Pintar, Pauley go yard in 7-2 loss at Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Home runs from Andrew Pintar and Graham Pauley were not enough for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in a 7-2 loss to the Rochester Red Wings in Friday’s series opener from ESL Ballpark. After Pintar’s homer tied the score at one in the top of the third, the
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Home runs from Andrew Pintar and Graham Pauley were not enough for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in a 7-2 loss to the Rochester Red Wings in Friday’s series opener from ESL Ballpark.
After Pintar’s homer tied the score at one in the top of the third, the Red Wings (54-38, 9-10) took control of the game in the bottom of the third. Jumbo Shrimp (50-42, 8-10) starter Bradley Blalock (1-7) issued a leadoff walk to Abimelic Ortiz to start the inning. A ground out pushed Ortiz to second before Andrew Pinckney socked a double to plate Ortiz and put Rochester in front. Trey Lipscomb followed with an RBI single to make it 3-1.
The Red Wings added on in the fourth. Phillip Glasser led off with a double. He scored on Christian Franklin’s RBI triple. A Yohandy Morales RBI ground out widened the gap to 5-1.
In the fifth, Riley Adams clubbed a long home run to give Rochester a 6-1 advantage.
The Jumbo Shrimp answered in the seventh inning on a long ball from Pauley.
In the eighth, Ortiz registered his third double of the game to lead off the frame. After a Brady House single, Pinckney’s sacrifice fly set the final margin at 7-2.
Rochester took their first lead three batters into the bottom of the first. Franklin led off with a single before Morales walked. Ortiz drove in Franklin with an RBI double for the game’s first run.
Jacksonville and Rochester meet again in Saturday’s 6:45 p.m. ET first pitch. RHP Karson Milbrandt (0-2, 5.48 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Red Wings RHP Chandler Champlain (6-3, 3.94 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN 690AM 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.