Sugar Land slugs their way to win over Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After two five run innings, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp fell to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys 10-3 Wednesday afternoon at VyStar Ballpark. Sugar Land (4-1) opened the scoring in the top of the second. Cavan Biggio started the frame with a single and Collin Price was hit
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After two five run innings, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp fell to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys 10-3 Wednesday afternoon at VyStar Ballpark.
Sugar Land (4-1) opened the scoring in the top of the second. Cavan Biggio started the frame with a single and Collin Price was hit by a pitch in the ensuing at-bat. Two batters later, César Salazar walked to load the bases. Taylor Trammell continued his hot hitting with a two-run double, plating Biggio and Price. Shay Whitcomb (2) followed with a three-run homer, blowing the game open 5-0.
Jacksonville (1-4) slowly came back starting in the bottom of the second. Daniel Johnson and Jacob Berry began the inning with consecutive singles. Following a double play, Brian Navarreto ripped a double, plating Johnson, cutting the deficit to 5-1.
The Jumbo Shrimp added another run in the third. Matthew Etzel walked and Nathan Martorella singled. Ethan O’Donnell walked to load the bases. Etzel scored from third on a double play, making it a three-run game.
Jacksonville’s final tally came in the bottom of the fourth. After two quick outs, Navarreto (1) swatted a solo homer, drawing the Jumbo Shrimp closer 5-3.
The Space Cowboys offense reignited in the sixth. With one out, Kellen Strahm walked and Salazar singled, pushing Strahm to third. A sacrifice bunt plated Strahm and Whitcomb blasted a two-run homer, his second of the game, increasing the lead to 8-3. Jack Winkler singled in the ensuing at-bat and scored on a two-run homer from CJ Alexander (3) for a 10-3 advantage.
Jacksonville and Sugar Land continue their series with Thursday’s 7:05 p.m. contest. LHP Patrick Monteverde (0-0, 27.00 ERA) gets the ball for the Jumbo Shrimp against Space Cowboys’ LHP Colton Gordon (0-0, 0.00). Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 and espn690.com.
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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.