Eight-run fourth pushes Jacksonville to win

De Los Santos and Johnston homer in win

Troy Johnston's three-run home run punctuates Jacksonville's eight-run fourth inning en route to an 8-5 win over Charlotte. (Dell Morgan/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

September 13, 2024

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp rode an eight-run fourth to an 8-5 win over the Charlotte Knights Friday night at Truist Field. After three scoreless frames Jacksonville (68-73, 33-33) opened the scoring in the top of the fourth. With one out Deyvison De Los Santos (11) blasted a

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp rode an eight-run fourth to an 8-5 win over the Charlotte Knights Friday night at Truist Field.

After three scoreless frames Jacksonville (68-73, 33-33) opened the scoring in the top of the fourth. With one out Deyvison De Los Santos (11) blasted a solo homer off Charlotte (65-74, 33-33) starter Cory Abbott (L, 5-4). Jacob Berry followed with a double while Will Banfield and Bennett Hostetler worked consecutive walks to load the bases. Two batters later, Harrison Spohn ripped an RBI double increasing the lead to 2-0. Jakob Marsee also singled home a run pushing the lead to 3-0. Agustín Ramírez doubled home a pair giving the Jumbo Shrimp a five-run cushion. Troy Johnston (11) clobbered a three-run shot to blow the game open, 8-0.

The Knights struggled to break through tough Jacksonville pitching as Ryan Weathers (W, 1-0) spun five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. Charlotte broke through in the bottom of the seventh. Carlos Pérez led off with a base hit and went to third on a double from Oscar Colás. Danny Mendick followed with a two-run single cutting the deficit to 8-2. Two batters later, Michael Chavis singled and Mark Payton (10) blasted a three-run home run to make it a three-run ballgame.

Raffi Vizcaíno and Anthony Maldonado (S, 4) shut the door, combining for 2.1 scoreless frames sealing the win.

Jacksonville wraps up their series with Charlotte in Saturday’s day/night doubleheader. Game one will kick off at 12:35 p.m. and game two will begin at 5:35 p.m. Coverage for game one begins at 12:20 p.m. milb.streamguys1.com/Jacksonville. Game two’s coverage will begin at 5:20 p.m. on ESPN 690 AM and espn690.com.

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.