begins at 5:50 p.m. on ESPN 690 and espn690.com with first pitch Tuesday set for 6:05 p.m.

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.