Jumbo Shrimp blanked by Redbirds 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were shut out 6-0 on Thursday by the Memphis Redbirds at 121 Financial Ballpark.

The Redbirds (58-59, 20-22) opened up the scoring in the fourth inning when Ivan Herrera homered off Jumbo Shrimp (59-59, 21-19) starter Adam Mazur (0-1).

Nick Dunn led off the fifth with a solo shot. Gavin Collins followed with a double, and two batters later, Thomas Saggese launched a two-run shot to widen the gap to 4-0.

The score remained that way until the ninth. With one out, singled by Saggese, Koperniak and Herrera turned the carousel to plate a run. Luken Baker’s sacrifice fly made it 6-0.

Gordon Graceffo (9-6) fired 6.0 shutout innings to earn the win for Memphis.

Jacksonville and Memphis meet in a doubleheader Friday beginning at 5:05 p.m. In the opener, RHP Darren McCaughan (5-3, 5.43 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Redbirds LHP Steven Matz (0-0, 1.69 ERA). RHP Xzavion Curry (2-6, 6.58 ERA) squares off with LHP Zack Thompson (2-2, 3.93 ERA) in the finale. Coverage begins at 4:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 AM and www.ESPN690.com.

On a Red Shirt Friday, fans who wear red can save $1 off their ticket or can donate that $1 to charity at the Miller Electric Box Office. On a Friday Night Lites presented by Miller Lite, fans can enjoy $2 12-oz. Miller Lite and $1 off craft beer at the Craft Cave. Friday’s game is ‘90s Night presented by Boeing.

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.