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Jacksonville Clubs Four Homers in Win over Memphis

June 29, 2022 - International League (IL)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Thanks to 13 hits and four home runs, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp pounded out a 10-4 win over the Memphis Redbirds Wednesday night at AutoZone Park.

Jacksonville (39-35) blew the game open in the eighth with a five-spot on the scoreboard. With two outs, Jerar Encarnacion singled and went to second on a single from JJ Bleday. Charles Leblanc smacked a single, scoring Encarnacion for the 6-3 lead. Bleday advanced to third and scored on a double from Brian Miller to extend the lead to 7-3. With runners at second and third, Luis Aviles Jr. (1) destroyed his first home run with Jacksonville to blow the game open to a 10-3 lead.

Memphis (42-32) plated a run in the ninth but fell well short. With one out, Austin Romine singled and went to second two batters later on a walk from Ben DeLuzio. With two outs, Moises Gomez singled, scoring Romine but Gomez was thrown out trying to stretch out a double to end the game, 10-4.

The Jumbo Shrimp got the early lead against Redbirds starter Aaron Brooks (L, 3-4). Encarnacion led off with a single in the second and Bleday (16) launched a two-run home run to put Jacksonville ahead 2-0. Leblanc (11) immediately followed with a solo home run to make it a 3-0 advantage. Miller and Aviles Jr. singled and a groundball from Santiago Chavez allowed both runners to advance to second and third. With one out, Joey Wendle hit a sac fly, scoring Miller to push the lead to 4-0.

The Redbirds slowly started their climb back. With two outs, Gomez singled and then scored on as Alec Burleson reached on a fielding error to cut the deficit to 4-1.

Memphis made it a one-run game in the bottom of the fourth. With one out, Clint Coulter singled and went to second on a single from Cory Spangenberg. Romine singled to load the bases and a wild pitch allowed Coulter to score from third. In the following at-bat, Evan Mendoza reached on an error which allowed Spangenberg and Romine to score making it a 4-3 ballgame.

Jacksonville responded in the seventh with a run. Miller (2) got to work quickly as he led off the inning with a solo home run pushing the Jumbo Shrimp lead to 5-3.

Jacksonville continues their series with the Memphis Redbirds Thursday with first pitch set for 8:05 ET/7:05 CT. The Jumbo Shrimp will turn to LHP Matthew Kent (3-5, 5.53) and Memphis will counter with LHP Garrett Williams, who will be making his first start with the Redbirds.

Coverage begins at 7:50 p.m. ET/6:50 p.m. CT on ESPN 690 and espn690.com.

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