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Jumbo Shrimp Out-Homer Blue Wahoos for 2-1 Win

April 28, 2018 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp right-hander Cody Poteet pitched a season-long seven innings, and right fielder John Norwood hit a go-ahead home run leading off the seventh inning in a 2-1 win over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos before Saturday Night Fireworks in front of 7,894 at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

In the second game of his rehab assignment with Jacksonville (10-12), Miami Marlins shortstop JT Riddle - a 2016 Southern League Postseason All-Star - played the entire game at shortstop and went 1-for-4 with a sixth-inning single.

Poteet (2-1) won his second straight start by outdueling Blue Wahoos right-hander Vladimir Gutierrez (0-4). Poteet only allowed a second-inning, two-out solo home run by right fielder Aristides Aquino to the Budweiser Tiki Terrace. Following the home run, Poteet allowed two walks and a single the rest of his outing, retiring 14 of the final 15 batters he faced.

Gutierrez set down the first six batters of the game before third baseman Brian Schales led off the bottom of the third inning with a solo home run to the bleachers in right-center field. Gutierrez worked around leadoff doubles in the fourth and fifth innings by center fielder Monte Harrison and Norwood, respectively.

With a 1-1 tie entering the bottom of the seventh inning, Norwood drove a 2-2 offering from Gutierrez down the right-field line for his third home run this season and first at home. Since the start of the 2017 season, Norwood has hit 22 home runs in the Southern League, including 13 at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

Following Poteet, Jacksonville right-hander Zech Lemond pitched a perfect eighth inning with two strikeouts in his Southern League debut. Left-hander Jose Quijada pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season, securing Jacksonville's second win in the first three games against Pensacola (10-13). All three games have been decided by one run in the first series between the clubs since their meeting in the 2017 Southern League South Division Championship Series.

UP NEXT: The Jumbo Shrimp continue their series with Pensacola at 3:05 p.m. Sunday. Gates open at 2 p.m., when families can play catch on the field, followed by Jumbo Shrimp player autographs as part of Baptist Health Sunday Family FUNday. Free face painting, balloon animals, and kids crafts activities will be available in the Wolfson Children's Hospital Kids Zone. Jake the Pirate will be meeting fans, and following the game, kids 12 and under can run the bases. Youth Sports Day will include a pregame parade by youth sports teams. National Shrimp Scampi Day specials will be available in the suite-level Wheelhouse Lounge and at the Budweiser Tiki Terrace. The game is presented by Easy 102.9.

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