Jumbo Shrimp come up short in 4-3 defeat

Jacksonville loses for fourth time in five games at Gwinnett

Marty Costes went 2-for-4 with an RBI on Saturday at Gwinnett. (Dell Morgan/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

July 13, 2024

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Marty Costes collected a pair of hits and an RBI on Saturday, but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp came up short in a 4-3 loss to the Gwinnett Stripers at Coolray Field. Yuli Gurriel broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning by homering off Jumbo Shrimp (42-49,

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Marty Costes collected a pair of hits and an RBI on Saturday, but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp came up short in a 4-3 loss to the Gwinnett Stripers at Coolray Field.

Yuli Gurriel broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning by homering off Jumbo Shrimp (42-49, 7-9) starter Darren McCaughan (4-3). Luis Liberato followed with a base hit before scoring on Luke Waddell’s double to widen the gap to 3-1 in favor of the Stripers (44-48, 9-8).

Andrew Velazquez led off the fifth by launching a home run to make it 4-1.

Jacksonville made a late charge in the seventh. Jhonny Pereda led off the frame with a base hit before advancing to second on a fielder’s choice. Will Banfield followed with a base knock to put runners on the corners. Following a pop out, consecutive RBI singles from Costes and Javier Sanoja drew the Jumbo Shrimp within one at 4-3. However, Gwinnett starter Bryce Elder (6-3) was able to avoid further damage from there.

The Stripers opened up the scoring when Forrest Wall led off the bottom of the first with a home run.

José Devers led off the third with a double. He advanced to third on a ground out before scoring on a Sanoja sacrifice fly.

Jacksonville and Gwinnett wrap up their series on Sunday with a 1:05 p.m. contest. RHP Max Meyer (0-3, 4.89 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Stripers RHP AJ Smith-Shawver (1-2, 6.10 ERA). Coverage begins at 12:50 p.m. on ESPN 690 AM and www.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.