Early lead not enough in 6-2 loss
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Despite an early lead in the first, the Indianapolis Indians plated six unanswered runs in a 6-2 win over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Saturday night in front of 7,380 fans at 121 Financial Ballpark. Trailing 2-0 in the top of the second, Jake Lamb drew a leadoff
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Despite an early lead in the first, the Indianapolis Indians plated six unanswered runs in a 6-2 win over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Saturday night in front of 7,380 fans at 121 Financial Ballpark.
Trailing 2-0 in the top of the second, Jake Lamb drew a leadoff walk. Two batters later, Grant Koch walked, moving Lamb to second base. Mike Jarvis drew the third walk of the inning, loading the bases for the Indians (29-37). Andrés Alvarez capitalized on the opportunity with a base hit, scoring Lamb and Koch, to tie the game at two. Liover Peguero continued the momentum with the second hit of the inning, bringing home Jarvis to give Indianapolis a 3-2 lead.
The Indians extended their lead in the top of the fourth inning. Matt Gorski (13) homered to left field, extending Indianapolis' lead to 4-2.
The Indians struck again three innings later. Joshua Palacios (1) homered off of Jacksonville (30-38) reliever Devin Smeltzer. Jake Lamb walked two batters later and Gorski doubled. In the ensuing at-bat, Canaan Smith-Njigba hit a sac fly, scoring Lamb
In the bottom of the first, Javier Sanoja drew a leadoff walk off Indianapolis' starting pitcher Luis Cessa. Griffin Conine doubled, sending Sanoja to third base. With runners in scoring position, Jonah Bride doubled home both Sanoja and Conine, giving the Jumbo Shrimp an early 2-0 lead.
Jacksonville and Indianapolis conclude their series Sunday with first pitch slated for 3:05 p.m. The Jumbo Shrimp will hand the ball to RHP Kyle Tyler (3-2, 3.32) against Indianapolis RHP Daulton Jefferies (1-1, 6.10 ERA). Coverage begins at 2:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690, and espn690.com.
Gates open at 2 p.m. for Father’s Day and Baptist Health Sunday Family FUNday. On Father’s Day and a Baptist Health Sunday Family FUNday free pre-game activities like a catch on the field, face painting and balloon animals, as well as postgame kids round the bases.
ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls 121 Financial Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.