Jumbo Shrimp lose fourth-straight to Bats

Pilar strikes out four in three scoreless frames

Anderson Pilar fires three scoreless frames in Jacksonville's 4-3 loss to Louisville Saturday night. (Wyatt Lucovsky/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

September 7, 2024

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Despite three scoreless innings from Anderson Pilar, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp lost their fourth-straight contest to the Louisville Bats, 4-3 Saturday night at Louisville Slugger Field. Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Louisville (62-74, 24-38) found life. Joey Wiemer led off with a single off

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Despite three scoreless innings from Anderson Pilar, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp lost their fourth-straight contest to the Louisville Bats, 4-3 Saturday night at Louisville Slugger Field.

Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Louisville (62-74, 24-38) found life. Joey Wiemer led off with a single off Jacksonville (64-71, 29-31) righty Collin Lowe (L, 0-1). Tucker Barnhart followed with a double, scoring Wiemer to cut the deficit to 3-2. A throwing error pushed Barnhart to third and he scored on a base hit from Erik González, tying the game at three. Ivan Johnson followed with the fourth-straight hit of the inning pushing González to third. With runners at the corners, Bubba Thompsongrounded into a double play but González scored the go-ahead run to put Louisville on top 4-3.

After three scoreless frames, the Jumbo Shrimp opened the scoring in the top of the fourth. Agustín Ramírez drew a walk and went to third on a base hit from Deyvison De Los Santos. With runners at the corners, Ali Sánchez hit into a double play but Ramírez scored from third to put Jacksonville ahead 1-0.

The Bats evened the game in the bottom of the fifth. Wiemer led off with a single and went to third on a fielding error. With runners at the corners, González grounded into a double play but Wiemer scored the tying run.

Jacksonville broke the tie in the top of the seventh. Nick Gordon started the inning with a single and Jacob Berry walked. Diego Infante drove in Gordon with an RBI single, to give the Jumbo Shrimp a 2-1 advantage. Berry went to third on the base hit and then scored on a wild pitch two batters later for a two-run Jumbo Shrimp lead.

Jacksonville and Louisville wrap up their series in Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. contest from Louisville Slugger Field. The Bats will hand the ball to RHP David Buchanan (0-0, 4.85 ERA). Coverage begins at 12:50 p.m. on ESPN 690, 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.