Shrimp fall short to the Sounds, 6-2
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Joe Mack home run was not enough for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shimp in a 6-2 loss to the Nashville Sounds Thursday night in front of 8,993 fans at VyStar Ballpark. Bobby Dalbec homered (11) to lead off the Nashville (46-30, 2-1) second. After a line out,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Joe Mack home run was not enough for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shimp in a 6-2 loss to the Nashville Sounds Thursday night in front of 8,993 fans at VyStar Ballpark.
Bobby Dalbec homered (11) to lead off the Nashville (46-30, 2-1) second. After a line out, Jorge Alfaro followed with a single. With a runner on first, Oliver Dunn went yard (4), making it 3-0.
Jacksonville (48-30, 1-2) jumped on the board in the third. Bennett Hostetler doubled. Jakob Marsee followed with a shot to right, scoring Hostetler and narrowing Nashville’s lead 3-1.
The Sounds padded their lead in the fifth. Andrew Vaughn went deep (4), raising their lead 4-1.
Five frames later, the Shrimp added another run to the score. Mack homered (3), cutting the Sounds’ lead to 4-2.
Nashville added to their lead in the ninth. Freddy Zamora started off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on a fielder’s choice. Jared Oliva followed with a single to score Zamora. Jeferson Quero then singled, advancing Oliva to third. A wild pitch brought home Oliva to set the final margin at 6-2.
Jacksonville and Nashville continue their series Friday at 7:05 p.m. LHP Josh Maciejewski (2-0, 2.63) will toe the rubber for the Sounds. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690, and ESPN690.com
Gates open at 6 p.m. on a Red Shirt Friday. Fans who wear red save $1 on their ticket at the Miller Electric Box Office or can donate the $1 to True Vet Solutions. Fans can join the Jumbo Shrimp for Friday Night Lites presented by Miller Lite with $2, 12 oz. Miller Lites and $1 off craft beer in the Craft Cave. Be sure to stick around after the game for Friday night fireworks!
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.