Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp: Game Notes, June 6 at Pensacola
June 6, 2019 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp play a Thursday doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. ET against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Coverage begins at 4:45 p.m. on MiLB.tv, Sunny 102.3 FM, TuneIn and the MiLB First Pitch app.
BLUE WAHOOS TOP JACKSONVILLE 7-5
Stone Garrett collected three hits and four RBIs on Tuesday, but the Pensacola Blue Wahoos surpassed the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 7-5. Jimmy Kerrigan's two-run single in the second inning gave Pensacola an early lead. In the fourth, Garrett added an RBI single to halve the Jacksonville deficit. Caleb Hamilton notched an RBI ground out in the fifth, and in the sixth, Garrett registered a two-run base hit to even the tally at three. The Blue Wahoos plated a pair of runs in both the sixth and eighth innings to take a 7-3 advantage. In the ninth, Brian Miller and Garrett each bagged an RBI single, but the Jumbo Shrimp could get no closer in their 7-5 defeat.
SWEET SIXTEEN
Jacksonville outfielder Brian Miller has notched at least one hit in 16 consecutive games, the longest hitting streak in Double-A this season. During this run, the Raleigh, N.C., native is 26-for-66, batting .394/.444/.470 with three doubles, one triple and nine RBIs. On the season, the former North Carolina Tar Heel is pulling the ball at a career-high 46.9 percent clip while going the opposite way a career-low 21.0 percent of the time, the fifth-lowest such mark of the 119 Southern League hitters with at least 70 plate appearances this year.
BATMEN
Heading into play on May 23, the Jumbo Shrimp had scored just 113 runs in their first 46 games (2.5 per game) en route to a woeful 16-30 record. The club had also posted the worst on-base percentage (.278), slugging percentage (.288) and OPS (.565) out of the 120 teams in full-season Minor League Baseball. However, in the 12 games since then, Jacksonville has gone 7-5, tallying 59 runs (4.9 per game). The club has registered a .267/.336/.355 batting line during this 12-game span.
ERROR 307: TEMPORARY REDIRECT
After making five errors in their series with Mississippi from May 22-26, Jacksonville went a season-long seven games in a row from May 28-June 3 without committing a miscue. McKenzie Mills' pickoff error on Tuesday halted that run, but the Jumbo Shrimp have now gone 74 frames in a row without a fielding or throwing miscue.
FANTASTIC FOUR
Four Jacksonville players were named Southern League Midseason All-Stars Robert Dugger and Cody Poteet were honored among the Jumbo Shrimp's pitching staff, with the club boasting two position player selections in Brian Miller and Justin Twine. Dugger ranks second in the league in innings (65.2), a tie for third in wins (three), third in strikeouts (68), eighth in WHIP (1.07) and ninth in batting average against (.213). The right-hander has ceded just 51 hits and 19 walks while registering a 3.29 ERA. Poteet has gone 3-3 with a 2.67 ERA, placing in a tie for eighth in the circuit in innings (60.2) and 10th in WHIP (1.10). Miller, who has currently on a Double-A high 16-game hitting streak, has collected 58 hits this season, the fourth-most in the Southern League. The Raleigh, N.C., native is batting .291/.341/.382 with nine doubles, three triples, one homer and 25 RBIs. Twine is slashing .246/.288/.317 with five doubles, three triples, one home run and 21 RBIs.
ROSETTA STONE
Jacksonville outfielder Stone Garrett mustered just one hit in 17 at-bats (.059 average) in six games from May 15 through May 22. After a day off on May 23, the Richmond, Texas native laced a double and a triple on May 24 in Mississippi, catapulting himself on a hot streak. Including that contest against the Braves, Garrett is slashing .302/.333/.605 with a double, three triples, two home runs, 12 RBIs and eight runs scored in his last 11 games. Of the 99 Southern League hitters with at least 100 plate appearances this season, Garrett owns the circuit's fourth-highest line drive rate (27.3 percent). However, the 23-year-old has also posted the league's third-highest swinging-strike rate (22.6 percent).
WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE
In the first 20 games of the season, Jacksonville starting pitchers compiled a 3-13 record and 5.44 ERA over 91.0 innings. Jumbo Shrimp lid-lifters combined for 49 walks (4.8 BB/9), 89 strikeouts (8.8 K/9) and 91 hits allowed (9.0 H/9). However, the Jumbo Shrimp have seen some stellar starting pitching over the last 38 games. During this stretch, Jacksonville starters have combined for a 2.77 ERA (69 ER in 224.1 IP). Jumbo Shrimp starters have walked 63 (2.5 BB/9), fanned 182 (7.3 K/9) and yielded 182 hits (7.3 H/9).
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