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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp: Game Notes, August 26 vs. Mobile

August 26, 2019 - Southern League (SL1)
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The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp host the Mobile BayBears in Monday's 7:05 p.m. ET contest from the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. All Monday home games mean VyStar Credit Union members can get a buy-one, get-one-free ticket special by showing their VyStar credit or debit card at the box office. In addition, every Monday game features half-price Yuengling 16 oz. cans ($3).

MILLER, MAHAN LEAD SHRIMP TO TWIN BILL SPLIT

Brian Miller and Riley Mahan each homered in game two of Sunday's doubleheader to help Jacksonville to a 9-4 win after the Jumbo Shrimp lost the opener 2-1 to the Mobile BayBears. Jazz Chisholm scored on an error in the first inning of game one for the contest's first run. A Jordan Zimemrman RBI single tied the game in the fifth before Brandon Marsh's RBI base hit in the sixth gave Mobile the game-winning run for a 2-1 triumph. In the finale, Miller led off the second with a solo shot. Adrian Nieto added an RBI single and Victor Victor Mesa registered a two-run base hit to make it 4-0. An inning later, Stone Garrett singled home a run just before Mahan's three-run bomb to widen the gap to 8-0. After the BayBears scored three in the fifth, Chisholm drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth. A late BayBears run put the tally at 9-4.

THE AMAZING RACE

With just seven games to play in the regular season, Jacksonville trails Biloxi by 2.5 games in the South Division standings, with Pensacola lurking in third place just 1.5 game behind the Jumbo Shrimp and 4.0 back of the Shuckers. Because the Shuckers and Blue Wahoos will only play 69 games in the second half compared to Jacksonville's 70, the Jumbo Shrimp will have to finish at least a half-game ahead of each club to earn their second playoff appearance in three years. Thus, Jacksonville needs three more wins than Biloxi while earning the same amount of victories as Pensacola games to take the South Division's second-half title. The Jumbo Shrimp face an elimination number of five entering play on Monday, meaning any combination of Biloxi wins and Jacksonville losses adding up to five would eliminate the Jumbo Shrimp from the postseason.

THE SORCERER'S STONE

There have been five five-hit games in the Southern League this year, four of which have been notched by Jacksonville players. Jumbo Shrimp outfielder Stone Garrett has bagged two of those efforts, making him the first Jacksonville player with multiple five-hit games in recorded club history, which dates back through the 2005 season. Over his last 15 contests, the Richmond, Texas native is a scorching 21-for-55 at the plate, slashing .382/.424/.745 with five doubles, five home runs and 15 RBIs.

BAYBEARS, BEETS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Jacksonville faces a 2.5-game deficit with seven to play in the South Division, but the club can only look at its lack of success against a woeful Mobile team to find itself in this predicament. The BayBears, who have both the Southern League's worst overall record at 49-81 (.377) and run differential (-147), have gone 10-9 against the Jumbo Shrimp this season, despite getting outscored by Jacksonville 75-57. Of Mobile's 10 wins over Jacksonville in 2019, eight have come by no more than two runs; the BayBears are 8-2 against the Jumbo Shrimp in games decided by two runs or fewer.

CRAZY. STUPID. GLOVE.

Jacksonville's season-best nine-game errorless streak ended on August 13, but the club has still boasted a strong defense through virtually the entirety of the 2019 season. Because errors are subjective in nature and only penalize fielders who actually reach balls in play, perhaps the best introspection of a club's defense in the minor leagues is its defensive efficiency, a simple measure of how often a team turns batted balls put into play against it into outs. Jacksonville boasts a .723 defensive efficiency that not only leads the Southern League, but it would also place third in the major leagues.

CONNECT FOUR

Buoyed by strong pitching throughout the season, the Jumbo Shrimp offense has been given a bigger margin of error by not needing to score huge quantities of runs to win games. In fact, Jacksonville has won each of its last 28 of its last 29 contests when hitting the four-run marker. On the season, when the Jumbo Shrimp tally at least four scores, the club is a sterling 48-7 (.873).

SHRIMP SKEWERS

Jumbo Shrimp right-hander Edward Cabrera was activated from the 7-day injured list on Monday and will make his first start since July 31. He missed 22 games during his time on the IL... With their win in the finale of Sunday's doubleheader, Jacksonville clinched its second winning second half since 2015... Jumbo Shrimp infielder Jazz Chisholm has registered hits in seven consecutive games, batting 10-for-26 (.385/.448/.538) in the process.

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