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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp: Game Notes, July 21 at Chattanooga

Published on July 21, 2019 under Southern League (SL1)
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The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp vie for a sweep of the Chattanooga Lookouts with Sunday's 2:15 p.m. ET contest. LHP Daniel Castano (2-1, 4.41 ERA) starts for the Shrimp against Lookouts LHP Reiver Sanmartin (0-3, 4.76 ERA). Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on MiLB.tv, Sunny 102.3 FM, TuneIn and JaxShrimp.com.

JACKSONVILLE EDGES CHATTANOOGA 4-3

Stone Garrett and Lazaro Alonso each homered on Saturday to help the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to a 4-3 victory at the Chattanooga Lookouts. Jacksonville got on the board from their first at-bats. Joe Dunand doubled in Brian Miller, and later in the frame, Garrett socked a two-run shot to make it 3-0. In the bottom of the first, Mitch Day drove a two-run dinger to left to pull the Lookouts within one. Alonso's solo round-tripper came in the third to get the Jumbo Shrimp ahead 4-2. An Ibandel Isabel RBI ground out in the bottom of the third made it a one-run game again at 4-3. Edward Cabrera fanned 10 against just one walk in six frames and Tommy Eveld and Dylan Lee teamed to fire three shutout innings of relief.

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE

Jacksonville outfielder Stone Garrett set a career-high with five hits and four runs scored in Friday's 15-3 pummelling of Chattanooga. The Richmond Texas native also launched his team-best eighth home run and collected four RBIs Friday before homering for the second straight game on Saturday. Over the last eight games, Garrett is 17-for-32 at the plate, slashing .531/.545/.813 with three doubles, two homers, eight RBIs and two stolen bases.

STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM, NOW WE HERE

Jacksonville has surrendered just 24 runs in their last nine games, and the club's starting pitching was a huge culprit behind those run-prevention efforts. During this span, Jumbo Shrimp starters combined for a 2.56 ERA (15 ER in 52.2 IP). The quintet of starting pitchers have posted 51 strikeouts against 13 walks and 44 hits allowed in the process. In comparison, Jumbo Shrimp starters compiled a 6.13 ERA (32 ER in 47.0 IP) over the previous nine games.

SCORE FOUR AND WIN!

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 17 contests when hitting the four-run marker. On the season, when the Jumbo Shrimp tally at least four scores, the club is a sterling 37-6 (.860). Jacksonville has plated at least four runs in 15 of their 28 games in the campaign's second half.

'PEN PALS

From June 26 through the eighth inning on July 5, the Jumbo Shrimp bullpen netted a 36-inning streak without an earned run. That roll is in the midst of a stretch that has been devastating opposing lineups late in games. Over the last 34 contests, Jumbo Shrimp relief pitchers have tossed 113.1 innings with just 19 runs, 17 earned, for a 1.35 ERA. During this 34-game span, the Jumbo Shrimp's bullpen has collectively ceded just 65 hits (5.2 H/9) while whiffing 117 (9.3 K/9) against 34 walks (2.7 BB/9)

HIT US WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

Jacksonville went into play on June 13 with a woeful 25-41 (.379) record. The Jumbo Shrimp have gone 21-11 (.656) since that point behind some dominant pitching. In the 32 games since June 13, Jacksonville has surrendered the fewest runs (99) and hits (224) of any Double-A club. The Jumbo Shrimp also place third in Double-A in batting average against (.217), third in WHIP (1.09), third in walks (85), fifth in ERA (2.93) and 11th in strikeouts (285) during this span. .

BYE-BYE BIRDIE

Jacksonville outfielder Corey Bird came into play on July 4 in a massive slump, going 10-for-87 (.115) at the plate in the previous 22 games to drop his season batting line to .203/.258/.242. That said, the Elkview, W.V., native has followed that skid up by reaching base in 14 consecutive contests. Over these last 14 affairs, Bird is 17-for-45, slashing .378/.451/.533 with a double, two home runs, 13 RBIs, seven runs scored, five walks and one hit-by-pitch.

MORE LIKE A.C. MILAN, AMIRITE?

Jacksonville infielder J.C. Millan entered play on May 17 hitting a woeful .191/.203/.235 for the season. Even so, the 23-year-old infielder was given a chance to earn an everyday spot in the Jumbo Shrimp order. Responding to the opportunity, over the last 40 contests, Millan is slashing .326/.390/.451 with nine doubles, three home runs, 27 RBIs and 15 walks. This 39-game stretch has seen Millan's season wRC+ shoot up from 25 to 110. Among the 139 hitters who have recorded at least 90 plate appearances in the Southern League this season, Millan has recorded the 11th-lowest strikeout percentage (13.4 percent).

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