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Shuckers Top Jumbo Shrimp 6-4

May 4, 2018 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release


BILOXI, Miss. - The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (12-15) fell to the Biloxi Shuckers (18-10) by a 6-4 score in the third game of the five-game series at MGM Park on Friday night.

Jacksonville left-handed relief pitcher Jose Quijada (0-2) took the loss, allowing the go-ahead homer to the Shuckers in the bottom of the seventh. Biloxi right-handed relief pitcher Jon Olczak (2-0) earned the win by escaping a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh inning. Biloxi right-handed relief pitcher Nate Griep recorded the final four outs of the game to pick up his Southern League-best 10th save of the season.

The game was scoreless until the top of the third inning. Monte Harrison gave the Shrimp a 2-0 lead with a two-run double that was ripped down the left field line. Three batters later, Brian Schales added a two-run single that grew the lead to 4-1.

The Shuckers got back in the game thanks to a solo homer by Wendell Rijo in the bottom of the third, then his two-run home run in the fourth inning made it a one-run game at 4-3.

Jacksonville's lead remained until the bottom of the seventh inning, when Lucas Erceg blasted a two-run homer to right field off Quijada to give the Shuckers a 5-4 lead. Later in the inning Biloxi's Jake Gatewood added an RBI double to grow the lead to 6-4, which would be the final.

John Norwood finished the game 0-for-5 at the plate, and saw his 21 consecutive game on-base streak, which had been the longest in the Southern League this season, come to an end.

The Jumbo Shrimp and Shuckers will continue their series with the fourth game of the five-game set Saturday night at MGM Park at 7:35 p.m. Right-handed pitcher Cody Poteet (2-1, 4.33 ERA) will start for Jacksonville against Biloxi right-handed starter Adrian Houser (0-0, 7.84 ERA). Fans can listen to the game on the Jumbo Shrimp Network presented by Community First, beginning at 7:20 p.m. with the pregame show "Shrimp On Deck" locally on Sunny 102.3 FM, on the TuneIn Radio app, and www.jaxshrimp.com.

The Jumbo Shrimp return home Monday, May 7, at 7:05 p.m. for VyStar Credit Union Charity Begins at Home, when featured nonprofits raise funds through ticket sales and the Launch-A-Ball promotion. VyStar Credit Union members can get a buy-3-get-1 free ticket special by showing their VyStar credit or debit card at the box office. Gates open at 6 p.m. for the season's first Canines and Crustaceans Bark in the Park, as the Jumbo Shrimp welcome dogs to the ballpark, free of charge with a paying human companion, and the local Jumpin' Jax Flyball Club will have a pregame exhibition. Dog-free seating will be available in Sections 110 and 111. Half-Price Yuengling Monday means 16-oz. Yuengling cans are half-price.

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