Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Game Notes, April 6 vs. Jackson
April 6, 2019 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp host the Jackson Generals at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday from the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. RHP Dustin Beggs (0-0, 0.00 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Jackson RHP Bo Takahashi (0-0, 0.00 ERA). The first 2,000 fans through the gates of Saturday's game receive a Jumbo Shrimp T-shirt designed by fan Toni Pepe and presented by 121 Financial and Atlantic Self Storage. Baseball Registers to Vote Night presented by the Duval County Supervisor of Elections will help fans get information on when and where to vote, as well as registration deadlines, from the Duval County Supervisor of Elections. The night will be capped with Saturday Night Fireworks presented by 121 Financial and Atlantic Self Storage.
SHRIMP EARN FIRST WIN ON WALK-OFF
Bryson Brigman's walk-off fielder's choice in the 12th inning Friday gave the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp a 2-1 victory over the Jackson Generals. Shrimp starter Jorge Guzman yielded just one run on four hits in five innings, striking out seven. The lone run against him came on Marcus Wilson's RBI single in the fourth inning. Jacksonville responded immediately with Justin Twine's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the frame. The score remained 1-1 until the 12th, when Rodrigo Vigil beat the throw home on a grounder to second for the Jumbo Shrimp's first win of the season.
SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE
Jacksonville was able to come away with a win Friday despite stranding 12 men by going just 1-for-18 with runners in scoring position. The Jumbo Shrimp are just 1-for-22 (.045/.154/.045) with ducks on the pond through two games. The good news is that, throughout every single level in the history of baseball, situational hitting numbers normalize with bigger sample sizes as the season goes on. For example, the 2018 Jumbo Shrimp hit .224/.317/.350 (.367 OPS) with runners in scoring position, almost exactly akin to their overall batting line of .235/.312/.361 (.673 OPS).
'PEN PALS
The Jumbo Shrimp's bullpen on Friday was able to negate the club's offensive struggles in earning Jacksonville's first win of the season. After Jorge Guzman fired five innings of one-run ball, Brett Graves, Dylan Lee, Kyle Keller and Elvis Araujo combined to toss seven shutout frames. The quartet ceded just one hit and two walks while fanning nine. Through a pair of games thus far, the Jumbo Shrimp's bullpen has fanned 15 against three free passes while working to a 0.75 ERA.
ASSISTANTS TO THE REGIONAL MANAGERS
In addition to manager Kevin Randel, Jacksonville's coaching staff includes pitching coach Bruce Walton, hitting coach Sean Berry, defensive coach Jose Ceballos and bullpen coach Esmerling De La Rosa. Athletic trainer Alan Rail and strength, conditioning coach Brady Fitzgerald and video/advance manager Bryan Rogers round the Jumbo Shrimp's field staff.
WORLD'S BEST BOSS
Kevin Randel will manage the Jumbo Shrimp during the 2019 season, marking his third different stint in Jacksonville. The Marlins' 13th-round pick in 2002, Randel played seven seasons in the club's minor league system, batting .253/.371/.426 with 12 home runs and 49 RBIs in 123 games in 2009 with Jacksonville. He later returned to the First Coast to serve as Jacksonville's hitting coach from 2012-14. The 2019 season is Randel's fifth as a skipper in Miami's organization, with the Wilmington, N.C. native having served as the pilot of then-Low-A Greensboro in 2015-16 and High-A Jupiter throughout 2017-18. Randel is 254-296 (.462) so far in his managerial career.
APRIL SHOWERS
Jacksonville has not had a winning record in the month of April since the 2013 season, when the club went 14-10 en route to a 73-63 (.547) campaign. Over the last five Aprils, Jacksonville is 54-63 (.462) in the schedule's opening month. In comparison, from the beginning of the Marlins era on the First Coast, which dates to the start of the 2009 season, through 2013, Jacksonville suffered through just one losing month of April. Over those five years, they were 65-50 (.561) in the campaign's lid-lifting month.
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
Jacksonville is hoping that their 5-0 defeat to Jackson in their 2019 season opener on Thursday is not a continuation of an issue from last season. The Jumbo Shrimp had the Southern League's worst record in shutouts in 2018, finishing just 4-16 (.200). The club's 16 blankings were the most in the circuit since Jackson suffered 21 shutouts in 2015 and represent Jacksonville's second-most during the club's Miami Marlins era, which dates back through the start of the 2019 season (20, 2013).
SHRIMP SCOPES
Jacksonville's pitching staff registered 16 strikeouts on Friday. The Jumbo Shrimp had just three games throughout the 2018 season with more than that total. The club's 28 strikeouts this year leads the Southern League through two games... The Jumbo Shrimp held Jackson to just 2-for-20 with runners in scoring position in Friday's 2-1 Jacksonville victory. The Generals left 10 runners on base.
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